“Mrs. Waldburg is feeling a little uncomfortable and I’d like to take her to the hospital,” Ryan explained.
“Mr. Jones, thank you for your offer, but I can go to the hospital by myself. Please stay at your party and don’t worry about me.” Niamh stood up and walked toward the elevator.
Niamh’s finger that pressed the elevator button began to tremble as a thin layer of cold sweat formed on her forehead.
She did not know if it was because Kendrick’s push had triggered her pregnancy nausea but she started to experience sharp pain with increasing frequency in her abdomen.
She told herself to stay calm and to go on.
In any case, she had to restore Kendrick’s memory before the baby was born.
However, the pain continued to come in waves. Niamh suddenly felt that everything in front of her eyes was slowly becoming hazy.
Right at the moment when she was about to fall to the ground, she caught a black figure swiftly approaching her before steadily grabbing her…
“Kendrick, Kendrick…”
Niamh kept calling out to Kendrick’s name unconsciously, and suddenly, she heard someone calling out to her with worry.
“Eveline, are you awake? Eveline.”
Niamh opened her eyes abruptly and saw Eloise looking at her anxiously.
She looked around and realized that she was in a hospital.
“Eveline, thank God you’re okay.” Eloise breathed a sigh of relief but was still worried. “Why did you suddenly faint? I was so worried that you had an accident.”
Niamh thought about what happened before she fainted and her heart started racing again. “I saw Kendrick.”
“W-What?!” Eloise was shocked and thought that she had heard her wrongly. “Eveline, did you just say that you saw Kendrick?”
“Yeah. I saw him.” Niamh nodded affirmatively as a hot tear ran down from the corner of her eye. “He’s still alive. Mom, he’s alive. He didn’t leave me.”
When she said this, Niamh’s eyes lit up. There was an indescribable sense of excitement in her heart.
‘Kendrick, as long as you’re still alive, I don’t mind if you’ve forgotten me.
‘I will make sure you remember everything. I promise.’
Niamh thought that the black figure that ran toward her before she fainted was Kendrick, but after listening to what happened from Eloise, she realized that it was Ryan.
Niamh called Ryan to express her thanks.
After being discharged from the hospital, she asked Ken to investigate the Kendrick who she just saw. However, she realized that the man was indeed Hans.
Lana’s story of Hans seemed to match up. He was just a stranger that a doctor had done plastic surgery on to make him look just like Kendrick.
However, Niamh still would not believe it.
If Felipe was able to create a seamless fake identity for her back then, so could Lana.
Niamh wanted to get close to Kendrick again. She wanted to figure out what happened to him and why he forgot about her, but she did not get another chance.
After that day, Niamh never saw Kendrick again, nor could he be traced at all.
Since all of Niamh’s focus went to Kendrick, the progress of her designs all slowed down. She then received a call from Naomi asking about the progress of the wedding rings.
It took Niamh two days of concentration to finally complete the draft. After sending it, Naomi said that she was not satisfied and wanted to change some details and ideas. She asked Niamh to go over to her place.
Niamh asked her secretary to accompany her to Ryan’s place.
His villa was very luxurious. She was told that he bought the place for Naomi when he proposed.
The moment Niamh entered the place, she saw Kendrick standing by the swimming pool.
There was a burning cigarette between his slender fingers. Niamh recognized that it was the cigarette Lana had been smoking, but now, he actually started smoking that brand as well because of Lana.
It was also then when Niamh found out that Lana and Naomi were friends.
It was no wonder why Naomi targeted her the other day.
Kendrick felt that someone was staring at him. When he looked back suddenly, his deep gaze saw Niamh’s face.
When their eyes met, he merely looked at her for a moment while taking a puff of smoke lazily. The smoke that he exhaled blocked the view of the expression on his face.
She knew it was not the time to meet yet. Plus, Kendrick still did not know who she was.
Niamh resisted the throbbing in her heart, pretended to be indifferent, and turned her face away as she followed behind the servant.
