A gunshot wound was not the same as a normal wound, so it was much more difficult to heal.
She took a bullet before as well, so she knew it was not a pleasant feeling.
In the next few days, Kendrick looked much better. Color even started to return to his face.
Today, Niamh steered the bodyguards away as usual to change Kendrick’s dressing.
However, she was still mad at him for telling her to abort the child in such a cruel way. Therefore, she would only change his dressing while ignoring him.
Kendrick quietly enjoyed Niamh’s gentle care. Then, after a while, he said, “Nia, I know you’re mad, but I’m still going to tell you to abort the child.”
Even though Niamh was mad, she was much calmer this time. “Give me a reason.”
After some contemplation, Kendrick decided to stop hiding from her.
When he was about to tell her, the door of the basement was pushed open. Then, Felipe appeared and blocked the warm sunlight from entering the basement.
He walked in slowly like a demon from the dark world. There was a whirlpool under his eyes.
Niamh stopped changing Kendrick’s dressing. When she was about to stand up, Kendrick pulled her behind him.
However, in Niamh’s opinion, Kendrick was the one who needed protection.
Felipe saw this and scoffed. “No wonder your wound is healing so quickly. It looks like someone has been treating you with the best medication.”
Niamh got up and stood in front of Kendrick. “Felipe, I won’t allow you to hurt him.”
Felipe looked at Niamh coldly. “Eveline, it seems like you’ve forgotten what I told you and what you promised me.”
Niamh understood immediately what he was trying to say.
He was talking about Lillian.
Felipe reached out his hand to her when he saw her keeping quiet. “Come over to me unless you want to see something bad happening to him.”
Niamh had no choice. At this moment, she could only walk over to Felipe.
When Kendrick saw this, he got up abruptly, but the chains were restricting his movements.
However, he would not give up just like that. He tugged at the chains forcefully and tried to walk toward Niamh. Yet, no matter how much force he exerted, his feet remained on the same spot.
“Eveline, don’t go to him!”
He continued yelling, “If you’ve been deliberately ignoring me for my safety this whole time, I’m telling you now that you don’t have to! You’re my woman and you’re the one who should be pampered. You shouldn’t have to protect me!
“Eveline, do you hear me? I don’t want to see you feign civility with another man even if I were to die under his gun!
“Eveline!”
Kendrick’s roars invaded her ears.
Niamh could feel the intense dissatisfaction and anger in his voice.
Perhaps death was not scary to a man, but the thing he did not want to face the most was watching a woman he loved walking toward another man.
However, Felipe was ecstatic. The more Kendrick was in pain, the happier he would be.
When he saw Niamh walking over to him, he reached out his hand to hold Niamh’s.
“Eveline Montgomery!” Kendrick could not stand the sight of Niamh walking over to Felipe.
He completely ignored his wound and struggled to break free. The sudden burst of energy caused him to break the chains on his wrist.
When this happened, Felipe was beyond astonished. Even the bodyguards behind him were shocked.
How could he have broken the chains?
However, Kendrick was so focused on the task at hand that he immediately charged toward Niamh.
When Felipe saw this, he lifted his hand to command the bodyguards.
However, when they lifted their guns to point at Kendrick, Niamh took out the gun she had been hiding in her belt and pointed it at Felipe’s temple with a speed as fast as lightning.
The situation changed so quickly. No one there expected Niamh to have a gun.
Kendrick also had no idea that Niamh was carrying a gun with her.
However, her manner right now was as imposing as the men in front of her. She looked confident while she held the gun.
Kendrick was dispirited when he saw Niamh like this.
He had seen Niamh’s grandeur when she was Vera Quinn, but he had never seen her so direct and straightforward before. She looked so powerful right now.
No, he should say that he had never seen this in any woman.
“I told you not to hurt him.” Niamh’s tone was cold and arrogant. “Let him go. If not, we’ll all die here.”
Felipe pressed his lips together tightly. “Eveline, are you sure you want to do this?”
Niamh’s eyes were firm. “I don’t like repeating myself as well. Felipe, let him go.”
“Okay.”
Felipe agreed even though he was extremely reluctant.
However, he did not expect Niamh to do that at all.
He did not know what else Niamh had prepared, so he could not risk his life provoking her.
Niamh looked at Kendrick and ordered, “Kendrick, go now. Go back to Glendale.”
“I won’t leave you alone with him.” Kendrick grabbed her wrist. “Nia, we’ll leave together.”
Niamh peered at Kendrick’s torn and bloody wound before pushing his hand away. She tightened her grip on the gun that was pointing at Felipe. “Go! Now!”
Kendrick looked at Niamh’s icy side profile with a grim look on his face. “I don’t need my woman to sacrifice herself for me like this. Eveline, I won’t leave you here alone.”
Niamh felt a heaviness in her heart, and she felt like she was going to die from frustration.
Did he know that they would be together as a family once again after they parted temporarily?
However, this petty man who was filled to the brim with jealousy kept insisting on taking her with him.
She was confident that she could protect herself.
However, she could not leave because she could not leave Lillian here.
“I gave you the chance. Since you don’t want to leave, then you should stay here,” Felipe said that all of a sudden.
His eyes darkened and he grabbed Niamh’s gun.
Niamh was quicker than him and she managed to dodge from his grip. Then, she turned around and walked to Kendrick. She grabbed the man’s hand and pulled the bleeding man behind her once again. Using the other hand, she lifted the gun to point at Felipe again.
Her eyes were sharp and arrogant. It was filled with fearless determination and stubbornness.
“Felipe, if Kendrick can’t walk out of here safe and sound, then none of us will get out of here alive.”
“No, I won’t allow that. It’s been so many days and I need to take my husband home.”
Suddenly, a woman’s sweet voice sounded from the door of the basement.
Niamh looked over and saw Yvette ignoring the aggressive bodyguard as she calmly walked in.
Felipe saw Yvette’s sudden appearance and the expression in his eyes changed.
He even felt that his heart was starting to beat erratically.
Yvette did not mind Felipe’s gaze. She walked toward Kendrick, and when she saw the blood on his back, her expression changed. “Kendrick, you’re hurt. I’ll take you to the hospital now.”
Yvette pulled him up, but Kendrick refused to let go of Niamh’s hand.
When Niamh saw the determination in his eyes, she pulled her hand away. “Kendrick, go now. Don’t make your fiancée worry about you.”
“Mrs. Waldburg is right. Kendrick, let’s go.” Yvette looked at Kendrick, noticing that his eyes had been on Niamh this whole time.
Yvette did not want to waste any more time. She grabbed Kendrick’s arm and forcefully pulled him out.
“Miss Charis,” Felipe called out to Yvette who was in a hurry to leave. “Are you so sure that you can take this person away from my manor?”
Yvette stopped in her tracks and replied coldly, “How interesting, Mr. Waldburg. Is your manor a lawful jail? Do I need your permission to take my fiancé home? I don’t think you have the power to stop me from leaving with my fiancé.”
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.