Kendrick stopped walking. Then, he looked at the smiling woman with his soft gaze.
He could guess what was going on. His brows started furrowing together as his expression became heavy as well.
“No.” He rejected her.
Niamh smiled mischievously. “I haven’t told you what it is.”
“I know what you want to say.” There was a smart glint in Kendrick’s eyes. “Nia, I said no.”
He emphasized again, his expression looking even more solemn.
The smile on Niamh’s face started fading away. “Kendrick, let me do something for you. I’m your wife. I can’t bear to watch my husband being framed.”
Kendrick walked in front of Niamh. “It’s because you’re my wife that I can’t let you risk yourself like this.”
“I want to.”
“But I don’t.”
“…”
Niamh did not know what to say. Once again, she felt that the person in the world who was more stubborn than her was Kendrick.
She left the hotel with him with no choice. They wanted to go back to the manor to visit their children, but they knew someone would be watching for them in the manor and their new house.
Niamh and Kendrick booked a room in a cheap motel. The motel did not ask them for identification, so it was perfect.
After the two of them took turns showering in the tiny bathroom, they sat on the balcony to enjoy the breeze.
Under the silent night sky, the stars were twinkling. Everything looked so peaceful and serene.
Niamh leaned her head against Kendrick’s shoulder and snuggled against his warm embrace.
“Kendrick, do you know? I was so happy when I married you back then. I was the happiest when I got to be your wife.” She reminisced about her bitter past that was laced with the sweetness from when they were young and inexperienced.
However, when she remembered that he did not have much time left, she felt unbearable pain in her heart.
“Kendrick, after this is over, let’s take our whole family to travel around the world, okay?”
Kendrick lowered his head, his charming eyes looking into the longing look in her eyes.
He knew she was suffering horribly too.
He did not say anything. Instead, he just kissed her lips as a response.
Niamh held him sadly. ‘Kendrick, how are you going to expect me to accept the cruel fact about you leaving me and the children two years later?
‘No, I won’t let you die just like this.’
Niamh’s heart was breaking as she thought about what she was going to do next.
However, it was as if Kendrick was trying to stop her from overthinking. Suddenly, he pressed another deep and passionate kiss on her lips.
He carried her to the tiny bed before pressing against her longingly and gently.
Niamh did not know whether they were finding joy amidst pain, but at this moment, she just wanted to drown in his arms forever…
In the middle of the night.
Niamh snuck away from Kendrick’s arms and found a solid perfume from her bag before putting it on.
Looking at the man deep in slumber, she lifted her hand and touched delicate face.
After a few seconds, Niamh lowered her head to press her lips against Kendrick’s. She only let go after a very long time.
She held back her tears as she looked at the man’s fair face. “Kendrick, you’re my life.”
Niamh changed her clothes after she said that. The moment she closed the door to leave the room, she looked reluctantly at Kendrick’s face before leaving.
After she left the motel, Niamh called Ryan.
Ryan had just gotten off the plane when he received Niamh’s call out of the blue. He curled the corners of his lips.
He slid his finger across the screen, and before he said anything, he heard Niamh saying in a domineering and overbearing voice, “Ryan, I want to see you.”
“Now?” Ryan looked at the time and saw that it was two in the morning.
“Yes, now. I want to see you.” Niamh’s tone was firm.
Ryan was curious, so he agreed. “Where are you? I’ll pick you up.”
“No, I’ll go to you.”
Ryan felt that this was getting more and more interesting. He said profoundly, “Come to our room, then. I’ll wait for you.”
Their room?
Niamh clenched her fists and felt waves of resentment along with repulsion crashing within her. However, she absolutely needed to do this tonight.
After she hung up, Ryan looked at Niamh’s name on his phone’s display screen and had some guesses in his heart.
He knew that because of Kendrick, Niamh was also wanted by the police. Her crime was helping a murderer to abscond.
However, at this moment, Niamh was here for him.
After more than ten minutes, Ryan went back to his home from the airport. His wedding photo with Niamh was still hanging on the wall of the living room.
He looked at the wedding photo with interest when he heard footsteps behind him.
Ryan turned around, and when he saw Niamh, there was a hint of surprise in his gray eyes.
Niamh did not have the time nor the conditions to change, so she was still wearing what she wore this morning.
“You look so sexy and attractive like this,” Ryan praised sincerely. He still held fondness toward Niamh in his eyes.
However, Niamh only carried disdain for the man. She looked straight at him. “Ryan, I want to save my husband.”
“Hmm?” Ryan furrowed his brows with a smirk. “So this is why you came to me in the middle of the night?”
“Yeah,” Niamh admitted to it. “Adam must have something that can get rid of Kendrick’s poison once and for all. I want that.”
Ryan walked in front of Niamh. His tall frame was like a huge mountain as it looked over Niamh’s slender body.
“Eveline, are you begging me? Kendrick is a murderer. When he’s captured, he’ll die. Even if Adam has the anti-toxoid reagent, he still has to die.”
Niamh clenched her fists and looked at the unperturbed man in front of her. At this moment, she felt flames of hatred burning in her chest.
This person in front of her was the true murderer, but she could not say it out loud.
“My husband wouldn’t kill anyone.” Niamh could only give such an answer.
Ryan looked at Niamh’s unsatisfied gaze and smiled softly. “The police need evidence to carry out their duties. Now, they have eyewitnesses and evidence, so Kendrick can’t get away from this.”
He stopped for a bit. Then, his eyes landed on Niamh’s small face.
“Also, Kendrick even kidnapped Lana and Naomi back then so that he could burn them alive. He has a strong motive.”
When Ryan said that, it was as if he was cementing the motive of Kendrick killing Lana.
Niamh could not argue with that despite knowing the fact that Ryan was the true killer.
“I don’t care.” Niamh denied stubbornly. Her beautiful eyes met with Ryan’s deep ones. “Ryan, I want you to save Kendrick and I want you to exonerate him from his crimes.”
Ryan thought he was hearing things when Niamh told him her requests.
He killed Lana to get rid of Kendrick in the fastest and most direct way possible, so how would he save Kendrick?
Ryan felt that Niamh was indulging in a fantasy right now.
He laughed and looked at Niamh firmly. “Eveline, what gave you this naive thought? Why do you think I’ll save Kendrick?”
“Because you like me and because you have a strong urge to win.”
Ryan was shocked by Niamh’s answer and the brash confidence in her eyes.
At the moment, he felt as if he had been overwhelmed by frustration.
Kendrick furrowed his sword-shaped brows and looked at Niamh who was calm and collected.
He had never seen such boldness in a woman before.
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.