However, there was an evil smirk on Lana’s lips.
“I’m so sorry, Miss Montgomery. It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have asked my boyfriend Hans to set fire to your house. Even though I didn’t do anything, Hans is still my boyfriend. If you’ll feel better after I apologize, then I’ll apologize to you sincerely.”
Lana’s apologies were actually words to trigger Niamh.
She knew the most effective way to hurt Niamh was to weaponize Kendrick.
When she saw Niamh’s clenched fists, she smirked while feeling pleased with herself.
“Miss Montgomery, my sister has already apologized. Are you satisfied with this?”
“Do you think you can rid yourself of the crime of killing two people just by apologizing?”
“Eveline, what do you mean?”
“I mean, even if you kneel before me a hundred times, I still won’t forgive you!” Niamh was extremely imposing. “Lana, I don’t care who’s backing you up. I’m not scared of you and I won’t let my parents die dubiously!”
When Lana heard this, she knew she had been played.
She was infuriated. When she was about to slap Niamh, Yorick was one step ahead of her and slapped her out of the blue.
“Are you not done?” Yorick yelled angrily. At that instant, Lana was completely stunned.
Yorick slapped her because of Niamh?
No way, this was too much!
Then, Yorick turned around and smiled at Niamh.
“If you’re not in a good mood today, we can meet up and talk about this another time.” Yorick was still gentle. “Fab, send Miss Montgomery home.”
After he said that, Kendrick appeared in front of Niamh. “I’ll send her.”
Niamh did not look at Kendrick. Instead, she turned around and walked out on her own.
Kendrick looked at Lana before following Niamh.
However, it was clear that Niamh did not want to get into Kendrick’s car. She would rather walk home than get into his car.
Yet, Kendrick refused to let Niamh leave just like that. He pulled her into the passenger’s seat and stepped on the accelerator.
“Stop the car!” Niamh ordered, but Kendrick pretended to not hear her.
When she saw Kendrick ignoring her, she glared at him as her eyes darkened slowly. “Did God make me meet you just so you can torture me? Will you only be happy when I’m unhappy?”
Niamh looked at the frowning man. There was no light in her soulful eyes. “Kendrick, I’m tired. I’m so exhausted. If there’s a next life, I hope I’ll never meet you.”
After she said that, she opened the door and jumped out of the speeding car.
The moment Niamh jumped out of the car, Kendrick’s mind went blank.
An indescribable fear and horror crept into his throat.
“Nia!”
As he reached out his hand reflexively to grab onto Niamh, his body also pounced toward the direction Niamh jumped in.
Due to the inertia and force of impact, Kendrick held Niamh as they rolled a few times on the road before stopping.
Then, the car crashed into the divider island with a loud crash. The tires of the car were rubbing against the road furiously.
However, Kendrick did not care about the car nor his injuries and carried the unconscious woman in his arms.
“Nia! Nia!”
He supported her head and patted her cheek.
“Nia, don’t fall asleep.”
His voice was trembling, and he did not understand why he was so afraid right now.
It was only when he felt the stickiness behind Niamh’s head that he realized that his hands were covered in blood.
His heart plunged violently.
He then carried the pale Niamh and stopped a car by the side of the road. Then, they drove to the hospital as fast as they could.
He waited outside the operating theatre, staying there the entire time the operation was going on.
When the doctor came out and told him that Niamh had gotten out of the critical stage, he felt slightly relieved.
He went to look at her in the room. When he saw her serene face, he could not stop himself from getting close to her.
His fingers touched her eyebrows, and his eyes softened.
At this moment, he felt the changes in his heartbeat.
He had indeed fallen for this woman.
He was already touched by her the first time he got the urge to kiss her.
However, after he calmed down, he started feeling suspicious when he remembered the nervousness and horror he felt just now.
“Nia…”
He looked at Niamh and called out this name once again.
Kendrick took out her phone from her bag. However, the moment he held it up, the phone unlocked with Face ID.
He was able to unlock her phone with his face! He felt his heart skip a beat.
The first thing he saw was the screensaver on the phone and it was a picture of a family of four.
They were on a ship, and in the photo, Niamh’s bump looked to be around four to five months along. Since Niamh just gave birth prematurely when she was only seven months along, it meant that this picture was from three months ago.
A ship.
Kendrick started to recall the scenes of his nightmare.
Since three months ago, he had been dreaming about an exploding ship almost every night and would not be able to fall back asleep again.
The ship in his dream was almost the same as the one in the photo.
Kendrick fell into a sudden deep thought. There were some fragments of memories appearing in his brain.
Suddenly, he felt his consciousness starting to drift, yet he felt as if there were important and distinctive memories starting to resurface from the deepest part of his brain.
“Nia, Nia…” he murmured, feeling his heart beating erratically.
He spaced out for quite a while before opening the contacts list on Niamh’s phone groggily.
He saw Ava’s name and clicked on it subconsciously. After that, he sent her a message telling her that Niamh was in the hospital due to an accident.
After he did that, he placed the phone next to Niamh’s pillow.
Kendrick kept watch in front of the door of the ward. He only turned around when he saw a familiar figure running out of the elevator from afar.
Ava thought she saw Kendrick walk past. However, when she got closer, he was gone.
She walked into the room and saw bandages around Niamh’s head while she was unconscious with no colors on her face. She quickly ran over.
“Niamh.”
Ava held Niamh’s icy hand. She felt extremely heartbroken and confused. “What happened?”
Niamh slept for the entire night. When she woke up, everything in front of her was pitch-black.
“Niamh, you’re awake.”
Ava’s concerned voice sounded in Niamh’s ear.
Niamh turned her face and tried to look for Ava in the dark. However, she got nothing. “Ava?”
“Niamh, what happened last night? Why are you hospitalized? Who sent the message to me on your phone?”
Niamh opened her eyes to look again after she heard Ava’s voice of concern. However, everything was still dark in front of her.
She lifted her hand and put it in front of her eyes, but she could not even see the outline of her hand.
Heh, she was blind again.
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