Niamh’s heart was sore.
She could not believe that the man in front of her was really Kendrick.
Thinking of how she had been threatened by Felipe because of Lillian before, she wondered if Kendrick was going through similar difficulties now.
‘Kendrick, what reason is there that would allow you to hug and kiss Lana?’
Niamh returned to the car. The air in the basement made her mind less chaotic than before, but her hands that were holding the steering wheel were shaking.
She persuaded herself to calm down, but she had no strength to drive anymore.
Her mind was now filled with images of Kendrick and Lana kissing each other.
The woman’s triumphant smile and the man’s disdainful eyebrows resembled his cold attitude toward her back then.
Yet, Niamh kept feeling that Kendrick had a reason for his behavior today.
She was incapable of driving now, so she had been waiting in the car.
She did not know how long she had been waiting. She imagined Kendrick and Lana still being in the same room at this moment, imagining what they might be doing. Niamh’s heart hurt.
She could not sit here and wait.
Niamh got out of the car and was about to take the elevator up when she saw Kendrick walking toward where she was.
The man was now neatly dressed, looking awe-inspiring and elegant.
“Kendrick,” Niamh called out to him.
Kendrick paused after hearing her voice.
He raised his eyes and saw that Niamh, who was standing not far away from him, was looking a little pale. His eyes turned bleak.
“Nia, why are you here?” He quickly walked to her.
His gentle tone was completely opposite to the indifference he displayed earlier.
Niamh looked at the handsome face in front of her and tried her best to soothe her emotions that were about to lose control. “Kendrick, why are you deceiving me and secretly being with Lana?”
Kendrick felt guilty when he thought about how Niamh might have found out about him having dinner with Lana not long ago.
“Nia, I didn’t mean to lie to you,” he explained, reaching out to hold Niamh’s hand.
Niamh avoided him. “Don’t touch me, I think it’s dirty.”
Kendrick’s heartbeat sank, his palms hanging stiffly in mid-air.
The feeling of being thought of as disgusting by Niamh made him cold all over.
Niamh had also thought that she would be able to listen to Kendrick’s explanation calmly, but no matter how she convinced herself, she could not erase the scene from just now.
For whatever reason, she could not accept him kissing another woman.
Seeing that Niamh’s eyes were red, Kendrick wanted to explain himself, but Niamh had driven away.
He was worried that Niamh’s bad mood would affect her driving, so he followed her.
After returning to the villa, Niamh went straight into the room. Kendrick followed closely, but as soon as he walked to the door of the room, he was stopped by Niamh.
She then threw his pillow out. “I don’t want to continue sleeping with a man who’s having an affair with a third party.”
Kendrick was turned away. Before he could say a word, Niamh closed the door.
Kendrick did not leave, however. He hugged the pillow and stood at the door, apologizing.
“Nia, I lied to you, but Lana and I are not in the kind of relationship you think.
“Nia, I’m wrong. Please don’t be angry. Be careful with your body.
“Nia, I’ll wait for you to open the door for me.”
Niamh sat on the edge of the bed, her fingers gripping the sheets.
The more she thought about the scene that she saw with her own eyes, the more Niamh felt unwell. Even her stomach began to feel unwell.
At first, Niamh thought that this kind of slight pain would end soon, but the pain became more intense. A thin layer of sweat soon oozed out of her forehead.
Niamh searched for the pain medication Adam had prescribed, but as soon as she opened the medicine box, her abdomen hurt so much that she could not even hold onto the medicine box securely. The medicine box in her hand fell to the ground and the pills scattered all over.
As she bent over to pick them up, she lost focus and fell to the floor feebly.
Niamh saw a shadow under the crack of the door with her dimming vision. She stretched out her hand strenuously, “Kendrick…”
Kendrick suddenly heard a dull crash, like a heavy object falling to the ground
He thought Niamh was smashing things while sulking and became more worried.
“Nia.” He knocked on the door and called out, “Nia, are you alright?”
Kendrick asked but did not receive any response from Niamh.
His sudden and restless heartbeat made Kendrick unable to wait any longer. He tried to open the door, but it was locked from the inside.
“Nia, what are you doing inside? Nia!”
Kendrick’s voice held a little more panic and confusion.
He threw away the pillow and lifted his long legs to kick the lock of the door.
As soon as the door was kicked open, Kendrick saw Niamh lying on the bedside and the pills that were scattered all over the floor. His eyes were suddenly filled with horror.
“Nia!” He hurriedly ran to Niamh’s side and hugged her.
Seeing Niamh’s face that was as pale as snow, Kendrick was in a mess. “Nia, wake up! Eveline! Eveline Montogomery!”
No matter how Kendrick called out to her, Niamh did not respond.
Kendrick immediately picked Niamh up and rushed to the nearest hospital as quickly as possible.
The doctor inspected Niamh and said there was nothing wrong with her, but Niamh had not regained consciousness.
Kendrick stayed by the hospital bed, holding Niamh’s icy cold hand and kissing it gently. His worried gaze was full of affection and apology as he stared at Niamh who was still unconscious.
Suddenly, a woman’s figure intruded his peripheral vision.
Lana leaned against the door frame, her face full of smiles. “Mr. Waldburg, do you know which part of you I’m attracted to the most? It’s when you care about your wife like what you’re doing right now.”
Kendrick placed Niamh’s hand under the blanket. He quickly got up and walked toward Lana.
“Get out.” Kendrick’s gaze was cold.
He pushed Lana out, then closed the door of the ward gently.
Lana was still smiling, obsessively admiring Kendrick’s face. His handsome appearance was not affected by his anger at all.
“Do you know, Mr. Waldburg? I grew up a princess who was pampered by my brother. I get whatever I want.
“I’ve had many boyfriends, but none of them were sincere. I really want to know what it’s like to be treated sincerely by an almost perfect man like you.
“No man will have sincere feelings for a woman like you who’s so unscrupulous to achieve a goal.” Kendrick poured cold water over her with his words, his bottomless eyes full of appalling hostility. “Lana, if anything happens to my wife, I’ll break up the Stygian Johnson Gang completely. Eveline Montgomery is my bottom line. You can touch anyone but her.”
“Now that you’ve said that, I’m more reluctant to let go of a good, affectionate man like you.” Lana smiled leisurely. “Do you know why your wife showed up in the hotel’s parking lot just now? It’s because I sent her a message, telling her that you and I had booked a room at the hotel. That’s why she came.”
Kendrick thought of Niamh’s expression and reaction at the time. He had wanted to hold her hand, but she avoided him in disgust.
Could it be that she believed Lana’s words and thought that he had really booked a room in the hotel with this woman?
Seeing Kendrick frowning and deep in thought, Lana approached him with a sorry look. “Don’t be so upset. Of course she wanted to believe you, but it can’t be helped when she really did see us hugging and kissing.”
Kendrick’s eyes narrowed tightly. “What nonsense are you saying?!”
“I’m not talking nonsense.” Lana opened the video in her phone gallery and handed the phone to Kendrick.
The contents of the video showed Niamh entering the hotel room not long ago.
Kendrick watched the video and listened to the dialogue, an expression of shock over his face.
Niamh had mistaken this strange man who was dressed just like him as him!
He understood why Niamh had not let him touch her, even calling him dirty.
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