He walked into the garage where there was a chopper inside.
Kendrick held Niamh’s waist and carried her onto the chopper so that she could sit down.
Before Niamh could have a chance to escape, with a swing of his leg, he got onto the chopper swiftly. After that, he put the helmet on Niamh.
“Kendrick, what are you—”
“If you don’t want anything to happen to your child, hold on to me,” he said firmly, his grandeur overpowering.
Shortly after that, Kendrick started the chopper. When the assassins heard sounds coming from the backdoor and saw Kendrick trying to get away, they pulled out their guns.
Niamh tried to stop them quickly. “Don’t shoot! He’ll kill me! How are you going to explain to Felipe if anything happens to me?”
Those assassins hesitated.
Kendrick looked at the woman in front of him and turned the handle.
The chopper zoomed past the assassins and disappeared after it turned the corner.
Felipe got wind that Kendrick had escaped with Niamh, hence he ordered his people to hunt them down. However, after the entire morning, they still did not find Kendrick.
“Kendrick.” He spat out his name through gritted teeth. “As long as you’re in F Country, you won’t be able to escape from the palm of my hand.”
…
Inside a hotel in the secluded outskirts of town, Niamh was brought into a small room that was only about 60 square feet.
The rain was making a dull sound on the window, and Niamh was waiting nervously for the man to return.
Niamh did not know what Kendrick was going to do. He had been gone for half an hour. Therefore, she started to worry.
She wanted to go look for him, but he had locked the door before he left.
At this moment, she heard the sound of the door unlocking, so she lifted her eyes to look over.
Kendrick walked in with a calm expression. He was holding a take-out box, then he tossed it in front of Niamh.
“Eat.”
His tone was cold. After he said that, he turned around and carried something into the toilet.
Niamh did not know what he was going to do, but then, she recognized the smell of blood wafting through the air.
Was he hurt?
Niamh started to worry when she thought about this.
After a while, Kendrick walked out of the toilet. His expression was still calm as if nothing was going on.
Niamh pondered for a while. She wanted to use another way to chase Kendrick away. “What’s the meaning of imprisoning me here? Kendrick, you have a chance to go back to Glendale. I’ll just become your burden if you stay with me.”
“Eveline, do you think I’ll let you go back to Felipe if you say that?”
He looked over at her, his eyes clearly filled with heavy dissatisfaction and jealousy.
“I didn’t hold you down that year and allowed you to slip away from me. Now, I won’t repeat the same mistake.”
Kendrick picked up the take-out box again and opened it.
“Don’t you want to protect Felipe’s spawn even if it means you’ll die? Then, you should feed yourself.”
“…”
Niamh was indeed hungry, but she did not expect that Kendrick would want to supervise her as she ate.
After she ate, he pulled her into the toilet and tied a knot on her wrist with a rope. Then, he attached the other end of the rope to his wrist.
“What are you doing?” Niamh was confused.
“I’m going to take a shower. If you dare to escape, then you’ll suffer the consequences.”
“…”
Niamh figured that he was worried she would escape when he was taking a shower, so he was tying her to him.
Niamh was speechless. However, Kendrick just took off his clothes in front of her and started showering. Her ears turned hot as she turned her head while listening to the sound of the shower running.
Even though they already had three kids together, Niamh had never clearly seen his body before.
After a while, Kendrick told her coldly that they did not have shower gel and asked her to get a new one for him from the basin.
Niamh did what she was told. She closed her eyes to walk in front of him and handed the shower gel to him.
However, the moment she reached out her hand, Kendrick did not take the shower gel.
She opened her eyes slowly in confusion. Then, Kendrick unexpectedly grabbed her hand that was suspended in mid-air and pulled her to him.
Niamh was not prepared at all, and her nose touched the man’s sturdy chest.
She widened her eyes and looked at the handsome man showering in front of her in dumbfoundedness. At that moment, she felt the heat rising at the tip of her nose.
Water drops were falling from her head, blurring her vision. She wanted to lift her hand to wipe away the droplets on her eyelashes. However, Kendrick grabbed her wrist all of a sudden. Then, he used his right hand that was attached to the rope to hold her head. In an instant, he planted a kiss on her lips domineeringly.
Niamh was shocked. She only remembered to push him away when her entire body was soaked. However, when she touched his naked flesh, she could feel her fingertips burning.
She was worried that the man would lose his reason, so she tried to pull his wrist away forcefully. However, her resistance only elicited his lust for dominance.
Niamh had no choice but to bite him.
Kendrick frowned and stopped what he was doing.
He opened his eyes that were reddened by the water. When he saw Niamh looking at him angrily, he scoffed. “You weren’t like this before. Back then, you only had me in your heart.
“Eveline, I’ve lived in your heart for so many years. Are you going to evict me just like this?”
His cheeky and deep voice glided into her ears while his wet hands lifted her face that was covered with water droplets. Then, he forced her to look into his eyes.
“Eveline, tell me you still love me and tell me you still have me in your heart.”
His red eyes were shining with strong anticipation.
Niamh clenched her fists, her tone sounding calm.
“Kendrick, let me go. You should go back to Glendale.”
This was not the answer the man was looking for. His eyes went cold as he pressed Niamh against the wall to kiss her again.
Niamh grabbed the man’s arm when she felt the man getting more and more possessive. “Kendrick, no. You can’t—”
“Why not? Hmm? You’ve never rejected me before and even if you didn’t want to, you’d still obey me. Is it because you’re in love with Felipe, the man who saved your life, that you hate me so much now?”
He sounded jealous. Then, he placed his handsome face next to hers. There was a look of endless passion and remorse in his eyes.
“Eveline, do you know how hurt I was when you were gasping for your last breath in my arms back then? I felt as if all light had gone out from my world and everything in front of me was black. I wanted so badly to exchange my life for yours.
“However, I didn’t know magic, so I could only watch as you lay on the operating table with your eyes closed forever.
“In those three years of your passing, I couldn’t sleep a wink. I missed you so much that it took over my life. Whenever I thought about what I had done to you, I felt such debilitating pain.
“When you came back to my world as Vera Quinn, I was hoping that it was you. I’d endure all the hatred and revenge you have for me as long as you were still alive.”
He looked at her with pain in his eyes. His Adam’s apple also bobbed lightly as he sobbed. Then, tears started to well in his eyes.
“Nia, you can hit me, yell at me, and resent me, but please don’t stop loving me, okay?”
Niamh was wearing an icy mask this entire time. When she heard him telling her how he truly felt while looking into his tearful eyes, she felt her heart aching. Gradually, the coldness in her eyes started to go away.
However, when she was about to say something, she saw red from the corner of her eyes.
Niamh finally realized that Kendrick’s arm was wrapped in a bandage and she had just pulled on it forcefully. Now, the gauze was soaked and blood had also started to seep out.
He was indeed injured.
“Kendrick, your arm—”
“I don’t care about this kind of flesh wound. Nia, the place that’s hurting right now is here.”
He held Niamh’s hand and placed it where his heart was.
Niamh’s fingers trembled as she felt his strong heartbeat. Then, her face started to heat up from the steam of the water.
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.