The bodyguard’s sturdy body fell heavily on the grass with a thud.
“Ow! ” The bodyguard let out a pained scream.
Kendrick looked down upon the man with a condescending glace like a king, then he turned to look at the other bodyguards.
However, the other bodyguards were palpably afraid of Kendrick.
Convinced that Kendrick could not be defeated with their skill alone, they decided that they had to play dirty this time.
The bodyguard who suffered the shoulder throw looked at Kendrick’s carefree back figure and quietly took out a pistol from the inner pocket of his suit.
He pointed the gun at Kendrick’s calf and pulled the trigger when Kendrick was off his guard.
Nevertheless, Kendrick’s observation skills were so keen that when the bodyguard pulled the trigger, he deftly avoided it, swift and flexible.
The bullet flew past Kendrick and in the next second, it penetrated the calf of another bodyguard standing in front of Kendrick.
The bodyguard who was shot yelled out in pain, and the outcome surprised the man who pulled the trigger.
Kendrick turned sideways and turned his head back to look at the man, a faint cold light emanating from the depths of Kendrick’s thin eyes.
“Carter’s lackeys are really different. Not only do they have high self-esteem, but they also know how to sneak up on people. Is this how your master taught you to treat guests?”
“To be precise, you are not my guest, Kendrick, but my enemy.” Carter’s voice suddenly came from one side.
Upon hearing that voice, Kendrick turned his head and saw the cold-looking, poker-faced Carter walking toward him.
Kendrick lifted his eyes and looked behind Carter, trying to find Niamh, but he saw that Niamh was not with Carter at the moment. Carter came alone.
Carter could see through Kendrick, and Carter’s lips seemingly twitched.
“Are you looking for Nia?” Carter asked with a slight smile, knowing how much Kendrick cares about Niamh. He looked at Kendrick’s back figure like he knew what he was doing. “Your Nia is behind you.”
As Carter’s voice fell, Kendrick did not look back immediately.
It was because he realized that Carter’s eyes seemed off. It seemed more like a trap.
Just when Kendrick doubted him, however, Niamh’s voice came from behind him. “Kendrick. ”
Kendrick, unable to ignore Niamh, turned around almost without hesitation and looked at the source of the sound. However, he did not see anything after turning around.
His pupils could not identify Niamh’s figure anywhere. Moreover, the weird thing was that Niamh’s voice was calling out his name from a certain position in front of him.
Kendrick realized that Niamh was not speaking at the present at all. It was a recording.
At this moment, Carter’s triumphant chuckle could be heard. “Women are indeed useful.”
Woosh— !
A bullet whizzed out from the muzzle equipped with a silencer, and the moment Kendrick turned his head, it penetrated his calf.
Bright-red blood instantly flowed out from his wound, soaking the back part of Kendrick’s dark-blue pants with a deep-ink color.
Kendrick’s handsome and sharp eyebrows furrowed.
Carter looked at Kendrick’s bleeding calf, and a happy smile blossomed on his handsome and gentle face.
“Tomorrow, Eveline and I will sign the marriage certificate. I originally wanted you to watch your favorite woman walking by my side, but based on your performance just now, I have to change my mind.”
Carter spoke each word in a very helpless tone. “If I were to let you appear in my line of sight, you’d only become a hidden danger for me, so… ”
Carter paused, and the corner of his lips lifted into an intrigued smile.
“Kendrick, it seems that this time, you won’t be returning to Glendale after coming to St. Piaf.” Carter loaded the gun again and pointed it at Kendrick’s heart.
He glanced at Kendrick’s bleeding calf again and laughed suddenly.
“It hurts, doesn’t it? But this kind of pain will soon disappear because you will lose all of your senses very soon.”
As he spoke, his eyes narrowed, and then his fingers pulled back.
“Kendrick, go to hell and atone for my son.” “Stop!”
Just when Carter was about to shoot Kendrick in such a grandiose way and when Kendrick intended to dodge, an anxious voice came from above to stop him.
Carter’s fingers stiffened suddenly. He raised his eyes to see Shirley in a wheelchair by the balcony on the second floor.
Shirley was looking at the scene unfolding in the courtyard downstairs nervously and worriedly.
“Carter, if you dare kill Kendrick, I’ll jump down from here.” Carter could hear Shirley’s words clearly.
Carter frowned, visibly very displeased, but he did not pull the trigger again.
“You’re like a stranger to me now, ” Shirley said with a touch of sarcasm. “I no longer commit those vile acts, so why do you have to step up and commit these acts that go against your conscience?”
“Is this against my conscience?” Carter sneered and raised his eyes to meet Shirley’s gaze. “Shirley, do you really care about our dead child?”
Carter’s question pained Shirley’s heart. How could her heart not ache?
However, she truly had no choice. None at all. That child could not have been born.
Moreover, she had indirectly caused Adam and Cathy’s deaths, and she had no intention to live, so she wanted to leave the world with her child.
She knew that she had been selfish in doing this, but she also knew clearly that, since the beginning, the child had been destined to not be born.
Shirley took a deep breath and held back her tears.
“Carter, don’t make excuses for your desire to fight for the right to rule. You’re not making a move against Kendrick for our child. You are doing this for yourself. All this time, you don’t love anyone. You only love yourself. “
After hearing Shirley’s words, Carter slowly lowered the gun he was holding.
She had said that he loved no one, only himself. Only himself…
“Heh.” A self-deprecating smile appeared at the corner of Carter’s mouth.
He slowly turned his face to look at Kendrick. “Your woman still loves you subconsciously, and my woman is here to beg for mercy for you. Kendrick, sometimes you really make me envious.”
Carter put the gun away.
“Send Mr. Waldburg back to the guest room, then call Dr. Lane over to give Mr. Waldburg a proper treatment. He is our honorable guest. If he were to be hurt again, I’d have you pay back twice.”
Carter ordered his bodyguards and then raised his eyes to Shirley again.
“Are you satisfied now?”
Shirley clenched her fists and pursed her lips.
“Carter, you don’t have to put on an act for me. I know what you want to do.” “Yes, you do. You know everything about me. So don’t you think about escaping from my sight! ”
Carter was a little frustrated; the expression on his face seemed much more irritable.
As soon as he finished speaking, he walked away angrily.
Although the bodyguard beside him was a little reluctant, he still had to take Kendrick back to the room for treatment as per Carter’s orders.
Kendrick did not want to worsen his condition, so he followed the bodyguard to the guest room.
Soon after, Carter’s family doctor arrived, and Shirley followed him into the room.
At this moment, Kendrick’s face had become extremely pale. Weakened by the blood loss, he had passed out in bed.
Extremely worried, Shirley looked by the side. “Dr. Lane, how is it? Is his injury serious?”
Dr. Lane answered Shirley’s question while treating Kendrick’s wound.
“Miss Brown, there’s no need to worry too much. His injury won’t put his life in danger.”
Of course, Shirley knew that this would not endanger Kendrick’s life, but she was still worried.
“How long will it take for him to get better? Will it affect his ability to walk normally?”
“It certainly will, ” Dr. Lane replied frankly. “After all, this is a gunshot wound. If it’s not handled properly, it may cause some complications. It may be difficult for him to walk normally for ten days to half a month, perhaps.”
Shirley’s expression grew more solemn upon hearing this answer.
If he could not walk for ten days to half a month, it would mean that Kendrick would be unable to successfully bring Eveline away.
Even if Eveline’s hypnosis were broken, there was no way to leave St. Piaf smoothly.
“You seem worried about him.” Carter’s leisure voice drifted from above at this moment.
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.