However, he was not stupid. He could sense something amiss in Niamh’s tone.
She was suspecting him.
On the other side.
After Kendrick sent Jackson to the kindergarten, he went to Montgomery Manor for his daughter.
Eloise was playing in the garden with the little girl. When she saw him, Lillian wobbled over to him happily. “Handsome Mister, come and play with Lily!”
The little girl blinked her huge eyes, her blushing cheeks looking extremely adorable.
Kendrick picked her up and greeted Eloise before leaving with her in his arms.
Eloise felt that this was strange.
Eveline said that Lillian was Felipe’s child, but why was she so close to Kendrick?
Kendrick brought Lillian to the park and bought her some beautiful dresses. After that, he also brought her to a dessert shop.
Even though Lillian had given him the nickname of ‘Handsome Mister’, for Kendrick, it was another form of blessing.
If he wanted to mention something that upset him, it would be Niamh not talking to him for the entire day. She did not reply to his messages or pick up his phone calls.
Inside the dessert shop, Kendrick was lining up to buy Lillian’s favorite cake. He would occasionally look at Lillian who was waiting for him on the sofa.
Lillian was staring at Kendrick the entire time, but at this moment, a figure wandered into Lillian’s vision.
The little girl blinked and beamed. Then, she jumped down from the sofa and ran toward the crowd.
Kendrick was finally at the front of the line. When he was about to order, he noticed that Lillian was missing after he turned around.
He looked around the shop but did not see her anywhere. Immediately, Kendrick’s heart started beating erratically.
He asked everyone in the shop before a man told him that he saw a pretty little girl running out the door herself just now.
That little girl was wearing a light blue dress and her features were stunning.
Kendrick was sure that it was Lillian.
However, why did she run out on her own?
He then ran to check the security footage of the shop. He saw the little girl running out on her own, and it looked like she was running toward something.
Unfortunately, the security cameras in the shop could only cover a limited area, so Kendrick could not see what was going on outside the shop.
He ran to get all of the footage from the cameras around him, but he still did not find anything.
He had lost his daughter when she was under his care and needed to bear this responsibility.
He could not stay calm. The girl was still so young, and sometimes, she could not even express herself. She would not even know how to scream for help if she ran into bad people.
Kendrick was frantic. He could not calm himself down to think properly. His usual calm demeanor started cracking under pressure.
Back then, he could not protect the woman he loved, and now, he could not even watch his own daughter.
He called the cops and the police immediately found all of the security footage nearby, but strangely, none of the footage showed Lillian.
It was as if this child had evaporated into thin air, vanishing the moment she stepped out of the shop.
After Eloise and Sean knew about this, they asked the people around them to start looking. However, they did not receive any news about her.
Kendrick knew he could not hide or delay this anymore. He did not plan to hide this either.
However, Niamh was still not picking up her phone after he called her.
Lillian had disappeared mysteriously and Kendrick was about to lose his mind from this. Now, he could not even contact Niamh. He was unable to stay still and wait for a reply, so he went to the kindergarten to look for Jackson.
However, Niamh’s red dot on the GPS disappeared as well.
…
In an equine park in the suburbs, Niamh was riding around the park with grandeur. On the other hand, Felipe was following behind her.
After they stopped, Felipe walked to Niamh. “Eveline, do you have something to say to me?”
Niamh had agreed to go out with Felipe, but it was not to clear her head. She wanted to talk and discuss some things with Felipe openly. Hence, she did not beat around the bush. She said frankly, “Yes, Felipe, I need to talk to you about something.”
Felipe nodded as if he had already expected this. “I know what you want to talk to me about.”
Niamh looked at him curiously. “You know what I want to talk to you about?”
Felipe smiled, and there was a sincere apology on his handsome face. “I’m sorry, Eveline. You weren’t drunk last night. I drugged your wine with something tasteless and colorless. It’s a kind of drug that’ll make someone lose their minds and want to have an intimate relationship with the opposite sex,” he told her honestly.
Niamh was not surprised as she had already figured this out after she sobered up.
“Why did you do that?” Niamh asked calmly, yet her heart was conflicted.
After Felipe gave a harsh warning to Kendrick behind her back, she felt that this elegant nobleman had a lot of sides that she had not seen just yet.
Felipe looked at her with grim eyes. “Eveline, are you planning to not go back to F Country with me? You’re not planning to carry out our promise and be my bride after you seek your revenge, right?”
His question challenged Niamh.
Felipe knew her answer when he captured the silence in her eyes.
He looked forward dispiritedly. “You’re in love with him again. You’re in love with the man who made you wish you were dead.”
When Felipe said this, an ominous glint appeared in his eyes.
He lowered his head to look at his watch, his eyes darkening.
‘Eveline, since you’ve chosen Kendrick, then please forgive me for what’s about to happen.’
He rode his horse forward as he thought about it.
“Felipe, let’s go back to F Country next week.”
Felipe was looking at the time on his watch when he heard Niamh say that to him.
He turned around to look at her in disbelief. “Eveline?”
Niamh rode her horse closer to him and smiled softly. “It’s decided, then. We’ll go back to F Country next week with Lily so that we can live a happy life with just the three of us.”
Felipe was obviously taken aback by Niamh’s answer.
She was agreeing to go back to F Country with him.
The three of them.
That statement went to the deepest part of his heart.
However…
He watched as she rode away with her horse, and his expression changed. After that, he quickly took out his phone and called a number, but the person on the other end did not pick up.
Felipe did not hesitate before calling Cathy.
After Cathy received his call, she knew that Felipe wanted her to do something for him. Even though she was curious, she still did it.
Niamh rode into the distance with her horse.
She recalled the events that happened over the past few days and felt that it was time to put an end to this.
“You’re in love with him again. You’re in love with the man who made you wish you were dead.”
What Felipe said to her just now lingered in her ears.
She grabbed the reins and took a deep breath.
She could not forget that Felipe was the one who saved her life.
Plus, they even had a daughter together.
Also, she had promised him to stay with him and be his bride.
When she took all these things into consideration, she no longer had a reason to reject him.
As for Kendrick…
When Niamh thought of this man, she slowed down her horse. She looked forward quietly as her eyes twinkled.
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.