“Sweethearts, I’m going to bake a cake for you all to eat.” Niamh bent down and touched Jackson’s head. Then, she spun around, but before she could take a step, she turned back again. “Kendrick, why don’t we make it together?”
“I had the same thought as well.” Kendrick turned to look at Jackson and stretched his hand out to Lillian. “Lillian, come follow us.”
Lillian extended her fair, little arm and placed it in Kendrick’s palm. However, her big eyes were gleaming with curiosity as she looked at Niamh.
Niamh smiled gently and offered her hand to Jackson. “Come on, Jack. Follow me.”
Jackson saw Niamh who was smiling in front of him and stretched out his hand hesitantly. “Where’s the purple crystal necklace, Mommy? Mommy, you weren’t wearing this skirt either when you went out.”
When Kendrick heard his son’s comment, his pair of deep eyes looked at the lady before him.
“Purple crystal necklace?”
“It’s a necklace that me, Lillian, and Pudding made together for Mommy,” Jackson explained, “Just now, Lillian even personally put it on for Mommy.”
Niamh touched her neck after hearing it, then let out an astonished expression. “Oh my, the purple crystal necklace really is gone. I must’ve accidentally lost it when I was at the parking lot.”
“Nia, did you fall?” Kendrick frowned. He was suddenly not concerned about anything else but whether Niamh had injured herself.
“It’s nothing, Kendrick. I’m fine. It’s just that my clothes were soiled, so I went to the nearest mall to buy a new skirt to change into,” said Niamh as she looked at Jackson, “Jack really has great observation skills. I’m really sorry, I really didn’t mean to lose the gift you guys gave me.”
She put on an aggrieved look. Her delicate facial features on that perfect face just made anyone touched whenever they saw her like this.
However, Kendrick could not help but feel that something was off when he saw the smiling face before him.
The five of them entered the kitchen, then Niamh started baking like she really knew the steps.
While preparing for the ingredients, Kendrick glanced at Niamh’s left hand and noticed her empty ring finger.
He went over and subconsciously, he grabbed Niamh’s left wrist.
Perhaps she did not expect Kendrick’s sudden action. Niamh got a shock and trembled. She raised her big, innocent eyes and questioned, “What’s wrong, Kendrick?”
“Where’s the ring? The wedding ring that I personally put on for you. Why did you take it off?”
Hearing Kendrick’s comment made Niamh flabbergasted as she looked at her ring finger. “Where’s my ring?! Damn it, did I lose it as well?!”
Niamh looked anxious and quickly bent down to search for it.
Kendrick released his hand and stared at his palm that was hovering in mid-air, frowning his pretty brows.
“Damn it, the ring is really gone!” Niamh was so anxious that her eyes reddened. “What should I do, Kendrick? I lost our wedding ring.”
Her pretty eyes were teary and reddened, brewing with anxiety.
“Kendrick, will you blame me?”
“How would I blame you, silly?” Kendrick comforted her, but looking at the tears that were about to spill out from those big eyes before him did not make him feel heartbroken.
Previously, he would feel uncomfortable even if Niamh frowned.
However, he did not feel any change in emotions even when Niamh was on the verge of crying now.
Kendrick felt troubled, but without thinking further, he continued comforting her gently. “Don’t be so upset, it’s just a ring. Later, I’ll buy you another one. Right now, let’s bake a cake together.”
Niamh suddenly smiled. “You really treat me the best, Kendrick.”
“You’re my wife. If I don’t treat you well, who am I going to treat well?” Kendrick smiled. Just when he was about to bake the cake with Niamh, his phone rang. “Nia, I’ll go answer this call first.”
“Alright.” Niamh nodded and stared at Kendrick’s back. Gradually, there was a victorious smile on her face.
She looked down at the three little kids beside her. Lillian was so cute and was holding onto Pudding who was still learning to talk. On the other hand, Jackson was staring right at her.
Niamh rolled her eyes disgustedly. She never even bothered about the curiosity Jackson was having.
To her, a kid about five to six years old was just like a toy that did not possess any threat.
Instead, the thought of the look on Kendrick when he was so worried about her falling. It made her touched. She even thought of just falling in love with him instead.
After all, perfect men like Kendrick would always attract women. She was just an ordinary woman who could not escape from being mesmerized.
Previously, she thought that Kendrick was a man she could only dream of, but now…
She placed her hands on her perfect face and revealed a complacent smile.
