She came back to her senses, came to the door, and raised her hand to open the door.
Shirley opened the door and was a little surprised to see the person standing in the doorway.
“Eveline, you…” “Surprised?”
Niamh, smiling slightly, lifted her right hand and loosened her clenched fist, then a small object fell out of her palm, but the chain connected to it did not let the object fall to the ground.
“This should be the prop you had told me just now?” Niamh asked.
Shirley looked at the nostalgic pocket watch swaying in front of her, her thoughts drifting slightly.
She was still surprised. “You really went to find it.”
Niamh nodded then stepped into Shirley’s room. “I did say I believe you.”
Shirley was taken aback for a moment, and then an unspeakable feeling crept into her heart.
“Can we start giving it a try now?” Niamh asked as she passed handed the pocket watch to Shirley.
Shirley, somewhat excited, lifted her hand to take the pocket watch.
“Thank you for trusting in me up until this point, ” Shirley said gratefully. Her eyes then suddenly became firm. “Now, we can start.”
As she spoke, she locked the door to the room, preventing anyone from suddenly coming in and interrupting.
Kendrick had been lying in bed to rest his eyes this whole time.
Deep down, he was worried about Niamh, but his current condition did not allow him to act rashly.
Regardless, he was still feeling restless. When he was about to get up, the room’s doorknob turned slightly, and then the door opened and a maid came in.
Kendrick recognized this maid. This was the maid who had stopped him from entering Shirley’s room earlier, the maid whose attitude toward him seemed to improve because of his appearance.
Seeing that Kendrick was awake, the maid approached him with a sweet smile on her face.
“Mr. Waldburg, you’re awake.”
The voice of the maid was sweet, and her tone was very friendly.
“Back then, I didn’t know that you were a friend of Mr. Carter. If I offended you, I hope you won’t take it to heart. I heard that you were injured, so I came here to see you. I’ve exchanged shifts with my friend, so I’ll be taking care of you these few days.”
When the maid said this, one could tell that she sounded very happy.
It seems that taking care of Kendrick was a very pleasurable thing for her.
Of course, with Kendrick’s observational power, he had already seen that the maid was interested in him.
He did not want to pay any attention to her, let alone care about it, but the maid very diligent served him tea. She even brought him food and initiated a conversation.
“Mr. Waldburg, I made these snacks by myself. You can try it. You can only go to Mr. Carter’s wedding tomorrow once you’ve gotten your energy back.”
Kendrick wanted to give the maid a silent treatment, but when she said that, Kendrick turned his head and glanced at the snack that the maid handed over. He then slowly lifted his hand and picked up a piece of pastry from the plate.
Seeing that Kendrick had accepted the snack she made, the maid was very happy, and she handed Kendrick some tea.
“Thank you, ” Kendrick thanked her. “Just leave it there. I’ll drink it when I’m thirsty,” he declined with a considerably calm tone.
The maid smiled, nodding, and then put the glass away.
“Mr. Waldburg, please tell me if you need anything else, ” the maid said with an expectant face.
Kendrick, holding the snack, calmly parted his lips seemingly and asked, “Where will Mr. Carter’s wedding be held tomorrow?”
The maid replied without hesitation, “ It’s at the Royal Palace of St. Piaf. Wasn’t it written on Mr. Waldburg’s wedding invitation?”
“Of course, it was. I just wanted to confirm it,” Kendrick quickly responded with a reasonable answer.
The maid did not have any doubts, and instead, she praised, “Mr. Waldburg, you are so careful. But your leg injury is very serious. If you go to the wedding tomorrow, you’ll still have to be careful.”
“Thank you for the reminder. I will pay attention to it.”
Kendrick politely thanked the maid again. When he noticed that the maid had been looking at him with joy, he looked away indifferently.
“ I heard that Mr. Carter had just gotten married a few months ago, so why is he getting married again so soon?”
When the maid heard that, her expression changed slightly. Fearfully, she glanced at the door and then lowered her voice to speak.