However, as soon as she walked to the hallway and was about to enter the place, a strong force grabbed Niamh’s arm.
When she was about to push the hand away, she recognized the familiar scent.
The very next second, Niamh was pushed by the man against the wall. She raised her head and was met with Kendrick’s face that was very close to hers.
Niamh’s heartbeat quickened involuntarily. “Kendrick.”
There was a glimmer of hope in Niamh’s eyes.
She thought that perhaps the man still had feelings for her.
However, Kendrick looked at Niamh as if she was just a stranger, or perhaps even an enemy.
“You’re following me again. Who sent you?”
It turned out that he thought she was following him again.
Niamh knew that the man’s memories were still lost, so she decided to suppress her emotions. She looked at him sadly and asked, “Are you really not Kendrick?”
Kendrick tried to figure out Niamh by looking at her. He stared deeply into her lonely and teary eyes.
Niamh frowned as she lifted her hand, her round fingertips falling on the man’s cheek.
She only got a light touch when Kendrick grasped her hand tightly.
“What are you doing?” he asked, his tone and expression extremely cold.
Niamh’s eyes looked hurt. “Mr. Zimmerman, you look exactly like my dead husband.”
As she said that, she took her phone out of her pocket. The photo on the screensaver of her phone was the family photo they took on the yacht that day.
Kendrick looked surprised when he saw the man in the photo.
However, he still gave her a solemn warning without mercy. His eyes were narrowed when he said, “Don’t think of me as your dead husband anymore.”
He let go of Niamh’s hand unhappily before walking away naturally and without restraints.
Niamh swallowed all the grievances and sadness she felt, packed up her emotions, and went into the house.
Ryan was not there, and Naomi was looking at Niamh’s design intently.
After looking at it for a while, Naomi put down the iPad and her face showed contempt. “The industry seems to have overstated your abilities, Mrs. Waldburg. Even my six-year-old nephew can come up with a design like this. I can’t believe that this came from a top-notch designer like you.”
Niamh’s female secretary, Coco, quickly explained with a smile, “Ms. Lionel, the design of the wedding ring was done according to Mr. Jones’ ideas. If you feel that it’s unsatisfactory, you can bring it up with your husband and we’ll modify it as you wish.”
When she said that, Naomi suddenly looked at her with a cold look. “Who the hell are you? Why are you speaking on behalf of your boss?”
Coco was stunned by Naomi, and her facial expressions changed. She did not dare to speak anymore.
Naomi’s attitude at the moment convinced Niamh even more that she was the woman who had secretly attacked her.
When Ryan was not there, her nasty personality showed its ugly head without holding back.
Naomi glanced at Niamh with even more contempt. She asked mockingly, “Mrs. Waldburg, are you not in the mood to design it properly because your husband’s dead? This design costs six figures. Are you worth that much?”
“Whether I’m worth that much or not is not based on my opinion, but it’s different when it comes to whether you’re worthy of this six-figure design.” Niamh calmly and casually returned the insult. “Since your six-year-old nephew is capable of doing this design, I’ll have to suggest you not to waste your money and let your little nephew design it for you instead.”
Naomi did not expect Niamh to reply to her in this way. She was a little frustrated and said, “Is this how Waldburg Corporation treats its customers? Eveline, are you trying to lose business?”
“The motto of businesses is indeed the customer is always right, but if the customer doesn’t even have the minimum respect for people and things, I’ll just treat them this way.”
“You—”
“Also, Waldburg Corporation doesn’t need your business, Ms. Lionel.”
Niamh smiled lightly, picked up the iPad, and looked at the secretary. “Let’s go, Coco.”
She turned around sharply, but when she looked up, Lana was in front of her smoking a cigarette. A proud smile appeared on her face as Kendrick followed behind her.
“Eveline, apologize to my friend. Otherwise, don’t think about leaving here today.” Lana threatened and walked to Niamh as she took another puff. “You should know, I’m not a good person.”
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