After that, Ryan stopped the car. He looked at Niamh who had already fallen asleep and tentatively called out, “Eveline, Eveline?”
Seeing that Niamh was not giving a response, Ryan quickly got out of the car.
He looked around. After confirming that there was no one around him, he opened the trunk and hurriedly took out an item…
Ryan picked up a seemingly heavy handbag and quickly walked toward the river beside the road.
When he reached the bridge, he threw the handbag down.
It did not take long for the bag to sink. Then, the ripples that were scattered across the water’s surface gradually became still again.
Ryan returned to the car and looked at Niamh who was still asleep before stepping on the accelerator.
As they were approaching their place, Niamh slowly woke up.
She was leaning on the seat as if she was still sleepy. Then, she looked calmly at the man who was driving.
“Ryan, what are you doing so much for?” She parted her lips lightly and asked in a faint voice, “You’re always so confident that you’ll make me fall in love with you but I seriously cannot agree with what you’re doing.”
Ryan parked the car in the garage before saying calmly, “It’s the same concept as women loving beauty and everyone loving money. What do you think a man wants the most?”
He asked while looking into Niamh’s eyes with interest.
Ryan seemed to have something to say, but he suddenly received a call.
Niamh vaguely heard the accent of the man on the phone. It sounded like the man named Thomas.
While talking, Ryan picked up the only box of anti-toxoid reagents that Adam gave him and walked into the room.
Niamh’s eyes were fixed on the reagent. What she saw was not just the reagent. It was also hope and Kendrick’s future.
She followed Ryan into the house, but the man in front of him suddenly turned around. “I want to drink coffee. Can you fix me a cup?”
Niamh could imagine that Ryan was only saying this to stop her from following him.
“Okay, I’ll make it for you now.” Niamh complied and walked to the kitchen.
After Ryan saw Niamh heading over to make the coffee obediently, he went upstairs with confidence.
However, after Ryan turned around, Niamh also turned around and followed quietly behind him. She did not make the coffee at all.
She followed Ryan to the study. Then, she heard Ryan talking on the phone while turning on the computer.
He looked at the computer screen and said to the person on the other end of the phone, “The supply is sufficient, and delivery will be possible in three days. Okay, happy to work with you.”
After Ryan said this, he hung up the phone.
Niamh saw Ryan putting down his phone before walking to the wall with a painting with the reagent in his hand.
After he rolled up the painting, Niamh saw a safe behind it.
He entered the passcode, and after the safe was opened, he put the reagents inside.
Niamh turned around without thinking after seeing that Ryan was about to come out of the study.
After a while, Niamh heard Ryan coming downstairs. She was standing beside the coffee machine like she had been there the entire time. Then, she picked up the freshly brewed coffee and passed it to Ryan.
Ryan was in a good mood. He tasted Niamh’s coffee and smiled brightly. “I know you really want the reagent. I’m a man of my promise. I’ll give it to you the moment we have a verdict.”
“If Kendrick isn’t sentenced to death, will you refuse to give it to me?” Niamh asked directly.
Ryan took a sip of his coffee and hesitated for two seconds. Soon after, he said firmly, “He’ll be sentenced to death, and when that happens, you can go to the trial.”
“Okay.”
Ryan nodded with a smile. “I’ll be busy these two days, so I can’t take care of you. You can go to see your children. I won’t have anything to say about that.”
He walked in front of Niamh, and his long fingers fell on her eyebrows. “It’ll be enough as long as you remember to go back to our home at night.”
He said meaningfully when suddenly, he bowed his head to move his thin lips closer to Niamh’s.
Of course, Niamh would not accept Ryan’s kiss. Coincidentally, when she was about to avoid him, Ryan’s phone rang again.
He stopped in his tracks and turned sideways to answer the phone in annoyance. He said flatly, “I’ll be there in a sec.”
He hung up the phone and turned to face Niamh who looked cold and cheerless. “I have something to take care of now. Just go on with your business.”
Niamh ignored him. After she heard Ryan driving away, she immediately went to Ryan’s study.
Although the door was closed, Ryan had told her the code of the door when they got married and Niamh still remembered it. Hence, she easily opened the door and went in.
She did not hesitate before locating the safe.
She tried to open the safe with the code of the door but failed.
Niamh stood in a daze in front of the safe for a while when she figured that Ryan must be keeping a lot of information about the Stygian Johnson Gang in his computer.
When she was about to turn on the computer, she suddenly thought of something and quickly left the study.
Ryan was looking at the surveillance footage in the study on his phone. After seeing Niamh leaving with a disappointed expression, he curled his lips and smirked.
When he came to the place where Kendrick was detained, he saw Kendrick in prison clothes and poor spirits. Ryan walked over to him with a cocky grin and smiled at the sickly man in front of him.
“There’s no doubt that you’ll get the death penalty.” Ryan was confident, and his eyes flowed with the joy of imminent victory.
Kendrick sat lazily against the wall. He was looking calmly at Ryan who was standing over the other side of the bars with his amber eyes that were hiding under his thick eyelashes.
“I want to see the higher-ups of Interpol,” Kendrick requested.
Ryan chuckled. “You can’t, Kendrick. Leave this world forever with the secret you know. I’ll help you take care of your woman and children.”
Kendrick clenched his fists when he heard Ryan’s provocative words. His eyes were piercing through Ryan like sharp knives.
Ryan ignored Kendrick’s gloomy eyes and smiled before taking a step closer. “Kendrick, you lost because you put too much importance on your woman. But I have to admit it’s pretty difficult to not be moved when one sees Eveline. I think I’ve fallen in love with her too.”
“Ryan!” Kendrick spat out that word through his teeth.
Ryan chuckled indifferently before raising a triumphant smile and striding away.
Kendrick clenched his fists as he watched Ryan walking away. Then, he slowly loosened his fists.
He looked at the colorful shell lying in his palm and put it to his lips before kissing it gently.
‘Nia…’
Late at night.
Kendrick was about to fall asleep when someone came to see him out of the blue.
The man that was impeccably attired looked at him seriously. “Mr. Waldburg, the higher-ups of Interpol have asked me to come and see you. They know about your current situation, so I’m here to discuss it with you.”
Kendrick looked at this man dubiously.
The iron door in front of him opened and the visitor unfastened his handcuffs.
“Mr. Waldburg, please come with me,” the person said respectfully.
Kendrick got in the car and left the place of detention.
A heavy thunderstorm broke out on that summer night. Then, the car stopped after driving for a while.
The suited man handed Kendrick an umbrella. “Mr. Waldburg, please get out of the car.”
Kendrick took the umbrella before getting out of the car and looked around. There were areas to be developed beside him, and there was no one on the road where the street lights were flickering.
Kendrick turned around vigilantly. “Where’s the person who wants to see me?”
The suited man was sitting in the car with a sinister smile on his face. “Kendrick Waldburg, look behind you.”
Kendrick noticed something was amiss. When he heard the man’s cold words, he turned to take a look.
The rain was heavy, and the light from the streetlights was very weak, but he could still see that the water stains on the ground were mixed with blood.
He lifted his eyes from the bloodstain and looked over to see a pale man lying on the grass.
When he was about to walk over to see what was going on, the car behind him drove away quickly.
After looking around, he realized he was the only one left.
Kendrick strode over to the man lying on the ground without hesitation.
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.