She was lucky that she had mastered some of the baking skills and that they came in handy today.
After half an hour, she handed out the freshly baked little cake to the three kids. Lillian and Pudding were both eating happily but Jackson did not help himself to it.
The lady was not bothered at all. She took the remaining cake and gave it to Karen. She even held a piece of cake and fed Eloise herself.
Kendrick was looking at Niamh at a corner thoughtfully, thinking that something was odd. However, he just could not point out the weird part.
He thought to himself and spun around only to witness his son also staring at Niamh. His gaze was as odd as his too.
‘What’s going on?
‘Nia doesn’t seem the same. Is this just a misconception?’
…
In a room with no light shining in, Niamh woke up while feeling dizzy.
Thinking back to the event that occurred before she passed out, she immediately sat up. With that tiny amount of light coming from the window, she tried to find the entrance. Coincidentally, the door before her was suddenly opened.
There was light shining straight in. Niamh felt her eyes hurting. She closed her eyes and when she opened them again, she saw a man with a huge body coming in from the entrance with his back facing the light.
Niamh found this outline rather familiar. Just when she was trying to look properly, the man’s gentle, soft voice was heard. “Eveline, you didn’t expect that we’ll meet again, right?”
Astonished, Niamh looked at the man who was walking to her. A gleam of confusion was seen in her clear eyes. “How is this possible? Where is this place? How did you—”
“How did I manage to show up before you as I please?” the man asked with a slight smile as he sauntered to Niamh. “In this world, there’s a gray area. Even though money can’t do everything and it can’t buy true love, but it’s more than enough to purchase freedom.”
“…”
Niamh suddenly had a terrible headache when she heard his comment. “Ryan, the lady who looks the same as me, is that your doing? Why did you do that?”
Ryan placed one of his hands into his pocket with a carefree gesture.
“Eveline, you should know that changing one’s appearance to look exactly like yours isn’t a one or two days’ work.”
“So, you’re saying you had it all planned much earlier?”
“That day when I brought you over to Y Country, I had already planned to do this, but later I was arrested and admitted my defeat. I didn’t plan to use a lady who looks exactly like you to conduct a new plan, but…”
As Ryan was explaining, he suddenly paused. His gentle gaze was suddenly covered by a layer of ice.
“But that letter was suddenly exposed and it destroyed my late grandfather’s reputation. It caused the Joneses to be involved with ugly rumors.” He chuckled softly to himself and placed his interrogating, sharp gaze on Niamh’s face. “That letter, before reaching the hands of my father, was only seen by the Waldburg family.”
Niamh instantly knew where Ryan was heading to. “So, you’re suspecting that this letter was exposed and uploaded on the internet by the Waldburgs?”
“Was it not?”
“Of course, not.” Niamh faced Ryan’s gaze which was brewing with suspicion. “I believe that my family members will not do such a thing.”
“Huh, believe?” Ryan let out a sneer. “How do you want me to believe in that?”
“Ryan, why are you choosing the wrong path over and over again? Back then, you misunderstood Kendrick’s grandfather, and now, you want to repeat the wrong things you’ve done? Have you never thought that there might be someone else trying to cause a crack in the relationship between our families?”
Niamh’s reminder had a sense of unsatisfied blasting.
“You just follow what you suspect and place the charge on others. Don’t you think the way you’re doing things is a bit unreasonable? And it’s rather unfair to those innocent people?”
With each word Niamh spoke, Ryan’s brows started to frown deeper.
Niamh did not wish to continue arguing with him. She walked in the direction of the doorway. She thought Ryan would try to stop her, but he did not do so.
She walked quickly to the doorway and realized the sea was surrounding her in all directions.
Niamh glanced far away and vaguely saw the iconic buildings of Glendale.
‘Am I going to be trapped here and allow that lady who is impersonating me to stay beside Kendrick, taking on my role and sleeping with my husband while taking the advantage to bully my kids?’
Niamh would never tolerate any of it.
She suddenly spun around, wanting to look for Ryan. However, after turning around, she saw Ryan walking to her.
Previously in the room, the lights were very dim and Niamh did not manage to see the expression on Ryan’s face well. However, she was currently able to witness it crystal clear.
Perhaps he had not recuperated from his injury, so Ryan’s face still seemed to be pale and lifeless. However, he had fantastic facial features and a gentle vibe which still made him have a morbid fascination.
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.