However, he firmly believed that despite Kendrick being safe and sound, what Niamh said just now was enough to crush him.
Niamh went back to Felipe’s outer courtyard. When she saw Lillian, she held the child and endured the heartache on her own.
“Mommy, why did you disappear after you said you’ll buy me cotton candy yesterday?” Lillian was still curious about Niamh’s sudden disappearance.
Niamh caressed the little girl’s hair and smiled with tears in her eyes. “I saw Daddy. It’s your daddy, Lily.”
“Daddy?” Lillian blinked, and she could only think about Felipe. “If you’re going to see Daddy next time, remember to bring me along, okay?”
“Okay, I’ll take you with me the next time I see Daddy so that we won’t be apart from each other anymore.” She held the little girl tightly in her arms but was still feeling uneasy.
She would be uneasy as long as Kendrick was still in F Country.
However, she did not forget what Kendrick said to her before she went to the warehouse. “Eveline, I still love you. I’ve never let you go even for one second.”
Niamh decided to go and look for Kendrick.
She had to force him to go back to Glendale.
Felipe would never let this go just like that.
However, the moment she turned to the door, Felipe entered. “Eveline, where are you going?”
“You said you won’t restrict my movement, so it’s none of your business where I want to go.” Niamh was firm as she walked straight to the door.
“I won’t restrict you, but it doesn’t mean I’ll allow you to go look for Kendrick.” Felipe blocked Niamh. “Eveline, I think you already know some things about me, but you’re still the woman I love the most. I won’t do anything to you, but I won’t let anyone aside from you have the chance to destroy my foundation.”
Felipe’s words caused Niamh’s body to turn cold.
She turned around quickly and asked nervously, “Felipe, what are you trying to do? What do you want to do with Kendrick?”
Felipe frowned. “I won’t let someone who wants to ruin my foundation leave F Country alive!”
Niamh felt a pang of pain in her heart after she heard that.
“Felipe, Kendrick is your nephew! Do you really want to kill him?”
“Nephew?” Felipe scoffed sarcastically. “Back when that old fart killed my parents, did he ever consider that my father was also his brother?”
“Grandpa wouldn’t have done that. There must be some misunderstanding!” Niamh emphasized, but it was obvious that Felipe would not listen to her.
He looked at Niamh’s worried eyes and curled his lips into a smirk. “Even if it is, it won’t stop what’s going to happen to Kendrick next.”
“Felipe, tell your men to stop this now!”
“It’s too late.” Felipe smiled lightly, his eyes turning dark.
Niamh felt her vision going black, and she could not explain the franticness invading her heart.
“Felipe, I won’t let you hurt him! I won’t allow you to hurt him!”
After she said that, she ran out of the door when two bodyguards stopped her.
“Get lost!” Niamh yelled with an invulnerable gaze in her eyes.
Felipe eyed the bodyguards and they did not stop her anymore. However, Felipe did not let her go away just like this.
“Eveline, if you want to go to Kendrick now, does it mean you don’t want Lillian anymore?”
“…”
Niamh stopped in her tracks.
She could not decide as she was trapped in an impossible situation.
The rain fell onto her body, making her cold.
Felipe walked to Niamh with an umbrella and held her wrist. “You’re pregnant, so don’t exert yourself too much. I was so worried when you were kidnapped by Kendrick two days ago.”
“Heh, worried?” Niamh scoffed sarcastically. “You intentionally let Kendrick take me away. You were using me as bait. You told me that I’m the person you love the most, but Felipe, you’re wrong. The person you love the most is you!”
Niamh escaped from his grip forcefully and went into the rain.
Felipe’s eyes had lost their spirit. When he was about to stop Niamh, she had already gotten into a car.
He picked up his phone and barked an order. “Eveline is going over now. Get rid of Kendrick and don’t let her see any gory scenes.”
Niamh sped to go to the villa Kendrick had imprisoned her in before.
When she walked through the door, her sensitive nose could make out the metallic smell of blood.
Niamh’s heart almost leaped out of her mouth. She felt as if her legs were filled with lead and each step was getting harder than the next.
‘Kendrick, please don’t let anything happen to you.
‘Please.
‘Kendrick…’
She muttered in her heart. When she opened the door, she saw a puddle of blood on the floor. Immediately, her heart was in so much pain that she could not breathe.
“Kendrick…”
Niamh’s hands were shaking, and the fear in her heart was spreading all over her body before engulfing her breathing.
She walked into the building to find Kendrick, but the moment she walked in, someone in front of her lifted their gun and aimed it at her.
Niamh’s heart skipped a beat when she saw the person with the gun.
Niamh stood motionlessly at the door and looked at the man who was pointing the gun at her.
Her erratic heart started calming down slowly.
Kendrick was pointing the gun at her, and there was still some wet blood on his palms. There were also splatters of blood on his brown leather jacket.
His eyes were deep as night and filled with killing intent and malice. At this moment, they were staring straight at Niamh heatedly.
He looked just like a demon who had gone through a massacre. A murderous aura was emitting from his every pore. Even so, he still looked extremely handsome.
When he saw that the person who had just walked in was Niamh, the dark aura behind his eyes went away slightly. However, sarcasm started to appear in his eyes instead.
“Are you here to see if I’m dead?” he asked sarcastically and slowly walked toward Niamh. “You’re such a good wife to Felipe. Not only did you hire so many assassins to kill me, but you’ve even come to check for yourself if the deed was done. However, sorry to disappoint you, I’m still alive.”
Niamh could tell that there was a deep misunderstanding between them, but she did not want to waste any time explaining to him.
“Kendrick, leave if you don’t want to die,” she said with a calm expression on her face. “If you don’t leave now, you’ll never get to.”
“Heh.” Kendrick laughed in self-mockery. He put down the gun that was pointing at Niamh and lifted her chin with his bloody hand. “It won’t be too bad to die here. At least my favorite woman is here with me.”
Niamh saw the determination in his eyes.
“Kendrick, do you want to die?” She was feeling anxious for him. “Have you forgotten that you have a son in Glendale? Do you really want to die here?”
“Son? You still remember we have a son, huh? Eveline, do you remember how you used to protect our son even if it meant that you’d die?”
Niamh felt the grievances in her heart almost overflow when he asked her that.
Her eyes were red as she looked at the man’s flaming eyes that were filled with pain. Then, she said, “I haven’t forgotten. How could I?”
Despite her answer, Kendrick did not want to listen to her anymore. His head was filled with the scenes of Niamh defending Felipe and saying how much she loved him.
Niamh felt as if Kendrick had been possessed by the devil. She did not want to see him die under Felipe’s gun, so she wanted to use this chance to tell him that Lillian was still alive.
However, when she was about to say something, she heard footsteps from the door.
Niamh knew the second batch of assassins sent by Felipe was here.
She wanted to go out to buy some time, but Kendrick held her waist from behind. His broad shoulders were pressed up against hers while his hot breath tingled behind her ear.
“Eveline, if you can’t love me, then use everything in you to hate me.” He looked at Niamh who had her eyebrows knitted tightly. Then, he kissed her ear. “I won’t let you go back to Felipe. I won’t allow it.”
Then, he held Niamh’s hand before walking out from the back door.
He deliberately slowed down since Niamh was carrying a child. Even though he thought that it was Felipe’s child, he still did not want anything to happen to her.
“Kendrick, where are you taking me?”
“A place where there’ll only be the two of us.”
“…” Niamh was confused but still allowed Kendrick to lead the way.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.