Ada closed her mouth quickly and saw the man coming from in front of her. She squeezed her fingers nervously and stood up slowly.
“Carty.”
Carter’s cold gaze swept across Ada’s face. “You can go back too.”
“…”
Ada pressed her lips together. Although she was very reluctant, she did not have another choice. As such, she could only pretend to be sensible and said to Camille in concern.
“Aunty Cammy, I’ll be heading back first. You’ve been busy the whole day today. Please rest early.”
Camille waved her hand. “Go back first, then.”
Ada did not dare to say much and left soon after.
“Is she still unconscious?” Camille’s tone was slightly dissatisfied.
Carter nodded. “Maybe she has been too tense these days, so that’s why she’s like this.”
“Does she already have three children with that Kendrick guy?”
Camille suddenly changed the subject, but Carter looked calm.
“I don’t care how many children she had before this.”
“…Y-You don’t you care?” Camille was surprised and stood up. “Carter, do you like Eveline to such an extent?”
“I do.” Carter listened to the words he said and smiled vaguely. “Rest early. We still have a lot to do tomorrow.”
“…” Camille still wanted to say something, but seeing Carter bluntly turning his back toward her, she felt that it was useless to say anything more.
Late at night.
Everyone in Gray Manor had fallen asleep.
A tall and slender figure quietly entered one of the bedrooms.
Niamh, who was lying on the bed, heard the sound and suddenly opened her eyes.
In the darkness, she saw a familiar silhouette quickly approaching her.
“Nia.”
Kendrick’s deep and alluring voice blossomed in Niamh’s ears.
Niamh sat up quickly. “Why are you here again?”
“Nia, I’m here to take you home.” Kendrick grabbed Niamh’s wrist. Although he was anxious, he still knew the strength of his grip.
Seeing that Niamh was looking at him without speaking, Kendrick decisively pulled Niamh to the door of the room.
However, after only two steps, Niamh suddenly stopped in her tracks and escaped from Kendrick’s grip.
“Kendrick, leave now.” Niamh’s voice sounded very decisive.
In the darkness, Kendrick caught Niamh’s steadfast gaze under the moonlight.
“Leave.” Niamh insisted, saying, “Kendrick, if you continue to stay here, you’ll only place yourself in a more dangerous situation. I’m not scaring you. You saw the situation yourself earlier today.”
“As long as I can take Nia home, I don’t care what danger I encounter.”
“But I do,” Niamh talked back indifferently, “I don’t want to see you, do you know that? Leave now. If you don’t leave, I’ll call for someone.”
Kendrick’s clenched hand loosened slightly, but he still could not bear to let go.
Niamh furrowed her eyebrows and shook off Kendrick’s palm suddenly. “Get lost!”
It was unknown whether Niamh’s movement was too abrupt and shocking, but Kendrick was thrown to the side and ended up slamming into the wall.
He let out a muffled sound of pain, and his body doubled over reflexively.
Niamh saw Kendrick touching his ankle subconsciously. Even though the moonlight was not so bright, she still saw that Kendrick’s face was gradually turning pale. She felt her heartstrings tightening. “Kendrick, what happened to you?”
Niamh immediately turned on the lights, and at a glance, she saw blood seeping from Kendrick’s left ankle glaringly.
He was hurt.
It seemed that the injury was serious.
Kendrick looked down at the bleeding wound on his ankle. Despite the discomfort, he endured the pain to return to Niamh.
“Nia, I can’t just watch you wed another man. I must take you out of here now.”
Niamh’s gaze stayed for a moment at Kendrick’s injured ankle, then she raised her tough and unyielding eyes.
“I won’t leave.” She was still so determined. “Kendrick, for the sake of our previous relationship as husband and wife, I’ll give you a chance to leave now. You’d better not throw yourself into this trap, do you understand?”
She stared at Kendrick’s increasingly lonely and hurt deep eyes. “Get out of here now.”
Kendrick stared into Niamh’s firm eyes. Suddenly, he tugged the corners of his lips into a smile. “Okay, I’ll leave right away.”
“There seem to be some strange movements in the room.” Suddenly, a maid’s voice came from outside the door.
“I wasn’t mistaken just now, someone really did sneak in!”
“How dare this bold thief come and steal things from Gray Manor?!”
Two or three sets of footsteps outside the door got closer and closer, accompanied by the voices.
After a while, the door of the room suddenly opened.
Niamh, who was standing by the bed, raised her eyes in shock.
When the two maids saw Niamh awake, they were startled and hurriedly apologized.
“Sorry Miss Montgomery, we heard sounds in the room and you were unconscious earlier, so we thought someone had sneaked into your room.”
The maid said and looked around in the room.
“Sorry, Miss Montgomery, I’m sorry to have bothered you. It’s great that you’re awake. Mr. Carter was worried about you all night.”
Niamh nodded slightly. “Thank you for your concern, I just woke up.”
“ I’ll tell Mr. Carter that you’re awake now.”
“No.” Niamh hurriedly stopped her. “It’s late, we’ll talk about this tomorrow.”
The maid also felt that it made sense. As such, she apologized again, closed the door, and left.
Niamh walked to the door before locking it. Then, she turned off the lights in the room and turned to the balcony.
However, after two steps, she remembered something. After she fumbled for a while in the dark room, she came to the balcony.
Although the moonlight tonight was not as bright, it was enough for Kendrick to see clearly what Niamh had brought over.
It was a small first aid kit.
Niamh squatted down and put the first aid kit down. She quickly took out the cotton pad soaked with alcohol and the gauze used for bandaging.
Kendrick did not speak. He just watched Niamh treat his wound in silence.
However, he vaguely saw that when Niamh was looking at his injury, her eyebrows were deeply furrowed.
He had jumped off from the balcony smoothly this afternoon, but something sharp had accidentally cut into his left ankle.
It only hurt a while at the time. After he got home though, he found that the wound was a bit deep.
In addition to that, he twisted his ankle just now when he was aggressively thrown to the side by Niamh. That was why blood oozed out from his carelessly bandaged wound.
When the cotton pad with alcohol touched his wound, a sharp pain spread instantly.
Kendrick frowned. He also spotted Niamh frowning with him.
This response from Niamh was like a cure for the wound. Suddenly, Kendrick felt that it was worth it even if he was hurting.
He raised his hand naturally, and his cool fingertips landed on Niamh’s cheek.
Niamh paused. She did not resist. Instead, she just moved quicker to wrap the gauze around his ankle before putting away the first aid kit.
“Come with me.”
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.