To be honest, she wanted to hear him denying this but she only saw him nodding.
“That’s right, I kidnapped her and locked her up.”
“Kendrick…” Niamh felt a twinge in her heart and she wanted to ask Kendrick to let Shirley go. After all, this was not something just and honorable.
However, before she could continue, Kendrick interrupted her.
“Nia, I can’t take this anymore.” Kendrick held Niamh’s hand tightly in his palms.
She could feel Kendrick’s anxiety and uneasiness from the way he was holding her so tightly.
“Kendrick, are you worried about me? Are you worried that the poison will torment me a lot when it reaches the final stage so that’s why you kidnapped Shirley to force her to give you the anti-toxoid test reagent?”
After she said that, Kendrick lowered his eyelids silently.
Niamh felt her heart aching, but at the same time, she felt loved and pampered.
“Kendrick, let her go. I don’t want you to do something so unreasonable because of me.”
“Nia, I’m clear-headed and I know what I’m doing.” Kendrick’s gaze looked firm. “I’m just doing to her what she did to you. I can’t let them always have the upper hand over us. Nia, we can’t be so passive anymore.”
Niamh saw Kendrick’s unwavering decisiveness. After pondering, she figured that she could not change his mind anymore.
Plus, it was true that Shirley had done all kinds of evil.
“Kendrick, where did you imprison Shirley? I want to go see her,” Niamh suggested, but Kendrick rejected without hesitation.
“I won’t let you see her. This is my own doing so I won’t drag you into this.”
“I’m already in this now, aren’t I?” Niamh emphasized and looked straight into Kendrick’s eyes. “Kendrick, I’m your wife. I won’t run away if you’re in trouble, do you understand?”
When Kendrick heard this, he suddenly felt remorseful. He regretted kidnapping Shirley now.
However, now that things had already arrived at this point, he could only continue with it.
The next morning, Kendrick called Karen to come to take care of Lillian in the hospital. After that, he took Niamh to the place where he was imprisoning Shirley.
On the way, Kendrick sensed that someone was following them. As such, he deliberately took a very roundabout way. After making sure that he had lost the person behind him, he eventually drove to the destination.
Niamh was surprised when the car stopped and she saw the building in front of her.
‘It’s this place.’
Niamh got out of the car. She had never thought that she would come back to this villa again.
After all, this place was filled with a lot of unhappy memories.
Kendrick carefully observed Niamh’s expression. He knew this place had given her too much pain. To be honest, he was genuinely reluctant to bring her back here.
“She’s in the basement.” Kendrick broke the silence and went over to open the iron gates.
Niamh followed after him. When she stepped into the premises, she felt a strong uneasiness rising in her chest.
Perhaps it was because the weather was cold today, so whenever the wind blew, the coldness would penetrate her skin like thorns.
Niamh could not endure this discomfort so she followed Kendrick to the basement.
When the door of the basement was opened and the light streamed inside, Niamh could see a person lying on the cold and damp floor.
Niamh quickly walked to Shirley and grabbed her arm.
She could feel that Shirley’s entire body was hot, even her breath. It seemed that she was having a fever.
At this moment, she looked battered and exhausted. She had lost her bright and beautiful appearance as well as her arrogant attitude whenever she was in front of people.
“Shirley,” Niamh called out to her.
Kendrick watched them coldly at one side. “Nia, she won’t die. You don’t have to worry about people like her.”
Niamh understood how much Kendrick despised Shirley. However, if something happened to Shirley and she died here, Kendrick’s future would be destroyed.
“Kendrick, get her out of here. Ask Carter to come to get her.”
“No way.” Kendrick rejected decisively. “Even if she dies, it’ll be an appropriate punishment for her crimes. Nia, why are you worried about people like her?”
“The person I’m worried about is you, Kendrick Waldburg,” Niamh emphasized with a stern tone.
Suddenly, Kendrick was dazed. He felt as if his judgment had been affected by his anger because what Niamh said hit him hard now.
She was worried about him. How could she be worried about Shirley?
Kendrick squatted down and stroked Niamh’s cheek.
“I’m sorry, Nia.”
“There’s no sorry between us,” Niamh said. She used all her might to pull Shirley who was drifting in and out of consciousness. At the same time, her heavy gaze was glued to the man who was furrowing his eyebrows.
“Kendrick, I know you hate Shirley, but this is not right. Even though they’ve done such things, it doesn’t mean we can. I know you’re doing this for me and you’re unconvinced, but you can’t use their methods.”
After Niamh said that, she used all her might to drag Shirley outside.
Before she could take two steps, Kendrick hurried over and yanked Shirley away from Niamh.
However, after he did that, Shirley started to slowly regain consciousness.
“Kendrick, let me go…”
Shirley said weakly and sluggishly.
Kendrick lowered his eyes to look at her coldly. “Are you feeling the pain and discomfort now? Shirley, this is what you deserve.”
He said and dragged Shirley forcefully toward the entrance.
Niamh thought Kendrick was going to let Shirley go, but she did not expect him to drag Shirley into the guest room.
He then pushed Shirley onto the bed without pity.
Shirley let out a muffled sound of pain and shifted slightly on the bed. She had no energy left in her body.
Sunlight poured into the room from the French window, shining on Shirley’s face and body that was covered with dirt. At this moment, she looked especially sloppy and battered.
Perhaps Shirley had never imagined that this would happen to her one day.
When Niamh saw Shirley in this state, she fell silent.
“Kendrick, are you really not going to let her go?”
“Letting her stay here is already my absolute limit.” As Kendrick said that, he grabbed Niamh’s hand to walk out of the door. At the same time, he locked the door of the guest room.
He turned around and held Niamh’s shoulders. Then, he said earnestly, “Nia, don’t worry about me and don’t feel sorry for this woman. She’s the one who poisoned you and it’s because of her that we have to suffer the pain of getting tormented by the poison again. If we can’t get better, then she also should not think about getting better.”
After hearing what Kendrick said, Niamh suddenly felt relieved.
She smiled gently. Her warm palm was caressing the side of Kendrick’s cheek softly. “Kendrick, I completely understand what you mean. We’ll go according to your plan and keep Shirley here for the time being. If she can come to her senses and give us the anti-toxoid reagent, it would be the best. However, if she doesn’t, I also hope that you can try your best to handle this rationally.”
After Niamh said this, she lifted Kendrick’s face when she saw that he was silent. Her beautiful eyes were looking straight into his eyes.
“Kendrick, look at me and promise me this.”
Kendrick looked into Niamh’s eyes, nodding seriously and gravely.
“I promise you, Nia. I won’t do anything irrational.”
“Okay.” Niamh smiled in satisfaction. “Give me the key to this room.”
Kendrick did not hesitate before handing the key to Niamh.
Niamh opened the door and when she entered the room, she saw that Shirley had already gotten out of bed.
She looked battered and exhausted, but it was not as bad as before.
When Shirley saw Niamh, Shirley stopped in her tracks. When she wanted to say something, she saw Kendrick coming in after Niamh and she backed away subconsciously.
“Kendrick, Eveline, don’t think that you’ll get the anti-toxoid reagent by locking me here. You will never get the anti-toxoid reagent by doing this!”
Kendrick chuckled in a low voice, filled with disdain. “If we can’t get it, neither can you. You’ve also been injected with the same poison as Nia. You’ll go through whatever Nia goes through soon enough.”
“…” Shirley bit her dry lip and there was a look of panic in her alluring eyes.
She was panicking. Of course, she was panicking.
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.