“Someone broke the news that you were only faking it with Mr. Waldburg. In fact, you don’t even love Mr. Waldburg at all. They say the posthumous child in your stomach was just to attain a bargaining chip for the succession of Waldburg Corporation.”
“Ryan already has a fiancée. Won’t you be a mistress by doing this? Mrs. Waldburg, in your mind, do you think love is more important than reputation?”
Against these pairs of doubtful and even contemptuous eyes, Niamh smiled and faced the camera calmly. “In my opinion, all of you bloodsucking pests with your vile behavior of trampling on others under the guise of pursuing the truth are really annoying.”
“…”
The group of reporters all looked awkward and dissatisfied after her remark.
“Mrs. Waldburg, your words seem to be crossing the line. How are we trampling on others?”
Niamh chuckled. “Crossing the line? Do you all actually understand what this means? When you ask me these slanderous questions one by one, have you ever wondered how overboard your questions are?
“Posting these kinds of false gossips on the internet, writing a headline full of gimmicks, and completely ignoring the misunderstanding that the victim was put into… Using my misfortune to help you earn views, how is this different from trampling on others?”
“…”
The group of people who were being questioned rhetorically became speechless and embarrassed in an instant.
Niamh glanced at the group of people in front of her coldly. “I don’t want to waste my time with you, but listen here. I, Eveline Montgomery, will only have one husband in my life.
“Regarding the rumors and slanders, I’ll definitely have all of it looked into till the end, so you all can wait to receive my lawyer’s letter.”
Niamh spoke with an awe-inspiring aura before turning away. Just then, a woman’s sarcastic voice came from the crowd. “Mrs. Waldburg, you were already captured in a photo with Ryan as you embraced each other in a restaurant. Your affair has already been proven, so how can you still speak nonsense like this with a serious face?”
As soon as those gossip reporters heard this, they became bold once more. “Mrs. Waldburg, how do you explain this?”
Niamh did not notice who was the person who voiced out, but her calmness remained. “Why should I explain it to you? Even if I explain myself, will you believe me? You only want to believe what you see because the truth can’t bring you views. Only by creating more intense contradictions will you get the results you want to see.”
A certain male reporter chuckled disapprovingly. “Mrs. Waldburg, you’re talking as if we’re bullying you. You were photographed flirting with Ryan openly. You say we’re slandering you just because you can’t find a reason to refute. If you have evidence, the evidence would already be slapped onto us in the face.”
“That’s right.”
“We can tell you’re lying at first sight.”
“Sure enough, the more beautiful a woman is, the more hateable she is!”
More blatant and targeted words flew toward Niamh from everywhere as she turned sharply. “Fine! I’ll just do as you wish and allow the truth and evidence to slap you in your face!”
As Niamh said that, she fiercely threw a USB flash drive onto the face of the male reporter who had just said that.
“H-How can you hit someone?”
“Oh, was there a person here? I thought I was just hitting a foul-mouthed, nasty stink bug!”
“…”
“This is the surveillance video I just got from the restaurant. It clearly recorded the situation when I was with Ryan at the time. Pick it up, watch it for yourself, and apologize to me publicly after. Otherwise, I’ll make sure that all of you will never get a job in this industry ever again!”
“…”
Niamh turned around after speaking what she wanted to say.
Those people could not wait to get their hands on the USB flash drive to see what it contained. The video showed that when Niamh got up from her seat in the restaurant, she slipped on a pool of water. When she tried to grab onto a table for support, Ryan stepped forward and supported her from the back. Niamh had almost fallen over, so a waiter hurriedly went over to apologize to her.
It was obviously just an accident.
The so-called cuddling was just Ryan supporting her from her fall, but all the heartless paparazzi exaggerated and falsified the story.
The people who chased after Niamh and questioned her just now were embarrassed and ashamed.
The paparazzi were even more panicked and quickly apologized, but they were also afraid that Niamh would hold them accountable.
If Niamh wanted to burn them all to the ground, there was no stopping her.
A woman in the crowd saw what was happening and stared at Niamh’s back while she snorted with contempt.
After Niamh returned to the office, she soon saw clarifications on the internet and apologies from major certified media companies.
Niamh scorned when she read the articles.
Suddenly, Niamh received a call from Ryan. It was clear that he had done nothing wrong, but he still apologized. “I didn’t think that helping you would give way to a nasty rumor. I’m very sorry for troubling you.
“Today is my fiancée’s birthday. I’d like to invite you to join a dinner party tonight. I hope that you can make it. Both my fiancée and I want to offer you an apology face to face.”
Niamh thought for a while and decided to go.
It was because it could also be an opportunity for her to show her unyielding attitude to the public.
She would not avoid a big event despite what happened.
However, when she saw Ryan’s fiancée, Naomi Lionel, that night and heard the charming girl speak, Niamh was surprised to find that her voice was exactly the same as the voice of the person who questioned her earlier today.
It turned out that the person who said such words was Ryan’s fiancée, Naomi.
However, the smile she had on at that moment was friendly and amiable—completely opposite to the way she was when she stood in the corner this morning.
Niamh did not want to expose her.
Naomi also greeted Niamh politely at that moment. “Mrs. Waldburg, I heard all about you in my city. The jewelry you design is all so beautiful. Thanks for putting so much effort into our wedding rings.”
She was soft-spoken and gentle. When she looked toward the entrance of the banquet hall, she said, “Excuse me, Mrs. Waldburg. My friend is here. Rye, let’s go over and greet her.”
Niamh smiled and nodded. When she looked toward the crowd casually, she saw a person who was ingrained deep in her heart.
Niamh’s heartbeat suddenly sped up. “Kendrick?”
She suspected that she was having hallucinations again.
Even if it was just an illusion, Niamh wanted to chase after the person.
She stared at the handsome figure not far away as she hurriedly pushed aside the crowd in front of her, working hard to get closer to that figure.
If it was not for her being pregnant, Niamh would have run up to him.
She could only walk steadily one step at a time, but that seemed to separate them even further.
“Kendrick.”
She shouted at the man from the back, her heart racing even more and more anxiously.
She expected the man in the distance to look back, but he did not respond to her call.
In the end, Niamh chased after him to the outside of the banquet hall, but after turning toward the long corridor in front of her, it was empty.
The figure that had been in her line of sight just now disappeared without a trace as if it was just a phantom.
Niamh stood blankly in the hallway, suddenly wondering if she had gotten mentally sick from missing him so much that she began to have hallucinations.
She lowered her bleak eyes and smiled bitterly.
‘Eveline, he has already left you.
‘He has already left forever…
‘From now on, you can no longer feel his warmth or get his gentle care.’
Niamh turned around lifelessly to walk back, but the moment she turned around, she suddenly found a person standing behind her.
A small glimpse from the corner of her eyes made Niamh’s heart lose its normal beating frequency.
She glanced back suddenly and the man’s sharp but delicate handsome face came into view for a moment.
Niamh’s eyes widened. She was completely stunned.
“Kendrick.”
She whispered, not knowing whether what she was seeing at the moment was an illusion or reality.
He was very close to her, and his familiar cold fragrance wafted into her nose. It felt so real.
Niamh’s heart was pounding frantically. She raised her trembling hand, stretching it toward his face. When she was about to touch the man’s face, however, her wrist was suddenly held tightly by the man in front of her.
This painful force cleared up the fog in Niamh’s thoughts and consciousness.
‘No.
‘This is not an illusion!
‘This is real!’
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