Cathy started to become worried as well. “What should we do now? Is Evie in danger?”
“I’m not sure.” Adam frowned. When he thought about Niamh’s situation back then, he could not make any judgments.
Adam lifted his hand and slammed on the door with all his might.
“Open the door!”
Adam tried to make some noises to get Kendrick’s attention while he was downstairs.
Cathy also tried to slam on the door while screaming. However, there seemed to be no sounds of activities around them even after a long while. It appeared that no one had heard them.
Kendrick heard some noises, but he did not know where the noises came from. He only knew that someone was repeatedly knocking.
He felt that something was amiss. When he was about to go upstairs, he saw Carter at the staircase.
“Don’t you think it’s inappropriate for you to come to my house so late at night, Mr. Waldburg?” Carter’s face was as cold as an iceberg as he came downstairs emotionlessly.
“Whose name were you calling out just now? Shirley?”
When Kendrick saw Carter pretending to look confused, he looked at him coldly.
“Carter, stop pretending. Shirley is part of this whole plan with you. I already know it.”
“Oh? Really?” Carter asked coldly with a calm and indifferent expression. “If that’s the case, why are you still here? If you know we’re in this together and that the poison in your wife’s body doesn’t have an anti-toxoid test reagent, why did you still come to me?”
“You don’t have to teach me how to do things! Get me Shirley!” Kendrick did not have time to beat around the bush with Carter. His heart was now occupied with the desire to ease Niamh’s discomfort. However, only Shirley was able to help Niamh now because she was the person who created this poison.
When Carter saw Kendrick so deeply worried about Niamh, a small smile appeared on the corners of his lips.
He asked a maid to bring some tea over. He sat down on the sofa leisurely to drink the tea.
“Carter, ask Shirley to come out. I know she must be here.” Kendrick was sure. It had always been easy for him to track someone in Glendale.
If he wanted to find someone, he would have no problems doing it.
He also knew about Shirley and Carter coming to Glendale back then.
Carter slowly took a sip of his tea. “Even if she comes out to see you, she doesn’t have an anti-toxoid test reagent for you. Even if she does, it’s only able to ease your wife’s condition temporarily.”
“Don’t spew nonsense with me.” Kendrick’s patience was wearing thin. “Carter, you can do whatever you want in St. Piaf, but let me remind you, this is Glendale!”
Carter’s hand that was holding the teacup froze.
It looked as if he was contemplating something. After that, when he was about to say something, a loud bang came from upstairs. It sounded as if someone had kicked a door open.
Kendrick and Carter looked in the direction of the sound at the same tie. The next second, Shirley’s figure appeared in their vision.
Carter’s gaze turned cold. He placed his teacup down and stood up coldly.
When Kendrick saw Shirley, he quickly ran to her.
He grabbed her wrist and tightened his grip on her without mercy. “Shirley, where is the anti-toxoid test reagent? Give it to me now!”
Shirley knitted her beautiful eyebrows in pain. Then, she curled her red lips into a smile.
“Is the poison flaring up again?”
“Stop asking when you clearly know the answer. Where is the anti-toxoid test reagent?”
“I need time to develop the test reagent and I don’t have any extra anti-toxoid test reagent with me anymore,” Shirley said carefreely. However, after she said that, she could feel the grip on her wrist tightening.
“Really? No more? Alright!” Kendrick said and pulled Shirley forcefully into the direction of the door.
When they had only taken a few steps, Carter’s cold and indifferent voice could be heard from behind them.
“Let go of her.” His tone was indistinct but filled with imposing chills.
Kendrick ignored Carter’s warning and continued dragging Shirley over to the door.
The next second, Kendrick suddenly heard the sound of someone loading a bullet into a gun. Then, a force came whooshing behind his ear at lightning speed.
His hearing was exceptional and he was very nimble.
In just a split second, he dodged the bullet that flew past the side of his face.
Carter had fired the gun.
Kendrick stopped, and Shirley, who witnessed this scene, was startled.
She looked at Carter in disbelief. She saw him holding a gun with a cold expression. His face looked frigid, like he had on an emotionless poker face.
His elegant and noble image in front of others was completely reversed at this moment.
Right now, he looked like a cold-blooded and cruel duke of the night. He had a dark aura emitting from his body.
He clearly wanted to prevent Kendrick from taking Shirley away just now, so that was why he had fired the gun.
‘Did he do that for me?’
Shirley’s heart started racing.
Carter held the gun and walked toward Kendrick.
“No one can take anything away from my manor in front of me. It doesn’t matter if this is Glendale.”
‘Anything.’
This description caused Shirley’s initially gleeful heart to plunge into the abyss.
Right.
How would he care about her?
He had been using her this entire time. Their relationship was like that of a master and a servant.
“Kendrick, let her go,” Carter requested, his eyes looking icy.
However, Kendrick’s eyes looked colder than Carter’s. “Don’t think I’ll let her go if I don’t get the anti- toxoid test reagent.”
After he said that, a slight change appeared on Carter’s emotionless face.
“Kendrick, are you sure?”
“I’m very sure. You guys are the ones who are not sure.”
Kendrick said and dragged Shirley away even harder.
“Kendrick, you’re making me feel that you’re a challenging person to deal with,” Carter said this profound statement suddenly.
Kendrick could sense the profoundness in Carter’s statement, and he also realized that this man might take action against him. As such, Kendrick was prepared.
However, at this moment, two sets of frantic and messy footsteps could be heard from upstairs.
“Kendrick!”
Adam’s voice could be heard soon after.
Kendrick’s leaving footsteps and Carter’s act of pulling the trigger abruptly stopped.
Thud, thud, thud. Adam quickly came downstairs, followed by Cathy.
Kendrick finally understood why he had failed to get through to Cathy and Adam. They had been trapped here.
Kendrick looked askance at Shirley, his eyes filled with disdain. “You’re even taking action against your brother. Shirley Brown, you’re truly despicable.”
Shirley smiled when Kendrick ridiculed her.
“Of course. If not, how else would I develop such poison to use on humans?”
“Shirley!”
“You’re in a lot of pain, right? You’ve experienced that kind of pain before, but now, it’s your wife’s turn.” Shirley chuckled as if she was mocking Kendrick.
“Is this time different from before? She’s feeling a weight on her chest, having breathing difficulties, and experiencing chills all over her body, right?” Shirley accurately stated Niamh’s current symptoms.
Kendrick’s grip tightened, and he wanted so badly to crush this evil woman into pieces.
Shirley gritted her teeth and frowned in pain. However, she soon curled her red lips into a smirk again. “Kendrick, do you want to know what the poison will do to the woman you love the most at the final stage?”
The final stage.
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.