“What? Is she a mute?” the kidnapper sneered in surprise.
Niamh’s eyes darkened, but her tone was stern and domineering. “Remember what I just said. If you hurt even a hair on my daughter, I’ll definitely double it back on you. By then, forget the money, you guys can also stop wishing to get out of this with your bodies intact.”
Niamh hung up the phone after her warning, anxious and on tenterhooks.
“Niamh, what’s the situation? Is it a kidnapping?” Fabian asked quickly.
Niamh furrowed her eyebrows tightly. “From what it looks like now, it does seem like it is. I have to discuss with Kendrick right away.”
She took Jackson, turned around, and got in the car to leave.
Fabian wanted to follow them, but after thinking about it, he stopped again.
Lillian was taken away from his hands. He could not shirk the blame.
Fabian took out the candy that Lillian had first given him from his pocket with a solemn expression.
‘Lillian, I’ll definitely bring you back to your parents safely. Definitely!’
After Niamh and Kendrick met, she told him about Lillian.
She saw worry, panic, and anxiety in Kendrick’s eyes, but his expression was rather calm.
He was obviously worried, but he was merely pretending not to care.
“Since money is being requested, it’ll be given,” he said in a light tone as if he was talking about something insignificant.
Niamh knew that Kendrick was actually very worried about Lillian. She did not want to expose him, so she went and prepared the ransom.
However, Kendrick had quietly found the kidnapper’s phone number from Niamh’s call records. He handed it to a professional to track the location of the number.
The whole night passed without any news, however.
Kendrick was uneasy and was close to losing control of his emotions, so he no longer continued to pretend not to care.
He made calls to gather all the surveillance footage. He checked every piece of the footage every car had passed through each road before finally finding a clue.
Niamh was also waiting for the kidnapper’s call that night, but the kidnapper had not called her again. Niamh then called them back, but no one answered.
Just when she was preparing to head out with Kendrick, they finally received a call.
At first, Niamh thought it was a call from the kidnappers, but it was a woman’s voice that sounded from the other end of the phone.
“Eveline, are you worried about not being able to find your mute daughter?”
Niamh suddenly stopped in her steps and asked in a cold voice, “Who are you?”
“You don’t need to know who I am. You just need to know that your mute daughter will meet your parents soon. Hmph,” the woman sneered, then she hung up the phone without saying anything else.
Kendrick got into the car and saw Niamh standing in the distance, seemingly out of it. He got out of the car and walked toward her again. “Nia, you just stay at home with Jack. I’ll bring Lillian back safely.”
Niamh suddenly returned to her senses and took Kendrick’s hand. “Kendrick.”
“Don’t worry.” Kendrick understood the worry in Niamh’s eyes. He soothed her, affection and concentration in his bewitching eyes. “Trust me, I’ll definitely bring our baby girl home safely.”
‘Our baby girl.’
The corners of Niamh’s eyes were hot, and at this moment, she truly felt Kendrick’s care for Lillian.
She did not say anything and only nodded. “Okay, I’ll wait for you to bring our daughter home.”
“Yeah.” Kendrick touched Niamh’s head before driving away in his car.
Niamh returned to the house, still worrying about Lillian’s safety. The phone call from earlier was making her puzzled.
The woman’s voice was unfamiliar. She probably had not heard it before.
However, listening to the tone of the woman’s speech, it seemed to induce a feeling of revolt in Niamh.
Niamh then hurried to check the number and found that it was an overseas number.
She sat down on the sofa weakly, feeling worried as unknown darkness oppressed her violently.
“Mommy.”
Niamh suddenly heard Jackson calling her.
She raised her gaze and saw the little guy handing her a glass of warm water.
“Mommy, drink some water. Don’t worry, Jack will be with you.”
Niamh took the water and looked at the sensible child with a bitter heart.
She stroked the child’s head and promised with a smile. “Jack, don’t worry. Daddy will bring Lillian home soon.”
“Okay!” Jackson nodded cheerfully.
Niamh had only just swallowed a mouthful of water when suddenly, she received a message.
The message was sent by Ryan. He said that he was at the door of Waldburg Manor and wanted to give Niamh something.
Niamh glanced outside the floor-to-ceiling window suspiciously and saw Ryan’s car parked not far in front of the gates.
She had Jackson stay in the house obediently, preparing herself to head out. However, Jackson held her.
“Mommy, can you bend down?”
Niamh did not know why he was asking this, but she still crouched down slightly.
Jackson then took out a small badge in the shape of a rose from his pocket and pinned it to Niamh’s chest.
“I did this in activity class. I hope Mommy likes it.”
Niamh looked at the exquisite little badge and smiled happily. “It’s very beautiful and I like it very much. Well then, wait for Mommy in the house obediently, Jack.”
Jackson looked at the badge, then nodded. “Okay!”
Niamh turned around and walked to the car vigilantly.
Seeing Niamh coming, Ryan got out of the car and opened the passenger’s door for her. “Get in the car.”
Niamh was worried about Lillian at the moment and did not want to deal with Ryan at all. “You really think I’ll go with you?”
“Do you want the reagent that can remove the poison from Kendrick’s body?”
Niamh raised her eyes that were full of doubts, fixedly looking at the calm man.
“Get in.”
“I won’t get in your car.” Niamh decisively refused. “Even if you really have the reagent, you wouldn’t give it to me so easily. I won’t trust you anymore.”
Niamh turned around coldly.
“If you give up now, it means you want to watch Kendrick die in front of you with your own eyes. Do you know what a person who has been infected with this poison will look like before they die?
“Nerve cramps, skin rotting… No one will recognize them in the end. They’ll suffer immensely until the last moment of life that death would be preferable.”
Hearing these descriptions from Ryan, Niamh’s hands trembled.
She squeezed her fist, turned around, and rushed to Ryan to grab his collar.
“Even if he really reaches that day, I won’t leave him. You just want to break the relationship between Kendrick and me, don’t you? Ryan, I won’t let you do what you want!”
Ryan let Niamh hold onto his collar indifferently, but he gave a meaningful reminder. “Eveline, imagine if that day really comes. Will you really not regret your current decision?”
As his voice fell, Niamh’s tightly gripped palms gradually became weak.
She did not dare imagine the day when Kendrick would experience the torture and suffering that made death better than life.
Niamh looked at Ryan with hatred, her eyes gradually becoming clearer.
“On the day we were supposed to get our divorce papers, you had a car accident. After you were discharged from the hospital, you broke the news to the media. You deliberately let the media wait at your door to force you to go to the hotel as a last resort. Then, you lied to me and made me go to the hotel to give you daily necessities. This was all part of your plan, isn’t it?”
After listening to Niamh’s questioning, Ryan smiled calmly. “Yes, that’s right. It includes making you unconscious and getting involved with you. It was all part of my plans.”
Niamh gritted her teeth angrily. “Ryan, you’re really despicable.”
“Despicable? You’re my wife, and you still are,” Ryan said confidently.
Niamh could not bear it. “Ryan, what’s your objective?! Have you forgotten that you’re a member of the IBCI? Have you forgotten that everything you do should be based on the safety and interests of citizens? So what are you doing now?”
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.