Kendrick too shared the same thought.
He looked at Carter, and his seductive lips curved into an intriguing smile.
“I didn’t expect you to have such an understanding of my daughter’s location, Mr. Gray. In that case, I truly want to seek your counsel. Where is my daughter?”
Carter smiled knowingly in turn. “Mr. Waldburg, you’re a businessman. You should understand that to get something valuable, you’d need to offer something in exchange.”
“What do you want?” Kendrick asked directly.
“I want 50% of the Waldburg Corporation’s share, ” Carter said bluntly.
Kendrick remained calm when he heard that.
He was about to speak, but Niamh was one step ahead of him.
She grinned, seemingly gentle and sweet, but her beautiful eyes shone with a rare edge.
“Mr. Gray, you truly know how to crack a joke. My husband and I would not hesitate to agree even if you had asked for 1oo%, let alone 50%. My daughter is priceless. Do you understand what I mean, Mr. Gray?”
Upon hearing Niamh’s words, he gave a low chuckle.
“You’re right, Mrs. Waldburg. I was indeed joking. How could I measure your precious daughter with physical objects?”
Carter followed Niamh’s cue and extricated himself from the situation.
“ Since we know each other, I’ll then offer this as a gift. Your precious daughter is in F Country, and she’s being controlled by a 2o-year-old young man named Fabian Johnson.”
Carter’s information completely matched Fabian. Niamh’s heart skipped a beat.
Lillian was in F Country this whole time?
The chartered plane back then was a ruse. Fabian had wanted to create an illusion of him not returning to F Country when, in reality, he did return.
Kendrick could sense Niamh’s anxiety right now. He honestly felt the same way, but he knew he could not panic.
He kept calm and smiled softly.
“My daughter was indeed taken away by a young man named Fabian Johnson. My wife and I already know this. Do you have other more valuable information, Mr. Gray?”
“He has a villa in F Country. While Fabian’s brother Yorick was still alive, Yorick had bought it for Fabian under Fabian’s name. I’ve heard that Yorick wanted to give this to Fabian as a present for his 18th birthday, and he even planned to hand the keys of this villa to Fabian personally.”
As Carter spoke, he deliberately slowed down and gave Kendrick a meaningful look.
“It’s just that, before the day arrived, Yorick was arrested, and Fabian’s sister Lana died. On Fabian’s 18th birthday, he was all alone.”
Niamh and Kendrick could tell what Carter was insinuating as he spoke.
He was implying that Yorick and Lana’s death were all related to Kendrick.
“Alright, that’s all I know. If you’re worried, Mr. and Mrs. Waldburg, you could immediately head over to F Country and bring your precious daughter back. That young man might do something irreversible if you’re too late.”
Carter’s voice slowly fell away as he finished speaking. He chuckled, then turned around to leave.
After Carter had left, Kendrick took Niamh’s hand and walked toward the office.
“Nia, I’ll book the tickets now. We’ll go to F Country immediately.”
“Kendrick.” Niamh abruptly stopped walking, and with a solemn expression, looked into Kendrick’s confused eyes.
Kendrick too stopped walking. “Nia, what’s wrong?”
“I’ll go alone. You should stay in Glendale.”
“You want to go to F Country alone?” Kendrick was surprised. “Why?”
Niamh looked in the direction where Carter had left. “Do you seriously think he deliberately came just to give us the invitation and then inform us about Lily?”
“Of course, I don’t believe him, but we can’t afford t o overlook any information.”
“All the more reason you should stay here then.” Niamh had a firm look in her eyes.“ It seemed like he wanted to send us away. He might be up to something in Glendale.”
“Even so, it wouldn’t be as important as Lily.”
“ I know. I know you’re worried about Lily, but you have to listen to me this time, Kendrick,” Niamh insisted still. “I’ll go to F Country and find Lily. If Lily truly is with Fabian, I’ll try to convince Fabian.”
“Do you think Fabian can still be rational?”
Kendrick was worried, and he also remembered Carter’s words just now.
“Carter has looked into our past in detail, and he also seemed to know about the matter with Yorick and Lana very well. He was implying that I had something to do with Yorick and Lana’s death.
Based on this, I think that Fabian would think so too. That is why, Nia, I can’t let you go find Fabian alone.”
“I won’t be alone.”
Niamh touched the purple crystal necklace on her chest.
It was the DIY present that Lillian and Jackson had made for her.
“I have Lily.” Niamh smiled.
She firmly believed that she would be able to see her little princess by going to F Country.
Kendrick knew he would not be able to change Niamh’s mind no matter what he said.
He spoke no more of this. Additionally, he even drove Niamh to the airport himself.
Kendrick handed Niamh the anti-toxoid test reagent he had gotten from Carter. They had thought that the poison’s fourth stage would have flared up by now, but it had been a month since the last flare-up, and nothing had yet to happen.
“Nia, I’m very concerned that you’ll get a flare-up after going to F Country.”
Worried, Kendrick grabbed Niamh’s hand and pleaded humbly.
“Let me go with you, okay?”
Niamh then smiled and tiptoed to kiss Kendrick on the corner of his lips.
“Okay, I’m heading through the security check now. You should quickly head back now. You must take good care of Jack and Pudding. Don’t let anything happen to the two of them.”
Niamh’s urging caused Kendrick to feel a heavier weight on his shoulders.
Yes, he had to stay to take good care of his precious sons.
“Call me if there’s anything. We must be in touch at all times.”
“Yes, I will, ” Niamh promised as she nodded obediently, then turned to leave.
However, just as she turned around, Kendrick suddenly held the back of her neck gently and pressed Niamh toward him, then pressed a deep kiss on her lips when she had least expected it.
“Go on now.”
This happened and ended too fast. Niamh was momentarily dazed before returning to her senses.
“I’ll bring Lily home. Wait for me.” “Okay.”
Kendrick smiled and watched as Niamh went through the security check. Once she had disappeared from his sight, he turned around, frowning.
He truly was still worried, but he did not have a choice.
He went back to his car, and when he was about to drive away, he glimpsed, out of the corner of his eye, the wedding invitation that he had thrown into the car not long ago.
Carter was about to get married, but who was his new bride?
Kendrick took the invitation card and opened it to have a look.
The interesting thing about this invitation was that it only indicated the time and location of the wedding, but not the names of the groom and bride.
Kendrick intuitively felt that Carter cared not for the woman who was going to marry him, so the bride’s name was not on the card.
In reality, it was just as Kendrick thought.
On the other side, Cathy had been caring for Shirley, who had lost all feeling in her legs, every day.
Although Cathy despised and looked down on Shirley for everything she had done in the past, Shirley was still Adam’s sister, and Cathy was sincerely grateful for Adam.
She also knew that, deep down, Adam still cared about his sister too.
Shirley had initially resisted intensely, but now, it seemed that she had grown used to it and started to accept Cathy’s care.
Presently, as Cathy finished bathing Shirley, there came a shout from the delivery person downstairs.
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.