Helplessly, she smiled. She stared at the baby in her arms, and the sight soothed her emotions.
The moment she lifted her gaze, she found that Kendrick was staring hard at her.
Suddenly, Niamh felt her cheeks turn warm. Even though he had looked at her so many times before, she still felt unpleasant when Kendrick was staring at her now.
She attempted to get up to change position, but Kendrick suddenly stretched out his arm. His icy cold fingers were placed on the little mole on her left breast.
She was in a daze for a few seconds before she noticed Kendrick staring at the mole while muttering something under his mouth.
‘Could it be that he still has some impression of this mole?’
Just when she was deep in her thoughts, Kendrick suddenly removed his fingers and grasped her chin.
His stony face shifted to her front while his lifeless eyes stared at her with a critical gaze.
“So, this is the number one gorgeous celebrity in Glendale—a famous designer in the jewelry industry and a perfumer.” He pointed out Niamh’s status and let out a burst of soft laughter. Nevertheless, his laughter no longer contained the warmth that he used to treat Niamh with. His laughter was more sinister and disdainful.
“Eveline, do you like this face of mine?” he suddenly asked in a deep and flirtatious voice.
Niamh had no idea what was the man before her up to. She was about to speak, but his silhouette suddenly leaned near her and kissed her on her lips.
“…” Niamh rejected by tilting her head. “What are you doing? Are you thinking of doing the same thing back at April Hill? Sneakily taking pictures of me kissing you, then disclosing it to the public and misleading them that I’m a playgirl?”
“Hmph.” Kendrick did not answer her. Instead, he let out a smirk and kissed her once again.
Niamh could not shove him away as she was carrying her baby.
She wanted to turn away, but Kendrick was pressing on her head.
He kissed her cheeks, and just when he was about to proceed downward, Niamh got to her feet. She placed her baby back into the incubator and quickly put on her clothes.
However, Kendrick had yanked her over to him and locked her right in front of him.
“Tomorrow, you’d better arrive at the villa you came before if you don’t want anything to happen to your baby.”
“Are you trying to threaten me, Mr. Zimmerman?” With composed emotions, Niamh asked with a smile, “Aside from using my kids to threaten a fragile woman like me, aren’t there any other methods you guys can adopt?”
“Fragile?” Kendrick spoke in a suspicious tone and blurted a bitter comment, “Then, I shall have to look with my own eyes, how ‘fragile’ you are.”
He released Niamh and left the scene without looking back.
Niamh was not bothered about the attitude Kendrick had while dealing with her but was bothered that from the beginning to the end, he had never looked at the baby at all.
‘That’s his biological kid, yet he didn’t even bother glancing at him.
‘People used to say one will have a sense for their biological kid, but to him, it seemed like he didn’t sense anything at all.
“Kendrick, perhaps your heart now only contains that lady, Lana, right?”
Niamh let out a smile helplessly and went back to the incubator. Staring at the baby who was sound asleep, she felt rather bitter yet comforted in her heart.
On the next day, Niamh did not obey Kendrick’s order to head over to the villa.
She would not believe Kendrick would lose all his humanity and harm her kid. However, when afternoon arrived, she left the ward for a moment and when she was back, a nurse approached her anxiously. “Earlier when I came in, I saw a man coming out from here. When I headed over to look at the young master, I noticed his face was purple and he wasn’t breathing. He’s in the emergency room right now for resuscitation.”
Niamh felt as though her heart was being clenched by an invisible hand. She took out her phone and pointed at the screen, “Is this the man?”
The nurse glanced at the screen and replied with her eyes glittering, “Yes, it’s this man. I remember he looked very handsome.”
The answer made her heartbroken.
Niamh spun around and sprinted out of the ward when she saw the arrival of Sean and Eloise.
“Eveline? Where are you going, Eveline?!”
At the villa on the outskirts.
Kendrick had been waiting for Niamh for the entire daytime, but she failed to show up.
He got irritated and ignited his car, ready to look for Niamh.
Just when he just got to the doorway of his villa, he noticed a vehicle suddenly stopping at the doorstep. Niamh, with a stony expression, came rushing to him.
