Lying face down on the ground, Nevaeh glared fiercely at Niamh. “Have everyone leave. We’ll settle this here and now, Eveline Montgomery!”
Fabian and the rest of his men left.
Just before walking out, he turned to Niamh. “Shout if you need any help, my lady. I’ll be right outside.”
Niamh took up the offer. “Then I’ll trouble you with watching over Kendrick for me.”
“Hmm.” Fabian shrugged and left.
The large room fell silent.
Niamh walked steadily toward Nevaeh. She looked down at the scheming woman from above like a queen when she arrived to stand in front of Nevaeh.
“What other sinister plans do you have, Nevaeh? Come at me with them now. Don’t waste any more of my time.”
“Hmph. Of course, you’d want to end this as soon as possible, but too bad. I won’t let you.” Niamh lifted her hand to wipe off the blood from the corner of her lips as she glared venomously at Niamh. “I know I’ll never have the chance to get Kendrick to love me again, but I can promise you that I won’t let you two have your happily ever after either.”
She scoffed sinisterly. “I’ve hidden your daughter in a place where no one will ever find her. Don’t worry, I’ve placed food in there, but perhaps I should tell you that one of the foods there is laced with rat poison.
“If that little thing is lucky, she’ll live another two days at most. If she isn’t, then I suppose you’ll just have to meet her in heaven.”
Nevaeh cackled. She wanted to see Niamh squirm, become all frantic and afraid. However, Niamh’s calm expression did not show even a single ripple despite the things she said.
Nevaeh’s smile froze, impatient now that Niamh was not reacting the way she imagined. “Have you gone mad, Eveline? Or have you gone crazy from fear? Don’t you want to know where your daughter is?”
“Of course I do, but will you tell me?” Niamh fired back, a confident smile gracing her icy features. “You’ve partnered with Felipe for quite a while already, right, Nevaeh? Then I’m sure you’re aware of the Stygian Johnsons’ influence in F Country too, hmm?”
“So what?” Nevaeh glared and roared at Niamh.
“So I’ll be able to find my daughter very soon.”
“Impossible!” Nevaeh denied it, her expression looking wretched. “No matter how strong their influence is, there’s still no way they’ll ever find where I hid that little thing!”
“Nothing is impossible.” Niamh raised her brows arrogantly as she gripped Nevaeh by the chin, sneering at the replica of her face. “You also said that it was impossible for Kendrick to like a woman like me and that there’s no way I’d ever win you my entire life… But look at us now.”
Nevaeh’s eyes flared as she tightened her jaw. “Eveline Montgomery!” She barked, jumping up to overpower Niamh.
Niamh immediately lifted her leg and kicked Nevaeh in the back of her knee.
Nevaeh dropped to her knees in front of Niamh, her teeth chattering from the pain.
Niamh’s beautiful smile fell from her face.
“Did it hurt? I felt this pain deep in my bones back then too. Do you remember the facade you pulled in front of Kendrick and how you worked with your parents to push me against the floor as you humiliated and hit me? Or how you tried to f*ck up my hand so that I’d never get to design again? Because I do, and I don’t plan on forgetting it!
“But Nevaeh, I stood back up again. What about you? You will never have the chance to do so!
“Fabian will find Lillian in no time, then Kendrick and I will return to Glendale. The four of us will live happily ever after as a family while you can go to hell and atone for what you did to my grandfather!”
What Nevaeh envied the most were Kendrick’s feelings for Niamh. She refused to accept Kendrick and Niamh getting the chance to get back together.
She howled in unbridled rage. “You can dream about reuniting your family, Eveline! You will never find Lillian Waldburg. Never!”
“Why not? There’s not a person the Stygian Johnsons cannot find in F Country!”
“Of course, they won’t be able to find her! The Stygian Johnson Gang could be even more influential and they still wouldn’t dare to march into Felipe’s manor!”
Ah. It turned out that Lillian had fallen into Felipe’s hands again, it seemed.
Niamh’s pupils darkened as she pierced her gaze into Nevaeh’s wretched expression. She flung her away heavily. “You’re right, the Stygian Johnsons may not dare to do so, but I do!”
What?
Stunned, Nevaeh watched Niamh stride away as it dawned on her that she had just revealed Lillian’s location.
