After Carter heard what they said, he did not give any reaction. However, his eyes were still on Niamh. Compared to his calm tone from just now, his tone sounded colder now.
“I think you need to give me an explanation regarding some matters. Eveline, how will you reconcile with your conscience after lying to someone who had saved you?”
“…” Indeed, he already knew that she was the real Eveline.
Niamh did not hide anymore. However, when she was about to say something, Kendrick was one step ahead of her.
“Mr. Gray, my Nia did not mean to lie to you. You had indeed saved her, but in that situation, you were just a stranger to her. Understandably, she did not want to tell you her true identity.”
Naturally, Kendrick was defending her.
“Mr. Gray, if there’s anything you’re unhappy about, we can talk about it in my office now.”
Carter lifted his narrow and cold eyes but was still not looking at Kendrick. He only said to Niamh, “I think you know this won’t end like this. The reporters will come out soon and I don’t want to put you in a difficult situation. I’ll be waiting in the manor tomorrow morning at ten for you to come and give me an appropriate explanation.”
Before Niamh could answer, Carter turned around and walked away freely and easily.
Niamh and Kendrick watched as Carter left before looking into each other’s eyes with mutual understanding.
“Nia, let’s go home.”
“Okay.”
Niamh nodded. After she grabbed Kendrick’s arm, they walked to the parking lot.
More than ten minutes later, she felt excited after stepping into the doors of Waldburg Manor once again. She could finally come back to her home as Eveline.
When Karen saw Niamh back with Kendrick, she was excited as well.
“Eveline, it’s so good to see you! I thought something bad had happened to you,” Karen said while feeling fortunate. She then lifted her hand to wipe away the tears in the corner of her eyes.
Niamh could feel Karen’s worries and longings for her. Therefore, she went over to hug Karen while feeling touched.
“Mom, I’m fine.”
Karen patted her shoulder. “It’s good that you’re fine. Tell me, what happened? Naomi said she pushed you into the river and Kendrick went to find you but couldn’t find anything. What in the world happened?’
Karen asked the question she had in her heart as Niamh looked at the man next to her with a smile.
“Naomi was right. She did push me into the river to drown me, but I was still conscious at that moment. After she pushed me into the river, I was fully conscious in the blink of an eye. Then, I swam back to shore myself.”
After Karen heard that, she was suddenly enlightened. However, there was still something that she could not understand. “When did you learn how to swim? I remember that you don’t know how to swim.”
“Kendrick taught me when I went out to have fun with him back then.” Niamh smiled and leaned against Kendrick. Kendrick naturally reached out and held Niamh’s shoulder.
“Mommy!”
“Mommy!”
Two clear and melodic voices of children sounded from one side. Kendrick only held Niamh for less than a few seconds before there was an emptiness in his arms.
Niamh turned around to look at the siblings running toward her. She squatted and opened her arms to welcome the children.
Jackson and Lillian ran into Niamh’s arms, nuzzling against her intimately before kissing her cheek.
“Mommy! This mommy now is my real mommy,” Jackson exclaimed. He finally knew why his mother back then would glare at him so maliciously.
It was because that was not his real mother.
Niamh held the two children while feeling heartbroken, especially when she was holding Lillian.
Back then, Naomi had bullied Lillian. Although she had already vented out on the little girl’s behalf, the little girl’s trauma was real and valid.
Kendrick thought Niamh would spend some time with him first after she came back.
However, Niamh stayed with the children the entire time so Kendrick could only stay at one side while feeling jealous.
After she tucked the children into bed at night, Niamh finally went back into Kendrick’s arms.
Naomi had slept in this room before, so they chose to sleep in the guest room for the time being.
Kendrick held Niamh tightly in his arms, and when he saw the faint red marks on her cheeks, he did not mind them. On the contrary, he kissed them while feeling heartbroken.
“You must’ve been in so much pain back then, right?”
“Yeah.” Niamh nodded and put down her tough mask. At this moment, she was a woman who had been wronged and was showing weakness in the arms of the man she loved. “It hurt so bad, but as long as I can come back to you, I’ll be able to endure pain worse than this.”
Kendrick felt a stab in his heart as he pulled her closer to him, feeling more pitiful. “Nia.”
“Kendrick, I’ve decided to drop by Carter’s place tomorrow.”
Kendrick loosened his arms that were wrapped tightly around her and furrowed his brows. “You don’t have to explain anything to him. If he’s so dissatisfied, I’ll negotiate with him.”
“He did save my life back then, so I should at least go over and thank him with my real identity.”
“Nia, if you really want to go, then I’ll go with you.”
“Okay.” Niamh smiled and pressed a kiss on the corner of Kendrick’s lips with her pink lips. “Kendrick, I love you.”
After Kendrick heard that, he unfurrowed his brows. “I love you too, Nia.”
He smiled, and in the silence, he kissed her…
The next day, Niamh woke up early to wash up. After breakfast, she got ready to go over to Carter’s place with Kendrick.
However, when they were about to leave, Niamh saw a familiar car parked outside the door.
She got closer to take a look and saw Carter’s driver getting out of the car to walk to her.
“Miss Montgomery, please get in. There has been a change in the meeting point and Mr. Carter asked me to drive you over.”
After Niamh heard that, she looked at the time. She smiled and parted her lips, saying, “I’ll arrive at the place Mr. Carter has arranged on time, so you don’t have to drive me. My husband will go with me.”
The driver smiled. “Miss Montgomery, you’ve misunderstood me. Mr. Carter asked me to drive you because he wants you to go alone. Plus, Mr. Carter doesn’t want people to know the place I’ll be bringing you to.”
What a mysterious place.
Niamh was hesitating. She then heard the driver saying, “Mr. Carter knows that you want to return the favor of him saving you, so it’s best if you go yourself, Miss Montgomery.”
Niamh had to admit that she did want to return this favor. This way, she would be able to stop getting involved with this man.
However, why was this person investigating Kendrick?
While she was wondering about this, Kendrick drove over in his car.
When he saw what was happening at the door, he stopped the car, got out, and walked over.
“Nia, who’s this?”
“He’s Carter’s driver.”
After Kendrick heard that, he lifted his deep eyes and looked at this man up and down.
The man smiled politely at Kendrick. “Mr. Waldburg, Mr. Carter is inviting Miss Montgomery for a small meeting. I hope you don’t mind.”
Kendrick furrowed his brows slightly. “What do you mean?”
Niamh grabbed Kendrick’s hand when she detected his displeasure. “Kendrick, I’ll just go alone.”
“Alone?”
“Yeah, don’t worry. He won’t do anything out of line to me.” Niamh was certain.
At least, she was sure that Carter did not have any romantic feelings toward her.
He had sided with his mother when she was framed by Ada and her mother last time. He did not even trust her.
“Kendrick, he did save me and I did lie to him. I should apologize to him because it would only be polite to do so.” Niamh tried to get the man to nod his head.
In the end, Kendrick gave in. He lifted his head to stroke Niamh’s cheek gently.
“Stay in contact with me always.”
“Okay.”
Niamh nodded. She got up to Kendrick and planted a kiss on Kendrick’s cheek before getting into the car.
Kendrick looked at the car that Niamh was in as it got farther and farther away from him. For some reason, he could feel anxiety creeping into his heart.
‘It won’t.
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.