She walked forward as she spoke, placing down the flowers she brought.
Niamh held Lana’s wrist to prevent her from offering her flowers. “Lana, don’t you ever think that you can do whatever you want just because you’re from the Stygian Johnson Gang.
“This isn’t F Country, nor the Stygian Johnson Gang’s territory. My husband doesn’t need a shameless woman like you paying your respects. Leave this place right now!”
She snatched the flowers from Lana’s hand and threw them into the brazier.
“Get out.” She did not leave any room for Lana’s dignity.
The smile that was hung on Lana’s face had obviously dissipated, and as her temper rose, Karen ran toward them.
“Eveline, what are you doing? Kendrick’s friend came to pay their respects. How could you treat her like this?” Karen was siding with Lana. It was obvious that as long as an opportunity arose for Karen to go against Niamh, she would never choose to sit out.
When Lana saw Karen defending her, she appeared aggrieved and troubled. “Hello madam, I’m a friend of Mr. Waldburg. My name is Lana. I learned that he passed away not long ago and I’m really sad about this. I just wanted to come and give my respects as it’s the least I could do. I didn’t expect Mrs. Waldburg to actually tell me to leave.”
After hearing this, Karen sneered, “Mrs. Waldburg? What kind of Mrs. Waldburg is she?! Kendrick’s death is all because of her!”
“What? So Mr. Waldburg’s death was caused by this Miss Montgomery?” Lana asked knowingly.
As the incident’s initiator, she was feeling delighted.
It was just that her target was Niamh at first. She did not expect that Kendrick would desperately block the bullets for Niamh with his body.
His actions made her feel bewildered, but she only wanted to capture Kendrick’s heart even more.
Karen took three incense sticks and handed them to Lana. “Miss Johnson, I’m Kendrick’s mother. Go ahead and give your respects. If she dares hinder you again, I’ll chase her out immediately!”
Lana felt satisfied. She snickered to herself and stretched out her hand to receive the flowers.
Before she could even touch the flowers, her wrist was tightly pinched by Niamh again.
Lana raised her eyes unhappily and saw Niamh glaring at her with cold, hostile eyes.
“When I ask you to leave, you leave.” Although Niamh’s tone was light, her dangerous aura was still flowing out.
Seeing this, Karen immediately came over to defend her. “Eveline, you—”
“Shut up,” Niamh stopped Karen with a shout as she glanced over sullenly. “Remember what Kendrick told you before? You can dislike your daughter-in-law, but you should at least be respectful and polite!”
“You—”
“I am the one and only wife who Kendrick has had in his life, so I’m his only and veritable Mrs. Waldburg. I want this woman to get out of my house now, no further discussion!”
Niamh swung Lana’s hand away and said domineeringly, “Get out!”
Karen was taken aback by Niamh’s aura. She did not open her mouth and spoke anything for a while.
Lana held back her dissatisfaction. With gloomy eyes, she said, “Eveline, no woman in this world would dare treat me like this. I’m telling you, your tragedy right now is only the beginning. I will play with you slowly.”
Lana threw down her warning meaningfully, then went away while smoking her cigarette.
Niamh looked at the woman’s arrogant back and clenched her fists.
Karen also left with an uncomfortable grunt at Niamh.
Niamh suddenly felt some discomfort in her stomach. It was probably due to anger.
At this moment, Felipe had returned to the living room and was walking toward her. He kindly reminded her, saying, “Lana Johnson is a very vicious woman. You’d better be careful.”
Niamh turned her head and saw the current Felipe. It had been a long time since she last saw his gentle and calm eyes.
“The yacht shooting incident has nothing to do with you?” Niamh asked directly.
Felipe shook his head. There was no more hostility or concealment in his eyes. “Cathy was right. For so many years, all I’ve done is to be jealous of Kendrick—jealous that he lived a better life than me and jealous that he had you by his side. But in fact…”
He sneered sarcastically and glanced at the glass bottle that was hung around his neck. It held a small amount of Cathy’s ashes.