Kendrick had already used this trick on her back then in court, but she did not expect Niamh to use it on her. She even fell for it again!
Nevaeh climbed up to block Niamh, only to be kicked back by a bodyguard at the door.
She lay on the floor in agony and spit out a mouthful of blood. Watching Niamh leave coolly, she no longer had the strength to stand.
Niamh and Kendrick made their way to Felipe’s manor in record time.
Felipe was not surprised to know that they had arrived.
The sight of Niamh standing with Kendrick irked him.
A mocking smirk graced his lips as he stared at Niamh, the woman who would never belong to him again. “Despite hurting you so deeply and forcing you to sign the divorce papers back then, you’re still going back to him now? Did you forget the pain and misfortune he brought you, Eveline?”
Niamh met the man’s ironic gaze unfazed. “Of course not. It’s precisely because I haven’t forgotten that I now realize the tragic past between Kendrick and I was the result of someone’s intentional sabotage!
“You decided to save that heinous woman who was guilty of two murders from her execution. You allowed this b*tch to continue wreaking havoc on my life.”
Felipe knew Niamh was referring to Nevaeh.
“I saw you as my friend ever since I met you, Felipe. I saw you as someone I could trust. I was grateful that you saved me, that you were there to help when times were difficult. But from this moment on, I will never stand with you again.”
‘Never stand with you again.’
The five words spoke loudly of Niamh’s decision and determination.
“Give me back my daughter, Felipe,” Kendrick demanded coldly, long impatient.
Felipe scoffed in denial. “I don’t have the person you’re looking for.”
Just then, a childlike voice rang out right when Felipe’s sentence ended.
“Mommy, Mommy!”
Niamh turned her head in the direction of the sound. “Lillian!”
Felipe’s expression darkened dangerously as he watched Cathy slowly appear from behind Lillian. Fury bled into his eyes.
Unaware of the situation, Lillian quickly ran toward Niamh as her small lips called for her mom. She was overjoyed seeing her mother again after a long while.
Kendrick’s heart raced as he turned to look at the small energetic figure. ‘You’re alright, Lillian. Dad is so glad you’re alright.’
Burying herself in her mother’s embrace, Lillian turned her head to see Kendrick. “The handsome mister is here too!”
Niamh patted her small head and corrected her. “He’s not the handsome mister, Lillian. This is your dad.”
“Dad?” Lillian blinked before turning to look at Felipe.
Felipe’s gaze had long lost its warmth. He refused to let Niamh and Kendrick reunite as a happy family.
He was about to call someone to stop them when he felt Cathy press the muzzle of a gun against his back.
“Let them go.”
Cathy’s actions shocked Felipe to the core. It was something Niamh and Kendrick had never thought to expect at all.
“Do you know what you’re doing?” Felipe turned his head to stare at Cathy who stood behind him.
“Of course I do. You’re the one who doesn’t.” Cathy’s tone was calm, solemn in a way that depicted her determination. “Let them go, or I’ll take revenge for my two dead children right now.”
Felipe’s expression soured, but he refused to give the order.
Cathy pressed the muzzle deeper into Felipe’s flesh. If she pulled the trigger now, the bullet would pierce through Felipe’s heart.
Neither Niamh nor Kendrick had expected Cathy to be here, but they could tell that she was on their side.
“Come with us, Cathy.” Niamh did not want to leave Cathy here to stay by Felipe’s side in fear that she would suffer the punishment given out by this man.
Yet Cathy merely smiled faintly. “It’s alright, Evie, Kendrick. You two should go, but I’m staying here.”
Despite not understanding the reason why, Niamh recognized the determination in Cathy’s voice and knew that further persuasion would be to no avail.
Kendrick shared a look with Cathy before he decisively took Lillian from Niamh’s arms and grabbed her hand. “Let’s go, Nia.”
Niamh stared at Cathy worriedly but had no other choice than to leave.
Watching Niamh and Kendrick getting into their car with Lillian, Felipe turned around and snatched the gun from Cathy’s hand easily. With a hand on her slender throat, his dark eyes gleamed coldly with anger. “Do you not want to live anymore?”
His frosty gaze pierced into Cathy like a sword of ice.
Sparing him an indifferent glance, Cathy averted her gaze.
“Look at me!” Felipe roared.
Unmoved, Cathy closed her eyes.
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.