“We did that so many times and you always made me go to sleep every time on the way there and back because you don’t want me to know where Adam’s laboratory is. Although I can’t smell the gas that makes me sleepy every time, I could estimate from the time and your actions.”
After hearing Niamh’s explanation, Ryan could not help but chuckle.
“Eveline, I underestimated you.”
He seemed to be admitting defeat, but there seemed to be a hint of joy in his smile.
“I was right. You’re indeed a woman worthy of me submitting to you cheerfully.”
“I’m not as good as you think. Ryan, you lost because you’re too arrogant.”
Niamh gave him a merciless blow and told Ryan the subtle details.
“Actually, I knew that there was a camera in your study. I knew you must’ve seen me entering your study and saw that I tried to open your safe. So, I deliberately told you that I wanted to steal the reagents.”
Upon hearing this, Ryan’s face changed slightly.
Back when it happened, he thought that Niamh was being sincere to him, but he did not expect that she just did that to win his trust!
“Ryan, I can also tell you that there’s no tenant opposite Glendale Hotel who happened to capture the scene of you killing Lana on the security camera.”
“…”
Niamh’s announcement shocked Ryan thoroughly.
He suddenly turned the steering wheel at an intersection. After the car drifted for a bit, he stopped at an open field.
“What did you say? That video is fake?” Ryan asked while he stared at Niamh with red eyes.
Niamh fearlessly confronted his falcon-like sharp eyes. Then, she parted her lips and said, “Remember what you said when you wanted to kill that police officer? You retold the process of you killing Lana, so Kendrick and I just acted out the scene according to what you said.”
“…”
Ryan felt cold all over suddenly.
“Heh.” He chuckled, his smile full of sarcasm.
He thought that Kendrick was deep in the trap he designed, but he did not know that he was just the clown in Kendrick’s plan all along!
“Ryan, although this video evidence was forged, you committed the crime and that’s a fact. Since you did it, you have a guilty conscience. So when you saw the video, you were sure that the man was you and the woman was Lana.”
After listening to Niamh’s words, Ryan’s self-deprecating smile grew wider while his gray eyes became redder and scarier.
He grabbed Niamh’s face tightly and said weakly, “What else have you done?”
“Are you afraid? Are you afraid that I’ll do something unfavorable to you?” Niamh asked calmly.
Ryan pursed his thin lips. “I’ve never been afraid of anyone.”
He was still so confident. Then, when he heard the sound of cars catching up, he stepped on the accelerator again.
“Ryan, don’t make the same mistakes again and again.” Niamh persuaded.
Ryan turned a deaf ear and continued to drive forward. Eventually, he stopped the car on an abandoned dock.
When Ryan got out of the car, Niamh quickly opened the door.
She wanted to escape from Ryan, but since Ryan was a senior agent, his physical ability was considered to be exceptional.
Niamh could not get past him. Ryan grabbed her wrist and pulled her to him.
Niamh felt a little uneasy while looking at his wicked face up-close.
“Ryan, what else do you want to do?”
Ryan curled his thin lips into a superficial smile. He looked at Kendrick who had stopped his car and was now running toward them. He suddenly smirked and said, “Kendrick, if I can’t get this woman, then neither can you!”
“Ryan!”
Seeing Kendrick rushing over, Ryan pointed his gun at Niamh. Then, a smile that was ambiguously righteous or evil appeared on his handsome face.
“Come with me.”
He said this to Niamh before taking her hand and walking to the dock.
There was a small yacht docked on the pier. Then, Ryan pushed Niamh onto the yacht and started it.
Niamh looked back and saw Kendrick rushing to the end of the dock, but she could only watch Ryan take her away.
“Nia.” Kendrick looked worried. As he looked at the figure that was gradually getting blurrier, he immediately opened the app on his phone and searched for Niamh’s location.
While looking at the little red dot that was moving on the screen, he could also feel his heart beating faster.
‘Nia, I’ll definitely bring you back safely.
‘Then, we’ll reunite as a family.’
Since Ryan abducted Niamh via the waterway, Kendrick had no choice but to go back first.
As soon as he returned to Waldburg Manor and saw Lillian blowing bubbles in the yard, he felt his heart getting warmer.
“Lily,” he whispered softly.
Lillian had just finished blowing her bubbles when she heard a voice. Then, she was stunned.
She turned her petite and cute little figure, blinking her big crystal-clear eyes to take a careful look.
As soon as she saw Kendrick walking toward her, the bubbles in front of the little girl seemed to become more colorful and vibrant.
She displayed her sweet little dimples, kicked her short legs, and happily ran toward Kendrick.
“Daddy!”
Her voice was as crisp as a silver bell and it felt like a clear spring flowing through Kendrick’s heart. He ran to his only little princess without any worries, picked her up, and held her firmly in his arms.
“Lily.” He hugged the child while feeling sorry. When he heard her calling him ‘Daddy’, he knew that he should be very happy, but his heart was inexplicably hurting.
Lillian hugged Kendrick’s neck tightly and nestled intimately in his arms to look for the paternal warmth she craved.
Karen had just come back and thought she heard Lillian calling out to her father.
She thought she heard it wrong, but when she came out, she really saw Kendrick holding Lillian.
“Kendrick!” Karen ran over hurriedly and looked behind Kendrick. After that, the surprise on her face changed to melancholy. “Why are you alone? Where’s Eveline? Why didn’t Eveline come back with you?”
Kendrick did not expect that Karen would care about Niamh so much one day. He said with a frown, “Ryan brought Nia away on a yacht, so I could only come back first.”
When Karen heard this, her face fell and she became even angrier. “I really didn’t expect that Ryan would be that kind of person! What is he going to do to Eveline? Do you think he will—”
“Stop thinking nonsense,” Kendrick interrupted Karen. However, he also felt rather uneasy.
He did not forget the words Ryan said when he took Niamh away. “Kendrick, if I can’t get this woman, then neither can you!”
‘Ryan, if you dare do anything to Nia, I will make sure none of the Joneses have peace for the rest of their lives!’
“Kendrick, did Lily call you ‘Daddy’ just now?” Karen finally remembered.
Kendrick gathered his emotions and looked at the little cutie leaning in his arms before caressing her head.
“Yeah, Lily finally called me ‘Daddy’.”
“Great! Lily can speak again!” Karen was extremely surprised. “When Eveline comes back, you’ll be able to truly reunite as a family.”
Kendrick nodded. ‘Nia, you’re the only one left.’
The sky gradually darkened, but Niamh did not know where Ryan had brought her to.
Aside from her wedding ring, Ryan took away all of Niamh’s accessories and threw them into the sea.
Ryan held the gun and walked along the beach. Under the night sky, he looked even more sinister from the back.
“Where are you taking me?” Niamh stopped. She really did not want to continue walking with him.
Ryan looked back at her. “Do you have another choice apart from following me?”
“Ryan, if you want to escape, I’ll only become your burden if you take me with you.”
Ryan smiled upon hearing this and walked to Niamh slowly. “Do you think I’ll let you go if you say that? I might have nothing now, but I still have you.”
“…”
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.