Niamh struggled, pulling onto Kendrick’s shirt from his back. “Put me back down!”
However, the man did not do as she commanded.
“Put me down, Kendrick!”
Regardless of how Niamh cursed Kendrick, he did not react to it.
He carried Niamh all the way to a bedroom on the second floor and discarded her, who was trying all means to struggle, on the bed.
Niamh quickly sat up and tried to escape, but Kendrick beat her to it and grasped her neck. He was pinning her on the bed.
“Don’t make me angry.” He lowered his orbs while giving a heartless warning. “I’ll let you go when you’ve made up your mind to help me create that perfume.”
“I’ll never provide a helping hand to carry out those nasty businesses and I’ll never help Lana do anything!”
After hearing her reply, Kendrick was crossed and his expression darkened. He suddenly bent over and leaned near Niamh.
Niamh lifted her hand, giving Kendrick one tight slap across the face while her orbs gave off an icy gaze. “Stop kissing me with those lips of yours that have kissed other women.”
Staring at the pair of defensive orbs, Kendrick’s eyes could not help but show an overwhelming sense of desire to conquer her.
He grabbed Niamh’s chin and kissed her without giving her a chance to fight back. With his right hand, he violently tore her clothes apart before biting down on her shoulder, leaving a row of teeth marks.
“Hiss.” Niamh frowned in pain.
Kendrick stopped and looked at Niamh’s tenacious gaze.
“Is this the weakness you’re talking about?” There was sarcasm in his voice. “Eveline, I’m not your husband, so I won’t accommodate you nor do I have the time to coax you patiently. It’ll be best if you listen to me. Otherwise, you’ll be the one who suffers the most.”
He left her with a threatening statement before removing himself from her.
After Niamh heard the door closing, she remembered that Lana and Kendrick might have slept on this bed together before. Immediately, she felt disgusted and leaped out of the bed.
She wanted to leave but could not open the door.
Did Kendrick lock her up to slowly torment her?
However, she just got the news that her child had been hurt by someone. As she had come running over in a blind fit of anger, she forgot to take her phone along.
Niamh was worried as she did not know the current status of her child.
The nurse had said the child’s face was turning purple and there were no signs of a pulse. Niamh recalled how hard Kendrick choked her just now and felt a pain in her heart.
‘Kendrick, what did Lana do to you’
‘How did you become so cruel?’
Niamh was locked in the room for a long time. She thought Lana would come and cause trouble for her, but the sky had turned dark and Lana still did not appear. On the contrary, Kendrick appeared.
The moment he stepped into the room, he asked, “So? Are you going to make the perfume for me?”
Niamh peered at him and gave him the cold shoulder.
Kendrick walked behind Niamh and reached out his cold palm to touch Niamh’s neck.
His cold palm touched the skin on her neck softly.
“You’re not afraid of dying, huh?” His low voice blossomed next to her ear.
When he saw Niamh ignoring him, he tightened his hand on Niamh’s neck.
Niamh remained motionless. Even though her freedom to breathe was slowly being taken away, she was still calm and unperturbed.
Kendrick stared straight at Niamh’s cold side profile. Then, the interest in his eyes grew more intense.
He got close to her, his lips inching forward.
Finally, Niamh reacted. “Don’t touch me.”
“Don’t you wish that I’m your husband? I can fulfill your wish for the time being.”
Niamh understood what he meant. She turned around to push him away, but he twisted her arm backward and pressed her against the french window.
He grabbed her neck from behind and got close to her. “Eveline, I’m also amenable to coaxing but not coercion. If you listen to me, I can promise you that you and your family won’t be in any trouble in the future.”
“Do you think I’ll believe you? You’ve been brainwashed by Lana that you don’t even know what you’re doing.
“Lana told you to lock me here so that you can torment me, right?
“Heh, Kendrick, tell me what I can do to wake you up.”
Kendrick fell into deep thought after she said that.
However, after a while, he parted his lips. His seductive voice traveled into Niamh’s ears in a bewitching manner. “Then, why don’t we do this? Perhaps I might be able to find that old feeling and remember that I’m the husband you think of every day.”
His sudden gentle tone stunned Niamh.
Before she could think properly, Kendrick held her out of the blue and kissed her on the lips gently.
He stood behind her while holding her hands in place, successfully trapping her.
Niamh was slightly stunned for a moment. When she came back to her senses to fight back, she found that the man was restricting her movements.
She could not win against his strength.
She did not understand Kendrick’s behavior. Was he not with Lana?
Why was he still doing all these to her?
If Lana was also the one behind Kendrick’s odd behavior, then everything would make sense.
However, when Niamh thought about this, she felt more repulsed.
She bit Kendrick on his lips, making the man more aggressive. Suddenly, he picked her up and threw her on the bed.
“Don’t try to run away. Before you do what I want you to do, you can only stay here. Do you hear me?”
Niamh clenched her fists, and in the end, she could only unclench them without a choice. “I need to make a call. I want to know how my son is.”
“I can give you a chance to know how your son is doing, but you have to listen to me.”
There was a calmness in Niamh’s eyes. She compromised and agreed, saying, “Okay, I promise you.”
Kendrick was satisfied after he got this answer.
He let go of Niamh and tossed a phone to her.
Under his surveillance, Niamh called Eloise to ask about her youngest son. After knowing that he was fine, she felt relieved.
However, when Eloise asked her where she was, she told her she needed to take care of something and asked them to take care of the child before hanging up.
Kendrick took away the phone and said coldly, “I’ll tell you what I want you to do tomorrow. You’ll sleep here tonight.”
“I don’t want to sleep on a bed that you and another woman have slept in together.”
Niamh got out of the bed in disgust. She would rather sleep on the floor than get close to that bed.
Kendrick and Lana had never been intimate in Kendrick’s memory. He only remembered Lana telling him that they had been dating for many years.
He had been sleeping alone after he came to Glendale. Aside from him and Niamh, no other person had been on this bed before.
However, he was too tired to explain and only said coldly, “Whatever.”
He turned around and walked out. His nonchalance made Niamh even colder.
The next day, Kendrick came to find Niamh early in the morning. He had a cigarette between his fingers which made his usual cold and elegant demeanor look a little more wild and unrestrained. He said to Niamh, “I’ve been having the same dream almost every night in these three months. I would dream about a ship exploding, and when that happens, I’ll wake up. Then, I won’t be able to fall asleep no matter what.
“Eveline, I want you to make an aromatherapy kit that will be able to get rid of this nightmare for me so that I can sleep peacefully.”
When Niamh heard Kendrick’s request, she was stunned. Then, she felt debilitating pain in her heart.
What happened on the ship three months ago was still as clear as day in her head.
He had ignored his safety just to protect her.
However, a man who would risk his life for her had no idea who she was now.
Niamh smiled bitterly. She believed that day had left an indelible shadow in Kendrick’s mind, so that was why he kept having nightmares.
She felt heartbroken. However, at the same time, she was devastated at his demeanor and actions now.
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