She frowned and thought of Adam for a moment. Then, she could not help but feel a little guilty.
‘However, it’s right to save people, right?’
Cathy seemed to have found a reasonable reason for herself, so she wanted to turn around and leave.
However, as soon as she got up, her eyes suddenly paused on Felipe’s right wrist.
She stretched out her hand uncontrollably and slowly held Felipe’s arm. She looked at the red rope around his wrist and suddenly, a wave surged beneath her clear pupils and she saw a handsome young man accompanied by the rustling sea breeze.
“Amy.”
Adam’s voice suddenly rang behind her ears, and Cathy abruptly withdrew her wandering thoughts.
Adam saw Felipe sleeping on the recliner at a glance. When he saw the blood trail across the floor, he walked to Cathy in astonishment.
“What’s going on? How did he get so badly injured?”
“I don’t know what happened. It seemed that a few men were chasing him and he happened to collapse in front of our house, so I dragged him in,” Cathy explained. Seeing the frown on Adam’s face, she apologized in a soft voice. “Adam, did I do something wrong?”
Adam understood that Cathy thought he was blaming her, so he raised his hand and gently held Cathy’s shoulder.
“You did a good thing. No matter who it is, we can’t just let them die like this.”
Hearing Adam’s answer, Cathy pursed her lips and smiled. The burden in her heart seemed to disappear all at once.
“Go and watch the children. I’ll check and see if he has any other problems.”
“Oh, okay.” Cathy nodded. She felt more at ease this way.
Adam was a very professional and excellent doctor, and the patients who were treated by him could be considered lucky.
After Cathy left, the gentle smile on Adam’s face gradually disappeared. He put on a white coat and a pair of rubber gloves.
When he walked to the reclining chair and looked at the frowning man, Adam’s expression became solemn.
“Cathy.”
Felipe muttered in his dream.
Adam furrowed his brows even more. “What’s the point of regretting only after you’ve lost her? What’s the point of wanting to cherish her after losing her?”
He asked Felipe softly, but of course, he knew that Felipe would not hear him.
In the next second, there was a never-before-seen sharp glint in Adam’s eyes.
“Felipe, I won’t let Cathy go back to you and I won’t let you have another chance to hurt Cathy again.”
…
Niamh called a cab on the side of the road and went straight back to Waldburg Manor. On the way there, she was only worried about Kendrick.
Kendrick had not shown up after she waited for him at the airport last night. She did not know if he was in any trouble, but she was thankful that he had not shown up. If he had, she did not know what Carter would have done to Kendrick.
When Niamh arrived at the manor, the rain became heavier.
The torrential rain in late autumn and early winter was accompanied by the cold wind. It was extremely chilling.
After getting out of the car, she hurriedly ran past the iron gates under the rain. However, after just a few steps, an umbrella suddenly appeared above her head.
Niamh paused and raised her head abruptly.
Her bright and beautiful eyes which looked like stars met a pair of gentle almond eyes that were bottomless like the ocean.
‘Kendrick!’
Niamh shouted Kendrick’s name in her heart. While looking at the man who was still graceful and unrestrained, the worries and longing in her heart slowly disappeared.
“Mr. Waldburg, thank you.” Niamh smiled and thanked him. She had the urge to take off her mask because her face was almost recovered by now, but her voice was still very unpleasant.
Kendrick lifted the corner of his lips and stared into Niamh’s eyes. Only then did he part his lips and say gently, “Miss Quinn, I have a question I’ve been wanting to ask you this whole time we’ve been acquainted.”
Niamh widened her eyes in confusion. “What do you want to ask me, Mr. Waldburg?”
Kendrick looked into Niamh’s curious gaze with a smile in his eyes. “Miss Quinn, what do you think is the most important thing in a relationship or a marriage?”
It was this question. Niamh was a little dazed, but she was not absent-minded for long.
“I think it should be honesty and loyalty. Why are you asking this, Mr. Waldburg?”
“If that’s the case, do you think I’m considered loyal to my marriage, Miss Quinn?” Kendrick asked following that.
Niamh was stumped for words once again. Immediately, she recalled what happened between her and Kendrick in the study a few days ago and also how he had brazenly hinted at her to be his personal secretary.
Was that loyalty?
He said he wanted to get close to her because of a feeling.
In addition, this feeling stemmed from the fact that she was Eveline.
As such, mentally, he had not let her down. Meanwhile, physically… It seemed that he had not let her down from that perspective as well.
Suddenly, Niamh felt like she was getting dizzy from her own logic.
Kendrick curled the corners of his lips into a smirk when he saw Niamh spacing out and staying silent.
“Why are you not talking, Miss Quinn?”
“…”
“Did you miss me the two days I was on a business trip, Miss Quinn?”
“…” Niamh could sense that something was amiss when Kendrick said such things to her.
However, she could not help but feel the heat rising to her cheeks. In order to prevent the man from saying something weird again, she pretended to sneeze. After all, it was cold from the chilly wind.
Kendrick frowned and walked to Niamh.
He grabbed her shoulder when Niamh was least expecting it and pulled her into his broad warm embrace. He did not let a single raindrop fall on her.
However, Niamh was stunned. They were in the courtyard of Waldburg Manor.
Was he seriously holding her so brazenly?
Was he seriously going to hug a maid who was working for his family?
Niamh was feeling more and more conflicted. She escaped from Kendrick’s embrace.
“Mr. Waldburg, did you have too much to drink? You’re being disrespectful toward Mrs. Waldburg by doing this.”
Niamh could not help but roast Kendrick unhappily. Suddenly, she lifted her legs and ran into the rain, going into the house.
Kendrick frowned when he saw Niamh suddenly running into the rain.
He followed after her closely and grumbled about his inappropriate behavior just now in his heart.
He had to bear the blame if she got a cold because of this.
After Niamh ran back into the house, her body was soaked and even the mask on her face was half- drenched.
It was still early, but there was no one in the living room.
She knew that the children needed to go to school and Karen was usually the one taking care of her youngest son. However, Karen and Eloise were not here now.
She looked upstairs subconsciously, and it seemed that Naomi was not here as well.
This large house was extremely quiet and everything seemed peaceful.
When Niamh was pondering about what was going on, she heard Kendrick’s warm words behind her.
“Go back to your room to take a hot shower and change your clothes. Don’t catch a cold.”
Niamh looked at Kendrick from the corner of her eyes. She did not say anything to him before going straight upstairs.
After showering and changing her clothes, Niamh put on her mask to walk out of the room again. She noticed that the entire place was still silent.
‘Weird. Where did everyone go?’
The more Niamh thought about this, the stranger she found it. She walked forward, and when she was about to go downstairs, she suddenly heard a loud crash from the bedroom in front of her.
Judging from the direction of the noise, she was sure that it had come from her bedroom with Kendrick.
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.