“I was about to tell you this.” Dr. Gordon took out another set of data. “I told you through the phone last night that this person’s blood type was A, but after the research this morning, the original blood type of this person should be AB.”
AB.Niamh felt her vision turning dark.
This whole time, she had been suspecting whether the blood belonged to Kendrick, but when she found out the blood type was A, she felt relieved.
However, she did not expect that after the mutation of the genes, even the blood type would change.
Kendrick’s blood type was AB.
Niamh felt uneasy. She felt as if someone was stabbing her heart repeatedly.
“Miss Montgomery, where did you get this blood sample from? According to our research, if this person doesn’t get treatment immediately, he’ll die when the poison in his body reaches stage five.”
The word ‘die’ felt like a knife penetrating Niamh’s heart.
She did not have any injuries, but the excruciating pain was spreading throughout her body.
Even though everything was just a hunch, the pain in her heart told her that her hunch was right.
After she left the lab, Niamh started spacing out. She called Ryan to ask him where he was.
After he received her call, he could feel that something was wrong because Niamh’s voice sounded strange.
Ten minutes later, Niamh found him and was immediately frank with him. “Rye, you’re hiding something from me, right?”
Ryan did not say anything but knew what Niamh wanted to ask him.
Niamh walked to him and looked into his eyes. “The reason Kendrick was deliberately cold to me and the children is not just because he’s a spy, right?
“Is he sick? He’s so sick that it’s at the final stages and there’s no cure, right?”
Niamh grabbed Ryan’s arm while looking at his grim expression.
“Ryan, tell me, is Kendrick going to die?”
When he heard this, Ryan knew he could not help Kendrick keep his secret anymore.
He looked at Niamh’s red eyes and nodded lightly. “You’re right. He has an incurable disease, and his time is almost up.”
Niamh felt her breathing hitch at this moment. Everything was spinning, and she could not feel her heartbeat anymore.
She fumbled for her phone in her bag and pressed down on the numbers that she had long ago memorized.
It was Kendrick’s number.
The call went through, but no one answered.
Niamh looked at the screen of her phone as tears streamed down her cheeks.
She called multiple times, but in the end, she got the message that he had switched off his phone.
Niamh’s heart shattered into pieces.
His determination to not pick up the phone was to make sure she despised him.
‘But Kendrick, do you know despite my hatred and resentment toward you, I’ll love you even more?’
“Use mine. This is his number when he worked with Interpol.” Ryan handed his phone over.
Niamh quickly grabbed it. Kendrick answered the phone after a few seconds.
Kendrick’s voice sounded deep, but at the same time, he also sounded anxious. “Why is she calling me? Did something happen to her? Ryan, you promised that you’ll take good care of her for me!”
Niamh sobbed when she heard what he said. She controlled her emotions and said, “It’s me.”
On the other end of the phone, Kendrick was silent.
“Where are you? Kendrick, tell me where you are right now,” Niamh asked.
“Eveline, I told you I don’t want to see you or hear your voice. Stop pestering—”
“Kendrick, game over. I know everything,” Niamh interrupted him gently and sobbed. “Kendrick, tell me where you are. I miss you. I miss you so much…”
After Niamh said that, there was a long silence on the other end of the phone.
After a long while, Kendrick said in a deep voice, “Eveline, the sea of April Hill is so beautiful. I want to look at this view with you once more, but I guess I can only do it in my next life. Remember what you said. Stop crying for me. I hope you remember that Kendrick Waldburg loves Eveline Montgomery, always.”
After he said that, he hung up the phone.
When Niamh called him again, his phone was switched off.
Niamh started sobbing and sniffling when she saw the darkened screen.
She felt a thorn stabbing deep inside her heart. She could not see it, but it was making her bleed profusely.
Ryan held Niamh gently. He did not know what he could say to make her feel better. Perhaps nothing he could say would ever comfort the hurt in her heart.
Niamh cried for a long while, but she could not soothe the bone-piercing pain in her heart no matter what.
She tried to control her tears and emotions as she removed herself from Ryan’s arms. “Rye, I know it’s not fair to do this to you, but I hope you can give me some time. I want to find him, and if he’s really incurable, then please let me spend the rest of his life with him.”
Ryan smiled softly and wiped away Niamh’s tears gently.
“Actually, the biggest reason I married you is to protect you,” he said honestly, “I know who you truly love, so I won’t force you. Go and do what you want. Go to him.”
Niamh lifted her teary eyes. “Thank you, Rye.”
After she thanked him, she left hurriedly.
Niamh contacted a lot of people she knew to ask them about Kendrick’s whereabouts. She also checked every flight but did not find anything.
She asked Ryan about Kendrick’s whereabouts, but Ryan only told her that he saw Kendrick buying a flight ticket to another country. However, he did not know where he was going.
Niamh stood at Glendale International Airport, looking at the passing crowd. Even though she was standing among a lot of people, she still felt extremely lonely.
She tried to call him, but she could not get through to him no matter what. Even if the call went through, he would not pick up.
Niamh sent several messages to Kendrick, but she did not know if he read them. The only thing she knew was every time she typed a message, she would feel as if she had already lost him.
Niamh had been looking for him for a few days now. However, she still did not get any information about him.
The more time had passed, the more anxious Niamh was. She started having difficulties sleeping and even her aromatherapy kits were not helping.
She was scared that she would not have the chance to see this man again.
She was also scared that he would only be alive in her memories from now on.
After searching for him again for another day, Niamh went to Waldburg Manor. Karen was holding the four-month-old baby, trying to put him to sleep.
When she saw Niamh and her exhausted face, Karen felt her heart breaking into pieces. “Are you busy recently? You look so tired these few days,” Karen asked in concern, then she started complaining about Kendrick.
“I wonder where Kendrick went after what happened to Lana? Is he going to abandon his family? Is he waiting for that succubus to get out of prison?”
Niamh wanted to explain after listening to what Karen said, but she did not know how to tell her.
She could not let Karen be sad with her.
She could not tell Karen that Kendrick would die soon.
Niamh went back to the room she had initially shared with Kendrick. She wanted to look for the wedding ring she threw out and the letters they exchanged when they were young, but she could not find them no matter what.
There was only a wedding photo that had been ripped into pieces on the bed.
She picked the pieces up and tried to piece them back together, but she could not do it.
Looking at the handsome and radiant Kendrick in the photo, she held the pieces and started sobbing.
“Kendrick, let me stay with you, okay? Don’t leave on your own. Let me stay with you at least…”
…
Kendrick had not left Glendale. The flight ticket was fake as well.
He knew Ryan would not be able to keep his secret for long, so he decided to lie to him too.
He gave Ryan an illusion so that Niamh would think he had left Glendale and she would never be able to find him again.
Kendrick had rented a homestay near the beach of April Hill. This entire time, he had been staying there alone.
Every morning, he would repeatedly read all of the messages Niamh sent him during this period. Then, he would go to look at the sea and recall the time when his relationship with Niamh started.
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