Niamh was still hesitating when nausea rose again.
She ran to the basin and retched. Then, she touched her stomach in disbelief.
At this moment, she calmed down and felt a soft bump on her stomach.
The child was still in her stomach!
Felipe did not see the sudden joy in Niamh’s face as he was looking at the window that was half- open.
“Eveline, you’re pregnant, so you should rest early. I don’t want you to get too worked up.” Felipe looked at the window sill. “I have something to take care of. You should sleep first.”
“Okay, go ahead,” Niamh replied.
She wanted Felipe to leave now too. She wanted to know where Kendrick was and ask about the situation regarding her child.
After Felipe left, Niamh locked the door. When she went back to the bathroom, she saw Kendrick at the window sill.
She realized that he had only jumped onto the window sill.
Thankfully, they were only on the second floor. If he fell, then it would be too horrible to contemplate.
Niamh went up to him hurriedly and grabbed his arm. “Kendrick, my child is still alive? What happened to that procedure?”
Kendrick looked at her calmly. “That child belongs to him indeed.”
“…” Niamh remembered what Felipe said to her just now and knew that Kendrick had misunderstood her. “The child is yours, Kendrick. I only had you this entire time, be it in the past or present.”
Kendrick chuckled bitterly in disappointment. Then, he reached out and grabbed the back of her neck. “Nia, are you still trying to lie to me?”
“Kendrick, I didn’t lie to you. If you don’t believe me, I can prove—”
Click.
The door opened all of a sudden and Felipe appeared.
“Kendrick, you’re pretty gutsy. You even walked right into the trap. However, this time, I won’t let you get the chance to run away.” Felipe smirked ominously and pulled out his pistol without hesitation.
Bang!
“No!” Niamh blocked the bullet for Kendrick without hesitation. However, Kendrick grabbed Niamh who had pounced on him and turned abruptly to use his body to take the bullet fired from Felipe’s pistol.
The bullet penetrated his body as he could not dodge it. Then, his blood splattered all over the place.
Niamh felt as if the bullet had penetrated her heart as well. Debilitating pain was drilling through her limbs and bones.
She held the man who got shot. “Kendrick!”
Niamh yelled Kendrick’s name in horror.
When she looked at the splattered blood, she felt as if all the blood in her body was frozen.
She pressed Kendrick’s gunshot wound hurriedly with her hands, but it did not seem to work. Her fair hands were quickly stained red and the crimson was hurting her eyes.
“Kendrick, Kendrick.” Niamh’s heart was beating erratically. Her red hands held Kendrick’s handsome face as tears welled up in her eyes.
Kendrick frowned and endured the searing pain from the gunshot wound. Then, he lifted his hand slowly to touch Niamh’s tear-drenched face. “Eveline, don’t cry. Don’t cry for scum like me.”
His heart was breaking as he narrowed his eyes. They were filled with the same deep passion he had for her.
“I won’t die before you return to me.”
Although he was speaking weakly, it did not hinder the vigor in his eyes.
Felipe put away his pistol and walked behind Kendrick. “Where’s the video?” he asked straightforwardly.
Kendrick peered at him and curled his lips into a smirk. “If something happens to me, the video will be made public online. Felipe, do you want to risk this?”
Felipe frowned, clearly agitated.
He did not like being threatened.
When he saw Niamh crying while holding Kendrick, Felipe lifted his pistol once again.
However, when she saw this, Niamh ran in front of Felipe and snatched his pistol away from him.
It happened too suddenly that Felipe was too slow to react.
When he came back to his senses, Niamh was pointing the pistol at him in an imposing manner.
“Tell someone to send Kendrick to the hospital!”
She was ordering him and not pleading with him.
Her eyes were red from crying and were shining with a sharp glint.
“Do you hear me? Send Kendrick to the hospital now!”
The bodyguards all ran over after they heard the gunshot. When they saw this, they did not know what to do. They did not dare to touch Niamh.
Felipe’s eyes darkened, but he was still patient with Niamh. “Eveline, put down the gun. Have you forgotten how he used to treat you? Can you really forget what he has done to you?”
Niamh tightened the grip on the pistol calmly, her eyes piercing. “Don’t tell me that. Send him to the hospital!”
Felipe saw the concern in Niamh’s eyes, and at this moment, he could only compromise.
Kendrick was sent to Royal Hospital. The surgery took a long time and Niamh was extremely frantic.
Even though she had changed and washed her hands, she still had some remaining blood on her palms.
Niamh touched her stomach and felt the warmth coming from it. Eventually, her body did not feel so cold anymore.
‘Kendrick, don’t you dare let anything happen to you. I’m waiting for you to raise the child in my stomach with me.
‘When I gave birth to Jack and Lily, you weren’t with me. I want you to be with me when I give birth to this child no matter what…’
She thought about it while her heartbeat accelerated. When the door of the operating theatre opened, she looked over quickly. Then, she saw the doctor walking to Felipe and saying respectfully, “Sir, even though the bullet has been extracted, he has lost too much blood. I’m afraid he won’t make it through the night.”
Felipe was unbothered after he heard what the doctor said.
He looked over at Niamh. If it were not for the tears in Niamh’s eyes, he would have thought that she had turned into stone.
Felipe walked over and lifted his hand to wipe the tears away from her eyes. “You’ll be heartbroken if he’s dead, right?”
Oddly enough, Niamh chuckled calmly after she heard this. Then, she lifted her piercing gaze. “Felipe, listen. I don’t want him to die, do you understand?”
Felipe frowned. “Why are you still so concerned about him?”
“I also want to know why a good girl like Cathy loves a man like you with all of her heart?”
Niamh’s question sent Felipe into a daze.
His heart skipped a beat as he reflexively grabbed the hairband on his wrist.
Cathy…
The night turned dark.
Niamh had been waiting the entire time Kendrick’s surgery was in process.
Her restless heart only felt slightly relieved when the doctor told her that Kendrick had passed the critical stage.
She knew Kendrick only got shot because he was trying to protect her.
This man was always so cold to her, but his concern toward her was evident.
It could be seen that he was only throwing a tantrum when he got engaged with Yvette.
However, why did Yvette give her such a familiar feeling?
Niamh kept waiting outside the operating theatre. Then, she fell asleep unbeknownst to her. When she woke up, it was already the next day. She had a blanket over her and there were two bodyguards next to her.
She got up quickly. “Where’s Kendrick?”
“Mr. Waldburg has already settled Kendrick down, so don’t worry too much, Madam. You can go back to the manor first.”
Niamh did not think that Felipe would settle Kendrick down, hence she asked again, “Where did he take Kendrick? Tell me!”
“Why don’t you go back to the manor, Madam? Mr. Waldburg will tell you himself.”
Niamh knew she would not get an answer from these men, so she went back to the manor hurriedly.
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.