With a keen expression on his face, Kendrick looked at the lady who was running toward him. A smirk curled on his lips.
“You finally decided to show up—”
Before he could even finish, Niamh grasped his collar and slapped his face as hard as she could.
Infuriated, she glared at him with her bloodshot eyes.
“Kendrick, you can forget about me or even choose to not acknowledge your biological child, but how could you do something to harm a little kid?!
“You lost all your memories, does that mean you lost your humanity as well?!
“How could you possibly harm such a little kid? Don’t you feel your heart aching?!”
Niamh continued roaring as she raised her hand, attempting to continue slapping him. However, she was halted by Kendrick.
With a powerful force, he restrained Niamh against the door frame. His black and furious eyes were staring hard at Niamh. “How dare you lay a finger on me?!”
“Yeah, I hit you. And I’m going to hit you again to make you wake up and realize how inhumane of a father you are!”
Kendrick’s brows frowned as though he was being angered. His cold palm grabbed Niamh’s neck. “What does your kid have anything to do with me? Eveline, do you believe I’ll make you suffocate to death this instant?”
Niamh did not blink her eyes nor struggle. Instead, her eyes reddened as she stared straight into the icy pair of orbs that were so close to her. She put on a smile while tears came streaming down from her eyes.
“Back in those days, you had grabbed my neck as well and said that I’ve no right to be your wife. Later on, you kneeled before me and said while sobbing, ‘Nia, please give me another chance’. I gave you the chance, but Kendrick, did you truly love and care for me?
“Or should I put it this way? Is the way you express your love to me by making me heartbroken and even disappointing me over and over again?”
Kendrick was about to exert more strength, but after hearing Niamh’s comment, his grip loosened.
He stared at her cloudy eyes, and he was eventually lost in his thoughts
Right then, Niamh’s tears fell on the back of his palm. The temperature of her tears seeped through his skin, traveling all the way to the bottom of his heart. The warm sensation made him snap out of it and return to reality.
“Stop treating me as your dead husband,” said Kendrick coldly as he released his grip.
“Cough, cough.” Niamh choked and gasped after she was released.
His grip on her neck earlier was indeed painful, but it was nothing compared to the disappointment she felt from his cold and heartless orbs.
Despite what she was going through, Niamh remained fearless. “The person who you care most about right now is Lana, am I right? If anything were to happen to my kid, I’ll make sure she pays the same price too!”
Kendrick looked at Niamh’s sharp gaze with a look of disapproval on him and chuckled. “Just by yourself?”
His eyes glittered with disdain.
Niamh looked back at him, stern. “I dare you to try me.”
She spouted out those few words, turned around, and left the scene.
Kendrick yanked Niamh back into his arms with his breath engulfing her. “Do you think you’ll be able to get away from here after showing up?”
“What about it? Are you thinking of finishing me as well?” Niamh was not the slightest bit afraid of him.
She thought Kendrick was up to no good. However, he raised his hand and touched her on the cheek gently. “I need you for a favor. If you can do it, I’ll let you go.”
He was speaking in a domineering tone, yet his eyes were serious about what he was saying.
Niamh glanced at him with a cold stare. “Helping you out means helping Lana, that maniac, to carry out some evil doings… I’ll never do such a thing.”
“Hmph.” Kendrick giggled. “What do you think I’m planning to make you do?”
He lowered his voice and placed his lips beside her ear. “Aren’t you a perfumer? I need you to help me create a fragrance oil.”
His request made Niamh thunderstruck.
Nevertheless, Niamh rejected him flat out. “I’ll never help you guys with anything!”
Kendrick frowned. “I’m not begging you right now, Eveline. This is an order.”
Niamh giggled. “I’m sorry. I’m the type of person who needs to be persuaded, not forced to do something.”
“So, you’re saying that you’re rejecting me?” His gaze turned much colder.
Niamh sneaked a peek at him, then turned around with little thought after shoving him aside.
Kendrick could not accept the way Niamh was behaving. He noticed her making a move and sprinted toward her before carrying her from behind.
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.