She could tell that something was wrong, but the man’s gentle kisses gradually caused her to lose her reasoning skills.
Kendrick opened his eyes slightly and looked at Niamh who had her eyes closed. She was drowned in his deep kiss. He, too, slowly closed his eyes…
Niamh did not know how much time had passed when Kendrick let her go.
She gasped for air, her cheeks feeling feverishly hot.
They were married and had three kids, but Niamh always felt passive in that regard.
She calmed her crazy heartbeat and was about to speak when she heard Kendrick say coldly, “I’m going back.”
“Are you going back to Lana?” Niamh’s eyes darkened a little.
Kendrick did not look at her. He just turned around and said, “I’ll let you know when our next meeting will be.”
“Kendrick.” Niamh caught up to him and took his hand. “Kendrick, why are you staying with Lana? You haven’t answered me. Do you still have your memories?”
“You don’t need to know.” Kendrick’s sudden indifference made Niamh somewhat at a loss.
The man had also broken free from her grip.
“Kendrick?”
“My name is Hans.” He looked back at Niamh and emphasized. At that moment, his eyes and expression were different from when he kissed her.
Niamh stood there at a loss and looked at the man who was walking away. What happened just now felt like a dream.
Did she just wake up from the dream?
In a daze, Niamh watched the car that was driving off while feeling at a loss.
After returning, Niamh thought that something felt off during the entire thing.
After falling asleep in a daze, she received a call from Winston when she got up the next day. He told her that he had something important to tell her and asked Niamh to go to their place.
Niamh could hear that Winston did not sound normal when he spoke and seemed a little anxious.
Niamh did not dawdle any longer and went to their place immediately.
As soon as she entered the hallway, she saw Winston with a very solemn expression.
When Karen saw that Niamh was here, she quickly sat up from the sofa and threw a pile of photos at Niamh.
“Eveline! I’m not wrongly accusing you this time, right?!”
Niamh was unprepared when Karen threw photos to her face.
The photos scattered in the air and fell one by one at her feet.
She looked down and found that the photos were of her and Kendrick alone at the beach of April Hill last night. There were also pictures of them kissing.
However, the photos only showed a clear view of Niamh’s face but only Kendrick’s back was seen.
“Eveline, are these pictures real?” Winston asked in a heavy tone, but he did not get angry. His eyes were full of disappointment.
“What else is there to ask? The photos show everything clearly! Look at her beautiful face! There’s no one else in the world who looks like her!” Karen said mockingly.
“Eveline, I saw through you a long time ago. Your lips say that you love Kendrick, but you’re just saying it to dip your fingers into the Waldburgs’ wealth. Since you don’t actually love Kendrick and already have another man, you should hand over all of your shares in Waldburg Corporation! From now on, you should have nothing to do with the Waldburg family!”
Niamh squatted down without hurry as she took in Karen’s scolding. She picked up some of the photos and admitted frankly, “These pictures are real, but do you know who this man is?”
When Winston saw that Niamh was admitting it, he looked at her in shock.
Karen felt even more irritated. “Eveline, are you not ashamed of yourself? It has only been a short time since Kendrick passed away and you’ve already found a new love? How can you be so immoral and do such things with another man? You—”
“Can you just listen to me?” Niamh interrupted Karen, saying, “Look carefully and you’ll see that the man in the photo is Kendrick. He’s still alive.”
“What?!”
“What?!”
Winston stood up abruptly, as shocked as Karen was.
“Can’t you even recognize Kendrick from his back?” Niamh handed over the photo.
Even though it was only his back, Niamh had always been able to tell that it was him.
When Karen glanced at it, she crushed the photo into a ball and threw it at Niamh’s feet. “Do you think that getting a man who is about the same size as Kendrick will allow you to slip through so easily? You said this is Kendrick, right? Fine, if you can get Kendrick to come over right now, I’ll believe you! Not only will I believe you, but I’ll also kneel down and bow down to you!”
Niamh did not know how she should bring Kendrick to Karen and Winston right at this moment.
She finally understood why Kendrick was so gentle and intimate with her last night.
It turned out that it was for someone to take those photos of them.
Sure enough, when Niamh turned on her phone, the pictures of her alleged affair were everywhere on the internet.
There were too many horrible things being said about her in the comment section. She turned off her phone and chose to ignore it all.
“Whether you believe it or not, Kendrick is really alive,” Niamh emphasized to Winston and Karen without moving her stance. “I’ll say it for the last time. I only have one husband in this life and it’s Kendrick Waldburg. Whatever happens in the future, it’ll only be him.”
Niamh knew that it was useless to explain and did not want to waste her time explaining herself again.
After she turned and walked away, she heard Karen continue using incredibly colorful words to curse at her.
As soon as she stepped out of the gates, she received a call from Lana.
Lana’s voice sounded delightfully proud. “Eveline, were you happy last night? Doesn’t it feel great to kiss your beloved man? Unfortunately, Kendrick still doesn’t remember you at all. All he did was what I told him to do.
“Eveline, this is the price for hitting me. Wait and see because there’ll be more painful things coming to you soon.”
Lana hung up the phone after she said those words with content.
Niamh sat in the car, her mind recalling Kendrick’s tenderness last night. He was only that way because Lana had told him to do so. Her heart felt as if it was being pricked needles.
According to what Lana said, she was not going to stop just there.
Niamh looked at her seven months pregnant belly and made a decision.
She was not going to sit still.
Eloise and Sean saw what went viral and immediately found someone to take the pictures down.
Despite that, the damage had already been done.
Some clients even canceled their contracts and orders with Waldburg Corporation.
Eloise and Sean saw that Eveline was distressed, so they told her not to go back to the company for the time being and to raise the baby at home with peace of mind.
Niamh did not want her parents to worry about her, so she stayed at Montgomery Manor and got Ken to continue checking on Kendrick’s whereabouts.
In the evening, Niamh drove to the kindergarten to pick up the two children from school.
She got out of the car and walked to the entrance of the kindergarten. She noticed that some young parents were whispering and pointing at her.
Niamh ignored the gossiping and stared at the door intently. It took a while for Lillian’s silly little face to appear.
“Lillian, where’s your brother?” Niamh asked and looked behind her.
Lillian batted her big eyes. “Jack said he wanted to go potty, but it’s been a long time and he still hasn’t come back yet.”
Niamh’s heart sank when she heard that. She immediately thought of Lana.
Just then, she got a phone call from Lana. “Eveline, are you worried because you can’t find your son?”
“Lana, where did you take my son to?!”
When Lana heard how anxious Niamh sounded, she just laughed and hung up.
Niamh thought that perhaps she had underestimated Lana’s cruelty.
She expected that Lana would ruin her reputation, but she did not expect her to attack the people she cared about the most.
Niamh tried calling her back, but Lana never picked up.
She tried calling her one more time and her call finally got through. “Lana, where did you bring my son to? Does the female head of Stygian Johnson Gang only dare to bully children? The person you want is me. Don’t hurt my child.”
After Niamh said that, there was no response from the other side.
“Lana! Say something, Lana!”
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