When he thought back to the past, everything was still fine. The only thing that was not fine was how his body was getting weaker and weaker.
Niamh stayed overnight in the mansion alone.
After she woke up, her heart started aching again after she looked at the man in the photo.
She went to look for Ryan to try to know more about Kendrick’s condition.
She tried to control her emotions as she asked Ryan, “Rye, where did the poison in Kendrick’s body come from? You should know, right?”
Ryan did not hide it from her. He said frankly, “It’s Lana. When he lost his memories, Lana filled Kendrick with memories that did not belong to him. She would give him cigarettes every day. The slow-acting poison was inside the cigarettes.”
Niamh was in disbelief. How could someone do that to the person they loved?
“Lana used this slow-acting poison to control Kendrick. She wanted Kendrick to stay by her side and be her man forever.”
Ryan’s explanation made Niamh’s heart ache even more.
He only got hurt and lost his memories on the ship because he wanted to protect her.
“Eveline, not everyone can love someone selflessly. A woman like Lana is certainly incapable of doing that. She didn’t love him. She only had the desire to get him and dominate him.”
What a deranged woman.
Niamh could not endure this. She wanted to look for Lana, but Ryan stopped her. He did not want her to do anything impulsive.
What shocked Niamh even more was that the creator of this poison was the person she trusted the most—Adam Brown.
Niamh finally understood why Kendrick was so determined to stop her from eating the alleged painkillers Adam gave her the day before they got onto the ship. It was because Kendrick had already known Adam’s real identity.
Adam was one of the Stygian Johnsons.
He took orders from them and was obsessively doing all kinds of research that he was passionate about.
She thought Adam was helping her, but it turned out she was just Adam’s experiment.
Niamh was bewildered. Then, she drove to the place she and Kendrick used to live in.
The sky had turned dark during dusk. Then, it started drizzling along with the cool breeze of early autumn.
Niamh went into the house, made dinner, and ate all by herself.
After that, she went into the bedroom and started flipping through the torn photos flusteredly.
Kendrick went back to the villa after he left April Hill. When he got out of the car, he saw Niamh’s car at the entrance.
He lifted his head to look at the bedroom subconsciously and saw that the lights were on in the room.
He did not think that Niamh would still come back to this place, but he immediately knew why she was here.
Kendrick walked in slowly, dragging his exhausted body to the door of the room.
He looked inside carefully and saw Niamh sitting on the rug as she wept. She was flipping through a photo album.
‘Nia.’
Kendrick felt his heart sinking painfully.
There was a pained expression on his pale face. He wanted to hold it in, but his throat suddenly felt extremely itchy.
He could not stop himself from coughing.
Niamh was looking absent-mindedly at the photos when she heard the sound of coughing from outside the door.
“Kendrick?”
Niamh shut the album and ran toward the door suddenly.
When she got out of the door, she expected to see Kendrick but did not see anything at all.
Then, she heard a noise from the front door. When she turned her head, she caught a glimpse of a tall figure.
Niamh’s eyes lit up as she chased after the person.
“Kendrick!”
She would not have mistaken him.
There was no other figure in the world that would make her heart race like this.
Then, she remembered what she saw at the door of Kendrick’s office that day.
The man who was entangled with Lana that day was not Kendrick.
She had been tricked.
It was just an illusion that Kendrick wanted her to see.
He did everything so that she would hate and resent him!
Niamh felt heartbroken when she thought about this.
She ran out of the door and saw the figure running toward the road. Therefore, she started chasing behind him.
Kendrick did not drive as he did not want Niamh to notice him. Now, he could only run to the road in hopes that he would be able to stop a cab and get out of here.
He did not want her to see him in this state.
She would be heartbroken and reluctant.
If that was the case, everything he did would be futile.
“Kendrick!”
Niamh’s screams came from behind him.
Kendrick continued running as if he did not hear her.
The rain was getting heavier, but the two of them did not notice it at all.
He continued running as she continued chasing after him.
“Kendrick! Stop running! Please stop running!” Niamh wailed and yelled after him. She knew she was unable to outrun him.
However, Kendrick still pretended as if he did not hear her. He pulled down his cap and walked to the road to stop a cab.
Niamh wiped away the tears and rainwater that blurred her vision. Under the lampposts in the night, her eyes were glued to his back that was getting farther and farther away.
When she saw the familiar figure getting into a cab to get away, Niamh sped up. However, since the road was uneven and slippery, she lost her balance and fell heavily.
Kendrick saw Niamh falling the moment he closed the door.
He opened the door again reflexively so that he could go out and help her up, but he stopped suddenly in his tracks.
Under the lampposts of the rainy night, Niamh got up from the muddy ground challengingly. She had twisted her ankle and also scraped her left knee. Blood started pouring from her knee.
However, she ignored her injuries. She bit her lip and tried her best to get closer to Kendrick while her eyes turned red.
Kendrick looked out of the window and saw the woman working hard to get close to him. When he saw that, he clenched his fists.
“Sir, do you want me to drive or not?” The driver was getting impatient. When he saw Kendrick looking at Niamh, he asked, “Is that woman with you? Should we wait for her? Aren’t you going to hold an umbrella for her?”
Kendrick closed the door when he heard that. Then, he shifted his teary eyes away from Niamh. “She’s not with me. Start driving.”
After he said that, Niamh got to the side of the car.
When she was about to knock on the window, the car drove away.
“Kendrick! Kendrick!”
Niamh chased behind the car as she watched the car getting farther and farther away.
“Kendrick, don’t go. Don’t leave me and the children. At least let me stay with you, Kendrick!”
The window of the car was rolled up and it was raining heavily, but Kendrick could still hear Niamh’s heart-wrenching cries clearly.
He clenched his fists and could not stop his tears from falling anymore.
“Kendrick, I hate you, but I love you even more. Do you hear me, Kendrick?” Niamh yelled hysterically at the car that was eventually becoming blurry in her vision.
She sensed that Kendrick would never turn around to look at her again.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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