The more Shirley thought about this, the more she felt that she should have been the one to die.
Further, she no longer had the will to live.
She opened her teary eyes and looked around her. The only thing she could kill herself with right now was a nail clipper.
With great effort, Shirley lifted her hand and grabbed the nail clipper on the nightstand.
‘Addy, mom, dad, Cathy, and my unborn child, I’m coming to repent my sins. Please wait for me…’
Shirley thought in her heart and placed the nail clipper on her wrist. She closed her eyes and made up her mind to die.
However, when she was about to move the nail clipper across her wrist, the door of the room was pushed open.
Shirley opened her eyes, and through her dazed and tearful eyes, she saw Carter’s gloomy and icy face.
When she looked at the approaching Carter, Shirley tightened her grip around the nail; her eyes shone with annoyance and repulsion.
“Carter, why do you keep haunting me?” A look of disgust appeared on Shirley’s face.
The more she had loved Carter back then, the more she hated him now.
Carter, with a cold expression, walked toward the side of the bed.
Carter towered over her and like a monarch overlooking his land, he peered at Shirley from above.
“Shirley, I have a whole new level of respect for you now,” Carter said, his words heavy with implication. He then lifted his hand and threw Shirley’s notebook next to Shirley.
Shirley did not understand what he meant, but she recognized her notebook.
“Do you remember what this is?” Carter parted his thin lips and asked.
His tone and gaze were frigid. He looked as if he was trying to suppress his exploding rage.
Of course, Shirley had not forgotten. This was the notebook she had used to jot down the data when she developed the anti-toxoid test reagent for AXP69.
However, Shirley’s gaze darkened immediately.
She recalled that she had written down something spontaneous after she finished developing the anti- toxoid test reagent.
Carter caught sight of the changes in Shirley’s face, and the anger in his heart started to surge violently.
“Shirley, you’re really something else! ”
Carter said mockingly. A fiery fury flared in his eyes.
“Since the beginning, you knew the child in your stomach wouldn’t have survived. You deliberately used this child as a gambling chip to exchange for the ingredient for the development of the AXP69 anti-toxoid test reagent with me!
“Heh, you’re really something else. You conceded to gain the upper hand. You pretended to be so helpless when I imprisoned you at home, but in reality, you wanted to stay in Gray Villa to develop the anti-toxoid test reagent.
“You lied to me when you said you wanted to quickly develop the anti-toxoid test reagent so that the baby in your womb could be born safe and sound. But in reality, you sent the completed anti- toxoid test regent to Kendrick.”
When Carter said this, he suddenly reached out his hand and held Shirley by the chin.
“In those six months, you had always been with Kendrick. You actually developed feelings for him ! That’s why you’ve used this opportunity to create this anti-toxoid test reagent for him.”
As Carter spoke, he suddenly let out a low chuckle.
“You actually care for him. And you even care for everyone around him. You don’t care about your body and the baby, so you gave the only anti-toxoid test reagent for AXP69 to Eveline.
“Shirley, you’re truly magnanimous! ”
Carter’s last statement was brimming with sarcasm.
When Shirley looked into Carter’s eyes, she felt a chill piercing her bones, gradually enveloping her.
“I was happy. I longed for our child to come to the world. But in reality, you never planned to keep this child. You were using me. You lied to me. And you even betrayed me in the end.”
Carter’s tone was getting colder and colder.
“Shirley, since you chose this path, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
Carter’s deep eyes narrowed, emitting a dangerous aura.
Shirley’s heart skipped a beat. Perhaps she had already intended to die, she was neither scared nor fearful.
“Carter, I will bear the consequences of the path I chose. Please stop interfering with my life.”
“You killed my child and you’re asking me not to interfere with your life? Shirley, I’m telling you right now that I’m going to show you how wrong your decision was.”
Carter spoke, his words held a deeper meaning, and he slowly released his hand.
“Carter, what are you trying to do? I told you I won’t go back to St. Piaf with you. Stop pushing me,” Shirley thoroughly refused.
The corner of Carter’s lips curled into a knowing, sinister smile.
“You’ll know what I am going to do soon enough.”
Shirley moved her lips, but she did not know what else she could say. However, she saw an intense hatred blazing in Carter’s eyes.
Hatred?
Did he hate her for lying to him, for betraying him, or did he hate her for wanting to kill the longing and happiness he had for the child from the start?
In the evening, Niamh drove alone to the place Adam used to live in.
Even though Shirley had said she wanted to be alone, after an entire day had passed, Niamh felt that Shirley must be suffering because no one was around to take care of her.
How would a person who lost the ability to move her legs, had a miscarriage, and had multiple bone fractures in her body take care of themselves?
Niamh remembered the passcode to the door, and she entered the house easily.
However, when she entered the house, she felt that something was amiss.
She ran upstairs to Shirley’s room, but before she reached the entrance, she saw the door wide open.
She walked closer for a look, then realized that no one was inside.
Shirley was not in bed, and the bedsheet looked messy, suggesting signs of struggle.
The water bottle Niamh had placed on the nightstand before she left in the morning was also on the floor.
It was obvious that someone had come in and taken Shirley away by force.
Niamh immediately called Kendrick to inform him of the situation.
Kendrick quickly asked someone to check the security footage around Adam’s house, and Kendrick quickly obtained it.
“Carter was the one who took Shirley away,” Kendrick told Niamh what happened. “He probably took her back to Gray Villa. Nia, don’t go alone. Come home first.”
Kendrick was worried that Niamh would go there alone, so he asked her to come home.
Of course, Niamh would not act recklessly, so she went home according to Kendrick’s suggestion.
At this moment, Jackson had come back from school. When he saw Niamh, he spread his little arms and ran to her, “Mommy.”
Niamh bent down and picked the cute boy up. “ Jack, did you miss me?”
“Yes, I miss Mommy, ” Jackson admitted instantly. “I feel so uneasy because I can’t see Daddy, Mommy, and Lily.”
Jackson voiced his concerns.
Niamh immediately blamed herself, feeling remorseful.
How old was Jackson? Had she not been giving him enough sense of security?
How mature a child was to be able to convey such unease?
Niamh’s heart ached as she kissed the little boy’s cheek.
“Jack, I promise you that I’ll tell you wherever I go next time. I won’t make you worry about me anymore, okay?”
Jackson nodded and blinked his beautiful wide eyes.
“Mommy, I know adults have a lot of things to do. I know. I will be a good and thoughtful boy so that I won’t cause trouble for Mommy and Daddy.”
Niamh was further saddened when she heard this. Seeing the childish and handsome small face before her made her feel a pang in her heart.
“Jack, I don’t want you to be so thoughtful. I hope you can be carefree and happy like your peers.”
“I am happy.” Jackson smiled innocently. “Now that we have Juan and Jan, I am very happy, but I miss Lily.”
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