“I won’t let you go back to Felipe!” Kendrick’s determination was unwavering.
“Kendrick! I love you! I love you, okay? Go back to Glendale now!” Niamh yelled at him.
However, Kendrick did not think that Niamh was telling the truth. On the other hand, she sounded like she was trying to muddle through this and chase him away.
His expression turned darker and he grabbed Niamh’s hand tighter. Then, he quickly called a cab before going back to the hotel they had stayed in last night.
After Niamh got out of the car, she felt a pain in her lower abdomen. It felt like there was a weight on her. This pain felt familiar too.
Kendrick saw the changes on Niamh’s face and knew he could not delay this anymore.
When Niamh was not paying attention, he booked an appointment for her to abort the child. Then, he packed his things to move to another location. However, this time, he wanted to move to the city with the most hustle and bustle.
He did not believe that Felipe’s power was so big that he was able to do something illegal so brazenly.
If Felipe had the courage to do it, then he would not be so worried about getting rid of Kendrick so quickly.
The next day, Kendrick brought Niamh to the hospital again by using a follow-up check-up as an excuse.
Niamh was guided onto the operating table while having no idea what was going on. She looked around her and found the whole thing to be strange. “Isn’t this just a check-up? Why am I in the operating theatre?”
The doctor thought Niamh was pretending to be shy when she asked this. “Lay back down and stop wasting our time.”
“What check-up is this?” Niamh sat up as she sensed that something was wrong.
The doctor peered at Niamh in agitation. “This isn’t a check-up. It’s an abortion.”
“What?”
Niamh’s brain was buzzing. She got off the table and walked toward the door with a heavy look on her face.
The doctor and nurses stopped her quickly. “What’s wrong with you? Stop her.”
Niamh was stopped. “What are you doing? When did I consent to this?”
“What are you screaming about? You signed the papers and now you’re saying you don’t want this? Are you here to cause trouble?” the doctor asked in anger.
Niamh remembered Kendrick asking her to sign something before the check-up and also what he had previously said to her.
“Abort the child in your stomach and leave Felipe.
“When are you going to abort the child?”
When she realized that the decision to have an abortion was made by Kendrick, her face went white as her heart started aching.
“Kendrick, you’re so cruel. How could you?”
The doctor and nurses pressed her down to the table when they saw her spacing out.
Niamh pushed them away with all her might. “Don’t you dare touch my child! Get lost!”
“Are you insane? You signed the papers, and your boyfriend’s waiting for you out there. You’re saying you don’t want it now?”
“Boyfriend?” Niamh snorted and rushed out of the operating theatre. Indeed, Kendrick was waiting for her out there.
When he saw Niamh rushing out with her eyes bright red, he was shocked. He knew she had not gone through with the surgery.
“Nia, you—”
“Kendrick, is this the reason why you’ve been so intimate with me these past few days? Even if you think that this child belongs to Felipe, it’s still a life! How can you act on your own initiative and kill my child?”
Kendrick frowned. “I did this for your own good.”
“Heh. For my own good?” Tears fell from Niamh’s eyes. “Let me tell you, Kendrick Waldburg, the child in my stomach belongs to you. It’s your flesh and blood. Do you still want to kill it now?”
Kendrick’s eyes darkened when he heard what Niamh said.
However, his eyes became cold again. “I know you’re only saying this to protect Felipe’s child, but Eveline, you have to abort it.”
“Kendrick! If you dare force me into getting this abortion, I will never forgive you for as long as I live!” Niamh glared at the man with no expression, and at this moment, she was emotional. “If you dare to hurt the child in me, then you should kill me first.”
Niamh walked past him with her hands shaking.
If she had not asked, her child would have been gone.
She felt a chill when she thought about it.
However, before she could go far, Kendrick stopped her.
“Let go!” She struggled.
“You can’t have this child,” Kendrick emphasized. Suddenly, he carried Niamh by her waist and walked into the operating theatre.
Niamh’s heart sank. “Kendrick, put me down! I won’t allow you to hurt my child! Kendrick!”
She gripped the man’s collar tightly, but the man was unwavering.
“Kendrick! This is your child! If you do this, you’ll regret it!”
“Even if it’s my child, you can’t keep it!” The man roared. Suddenly, he felt a lump in his throat that was making him hard to breathe.
When Niamh heard this, she was stunned. Her eyes turned red. “What did you say? Kendrick, what did you say?”
The man looked into her teary eyes. “You can’t have this child.”
He repeated what he said firmly, and Niamh felt like a knife was penetrating through her heart.
He carried her onto the operating table when she was spacing out. He then used this opportunity to look at the doctor. “Give her the anesthetic.”
When Niamh came back to her senses, the anesthetic was already injected. Then, as she looked at the man’s tall and lean body, her eyes were filled with anger and despair. “Kendrick! You will regret this! I hate you!’
Kendrick walked out of the operating theatre. At this moment, he could not hear Niamh’s voice anymore.
He knew she had been sedated.
After this, it would be a simple abortion procedure.
He stood outside the operating theatre with no expression on his face. His heart felt as if it had been trapped by a net. It was getting tighter and tighter, making it difficult for him to breathe.
It had taken him so much to get her to tell him that she did not hate him anymore.
However, now, she was saying that she hated him again.
‘Hate me then, Nia. As long as you’re healthy, it’ll be enough.’
…
Niamh woke up from her slumber.
When she opened her eyes and looked at the foreign environment, she felt dizzy.
She sat up slowly. Then, when she saw the man walking into the room, she remembered what happened before she passed out.
Niamh felt her body turning cold. When she remembered how her child was turned into a puddle of blood because of Kendrick, she felt as if her heart had been sliced by a thousand knives.
‘Kendrick, that was your child. It was your flesh and blood!’
“You’re awake.” Kendrick walked to the bed.
He looked at Niamh’s red eyes. He noticed her glaring at him with resentment and hatred in her eyes.
He pretended to be oblivious and said calmly, “Nia—”
Slap! Niamh did not let him continue his sentence and slapped him across the face heavily.
The man turned his head to one side and licked his pale lips. Then, he turned to face her again calmly.
“Eveline, listen to me.”
“Get out!” Niamh’s voice was trembling and her hands were also shaking. “I don’t want to see you. Go! Go back to Glendale. Don’t let me see you here!”
She glared while kicking him out. Tears were pouring out of her eyes uncontrollably.
She did not want to think that Kendrick would go as far as killing their child.
This was even worse than the pain he gave her back then.
Kendrick did not want to continue pestering her when he saw her in such a devastating state. “You should calm down. I’ll wait outside.”
Kendrick walked out and closed the door behind him.
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.