“I’ve done everything I wanted to do, and it’s now time to atone for my sins.”
Hearing this, Niamh felt a little weirded out. “Felipe, what are you planning to do?”
Felipe only smiled and stroked the cold glass bottle. “Cathy knows what I plan to do.”
Niamh did not understand, but she could feel Felipe’s deep regret and pain.
“I’ve transferred all the shares of Waldburg Corporation to your name. The lawyer is handling it at the moment. Although I’m involved in illegal businesses, Waldburg Corporation’s funds are all clean, and the corporation will be handed over to you afterward.”
He solemnly finished his sentence and looked at Niamh. “Eveline, I’m sorry.”
After Felipe apologized, he turned around.
“Felipe,” Old Master Waldburg hurriedly walked over and called out to him.
Felipe stopped his footsteps, his thin back appearing very lonely at the moment.
“Felipe, Kendrick has already left us. You can’t leave us as well. Waldburg Corporation needs you to manage it.”
“Eveline will do a much better job than me. Besides, I still have more important things to do.” Felipe replied as such, then continued walking before turning around.
As he looked at Old Master Waldburg’s face that was already full of traces of age, his eyes turned warm and he started to feel guilty.
“Sorry, Uncle. It was my fault that I misunderstood you.”
“Why would elders fuss over these things with the youngsters? Felipe, don’t go. This place is your home.” Old Master Waldburg tried to get him to stay, his eyes filled with sincerity and hopefulness.
Felipe felt even more distressed seeing this. “Uncle’s words are enough for me. If there’s still a chance, I will definitely return home.”
‘Definitely return home.’
He smiled, finally turning away. It was just that while he was looking at the big iron gates of Waldburg Manor, his vision became increasingly blurry…
A few days later, Niamh still could not accept the fact that Kendrick had passed away. However, she was left with no other option but to face the reality of it all.
Despite Karen’s strong opposition, Grandpa still handed over the power of the Waldburg family to Niamh.
Niamh wanted to use work to distract her from the pain. In the meantime, she had also instructed Ken to find out the situation about the incident the other day. After investigating for a period of time, the name Lana Johnson appeared on the report paper.
Lana Johnson.
It was mentioned that a woman with short gray-colored hair was spotted around the coast that day. The features described in the report were exactly the same as Lana’s.
However, Niamh still could not conclude that it was Lana who did it with just this.
This woman obviously admired Kendrick, so how could she be willing to do such a thing to him?
Still, since there were suspicious points remaining, they needed to continue the investigation.
Niamh then received news that Lana had already returned to F Country.
F Country.
Lana’s private villa.
That morning, she was in a sexy swimsuit and had swum a few laps in the pool. Afterward, she put on a bath towel and sat leisurely under a parasol while drinking freshly squeezed orange juice.
A family doctor in a white coat then hurried to her. “Second Lady, that man has finally woken up!”
Upon hearing this, Lana’s eyes lit up immediately.
She hurriedly got up and walked into the room.
The man sitting on the bed was looking at the wounds on his body. When he suddenly heard someone barging in, he raised his eyebrows and looked toward the direction coldly.
Lana looked at those charming eyes, and the corners of her lips curled up ambiguously.
“You’ve finally woken up.”
…
Glendale.
A month later, Niamh was still numbing her thoughts by working daily. She would force herself to stop thinking about sorrowful things.
For the sake of the child in her belly and her lovely pair of children, she lived every day positively and optimistically.
As she was still unable to accept the fact that Kendrick was no longer alive, she still had to face insomnia during the lonely nights.
Niamh came to Waldburg Corporation early Monday morning and sat in the seat that once belonged to Kendrick. She then proceeded to handle all kinds of complicated documents skillfully and swiftly.
When it was time for the morning meeting, she went ahead and attended it.
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.