This reluctance came from his feelings for Niamh.
He could not stand seeing any horror, worry, or fear on this face.
“Naomi, you’re pretty gutsy. How dare you still come back?!” Kendrick’s words sounded like ice. Then, the last ounce of reluctance in his eyes for this face also disappeared.
Noami’s eyes were filled with terror. She could not open her eyes because of the rain, and she could not breathe because her neck was being choked.
“Tell me, why did you come back? How do you even have the guts?” Kendrick asked in a cold voice.
When he saw Naomi struggling to talk because of breathing difficulties, he removed his hand coldly and threw her on the floor.
Naomi’s back slammed against the wet floor and she grunted in pain.
She did not say anything, but suddenly, she started chuckling coldly and sinisterly. “Hahahaha…”
Kendrick started to feel even more anxious when he saw Naomi cackling in an unbridled manner.
When Karen saw Naomi laughing while feeling pleased with herself, she barged over angrily. “What are you laughing about, you imposter? You’re so shameless. You got plastic surgery to look the same as Eveline and you even want to fool everyone by sneaking into the family. I’m not that smart and was fooled by you for a moment, but don’t think Kendrick is a fool too. He saw through you a long time ago!”
After she heard that, Naomi’s laugh stopped gradually.
Indeed, Kendrick had already seen through her a long time ago.
Indeed, she would not be able to compete with a man like this.
However…
Naomi lifted her eyes while feeling pleased with herself. This beautiful face had the same features as Niamh, but it did not have Niamh’s soul and charm.
She chuckled coldly again. “So what if you’ve seen through me? You’re smart, but I’m not stupid.”
The fear in Naomi’s eyes suddenly disappeared. On the contrary, she looked into Kendrick’s cold eyes while feeling pleased with her position. “Didn’t you ask me why I have the guts to come back, Mr. Waldburg? Let me tell you why.”
She stopped for a while.
“From now on, there will not be another woman in this world with this face aside from me. You will never be able to see the face that’ll emotionally move you again for the rest of your life!”
After Naomi said that, Kendrick felt something invisible ripping his thoughts violently. His already anxious heartbeat started to beat even more erratically now.
Karen felt something was amiss after she heard that. “What do you mean by that? Speak clearly!”
Naomi peered at Karen in disdain. After a scoff, she said cheerfully, “About two hours ago, I pushed Eveline into the river to feed the fishes!”
“What?”
Karen turned pale from fright as she rushed in front of Naomi to grab her collar.
“What did you say? Say it again! What did you do to Eveline?” Karen asked hurriedly.
Naomi lifted her head to look at Kendrick whose expression had changed drastically. Then, the smile on her face became more and more intense.
So what if they had seen through her?
So what if she had lost?
She already won the moment she pushed Niamh into the river!
“Kendrick, you must be feeling frantic and upset right now, right?” Naomi smiled and asked. “It’s been two hours, so it’s impossible for the woman you love to still be alive. When I pushed her into the river, she was unconscious.”
“Did you really push Eveline into the river?” Karen roared. “How can you be so evil?”
Karen lifted her hand furiously to slap Naomi heavily across the face.
Naomi yelped in pain and turned her head to look maliciously at Karen’s face.
“Heh, you’re slapping me? Even if you beat me to death, Eveline will never come back to life!”
She said and then looked at Kendrick who had a cold expression on his face.
“I want that b*tch Eveline to be buried next to Ryan!”
“Shut up!”
Kendrick was already livid.
After he heard what Naomi said and the moment he yelled at her to shut up, he slammed his foot down on her chest before grabbing her neck.
His sharp gaze that was laced with thorns were now staring savagely at Naomi’s eyes that were filled with terror.
“Where is Eveline? Tell me!”
Naomi’s face turned red from the choking and it was getting difficult for her to breathe. At the same time, she felt a murderous aura all over Kendrick.
“If you don’t tell me now, I’ll send you to see Ryan.”
“…”
Naomi thought she was fearless, but when she heard Kendrick saying that and saw how his eyes looked like they could swallow darkness, she still felt scared.
She did not want to die.
She had never thought about dying for Ryan as well.
“The a-abandoned dock at the west,” Naomi strenuously uttered the truth from her mouth.
After she said that, Kendrick threw her away and got into his sports car to drive to the abandoned dock at the west.
‘Nia, I trust that nothing will happen to you.
‘One who survives a great disaster is destined to good fortune forever after. You’ve been through so much, so you can’t collapse now.
‘Wait for me.
‘Nia.’
After seeing Kendrick leaving, Naomi pushed away Karen who was spacing out and ran away without caring which way she was going.
Karen wanted to chase after her, but when Naomi ran outside to call a cab to leave, she had no choice but to give up.
Now, she could only pray for Niamh’s safety.
Kendrick reached the abandoned dock almost instantly.
Even though it was still drizzling, he could still see tracks of someone having been dragged across the sand next to the river. Plus, the track reached all the way to the side of the shore.
Kendrick looked at the endless river, the anxiety in his heart growing bigger and bigger.
He wanted so badly to jump into the river to find Niamh, but he was directionless.
He fantasized about Niamh coming back to shore. After all, it had been two hours, so if she was still in the river, then she would have been…
No.
Kendrick interrupted his overthinking. However, when he looked at the endless river connected to the sea, he did not know what he was supposed to do.
He stood in the middle of the rain in midwinter and looked at the river in front of him while calling out Niamh’s name in his heart.
Karen was waiting for news at home. The thing she longed for the most right now was Kendrick coming home with Niamh, but it was starting to get dark and Kendrick was still not home yet.
Karen kept waiting, and unbeknownst to her, it was the next day.
When she was about to go look for Kendrick to ask about Niamh’s situation, she received a strange call.
She was worried that she would miss any news about Niamh, so she picked up the phone. However, the person on the other side said that they were a reporter.
Karen was not in the mood to talk to the reporter, so she wanted to hang up. However, she then heard the reporter saying, “Are there any problems with Mr. and Mrs. Waldburg’s relationship? Last night, someone got pictures of Mrs. Waldburg going to the club with a few strange men.”
“What nonsense are you spewing? My daughter-in-law and son are extremely close! Stop talking rubbish!” Karen warned unhappily before hanging up.
However, after a few seconds, someone called again.
This time, it was another reporter from another media agency. They were asking about the same thing as the reporter before.
Karen hung up in annoyance. However, after a while, there were more similar calls regarding this, so she just switched off her phone.
Although, when she thought about what they had said, Karen found it more and more strange.
While she was pondering, she heard the servant calling out ‘young master’ respectfully.
Karen lifted her head to see Kendrick. She ran over hurriedly to look behind Kendrick, but she saw nothing.
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