“The last woman was named Ada, and Mr. Carter didn’t like her at all. I heard that Mr. Carter and her were merely married for show. As for this time… ”
The maid furrowed her eyebrows. She looked confused as well.
“This Eveline is very beautiful. I heard that she’s from Glendale, and her family is rich and pretty reputable. Mr. Carter seems to like her very much.”
The maid paused for a while before continuing.
“I also heard that Mr. Carter was going to marry Eveline a few months ago, but at the wedding, some man, a troublemaker, appeared out of nowhere and took Eveline away.”
As Kendrick listened to the maid’s words, the corners of his lips seemed to curve upwards.
The maid obviously did not know that the man, the troublemaker, was Kendrick.
Furthermore, she seemed to have heard everything she knew from others, which showed that she was probably a new maid who was hired much later on.
“Something like this happened, huh?” Kendrick sighed casually. “Did you know that Mr. Carter is a hypnotist and that he’s also very knowledgeable about psychology?”
“I knew this before I came here and became a maid,” the maid said proudly. “Actually, I was fortunate enough to have witnessed Mr. Carter’s lecture when I was in school. He is really the youngest, most handsome, and most knowledgeable professor I’ve ever seen! ”
The maid had an admirable look on her face, but Kendrick was not here to listen to these compliments. He wanted to know more about the wedding tomorrow because he would definitely not let the wedding go smoothly.
“Are you interested in Mr. Carter’s business, Mr. Waldburg?” the maid asked as she raised her slightly flushed and smiling face, starring earnestly at Kendrick.
“I’m just curious about what the wedding of the noble children of St. Piaf looks like, ” Kendrick replied casually.
“Oh.” The maid nodded. “I don’t know the specifics, but I know Mr. Carter will take Eveline to meet the Grays tonight.”
“Tonight? When?” Kendrick captured the main point.
“They’ll be leaving at about seven o’clock, ” the maid told Kendrick the details she knew without hesitation.
Kendrick’s heart tightened, and then his eyebrows furrowed. He put down the snack in his hand, feeling a little tired. “I’m a little tired. I want to rest for a while.”
The maid got up immediately. “If that’s the case, Mr. Waldburg, you should have a good rest. Just call me if you need any help.”
“Okay, ” Kendrick faintly replied, and with an unwavering gaze, he nonchalantly watched the maid leave the room.
The moment the door closed, Kendrick endured the pain from the gunshot wound on his calf and sat up.
He had hurt one of his calves, but he still had another leg.
He could not continue lying in bed and let the situation develop in the direction Carter wanted.
He opened the door out of the room to discuss something with Shirley, but when he walked out of the door, he ran into Niamh head-on.
‘Nia.’
Kendrick called Niamh’s name in his heart, for he feared that it would make the current Niamh feel uncomfortable if he said it out loud.
After recomposing himself, Kendrick smiled softly and said, “Miss Montgomery, we meet again.”
Niamh met Kendrick’s gaze and glanced at his injured calf again.
“Mr. Waldburg, you’re injured, so why aren’t you resting in your room?’
Kendrick’s heart felt warm. “Are you concerned for me, Miss Montgomery?”
After he said that, Niamh’s expression seemed to grow a little serious. “Mr. Waldburg, you seem to like cracking jokes, but I don’t think it’s funny at all. You’re an injured patient, yet you’re walking around instead of following the doctor’s instructions to recuperate. It’s very hard to like you this way.
Niamh’s attitude was very cold, and there was even a hint of fierceness. She then continued.
“Mr. Waldburg, you behave as if you care very much about your who-knows-where wife, but have you ever wondered how your wife would feel if she knew that you were walking around injured?”
Hearing this, the smile on Kendrick’s face gradually dissipated.
He stared at Niamh’s sharp and solemn gaze, and then he also became serious.
“My wife would be heartbroken if she knew I was injured.”
“That’s right, then you should go back to the room and continue to lie down. Don’t let people who care about you worry about you.”
Niamh turned to the side as she said that. She then helped Kendrick open the door.
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.