She knew the jewelry box. It was the box she had put her wedding ring and the letters in. She had left it in the villa they bought after they got married, so why was it here now?
She opened it and saw the bookmark that Kendrick gave her when they were kids.
Was he here?
He was here!
Niamh smelled a familiar scent.
She quickly lifted her blanket and jumped out of bed. When she got downstairs, she did not see Kendrick, but instead, she saw Naomi charging toward her aggressively.
When she saw Niamh running downstairs in her pajamas, Naomi’s face turned dark immediately.
“Ryan, you didn’t even touch me when we were together and now you’re canoodling with this woman in broad daylight?! I guess you never loved me!”
However, Niamh completely ignored Naomi. She was eager to look for the special scent as she rushed out.
However, the pain from the injury of her knee and ankle forced her to slow down.
Ryan was worried that something bad would happen to Niamh, so he chased after her. “Eveline, why are you here? Go back to your room.”
Niamh pushed away Ryan’s hands that were trying to stop her and was extremely emotional. “I smelled him! He’s nearby!”
Ryan knew Niamh’s sense of smell was impeccable, but he did not expect it to be so sharp.
Kendrick had indeed left from the backdoor.
However, if Niamh really saw Kendrick in this state, it would only hurt her more.
This was the first time Ryan held Niamh in such a domineering way as he trapped Niamh firmly in his arms. “Eveline, you’re sick and it’s very windy outside.”
“Let me go! I want to go find him! He’s nearby! I know it!” Niamh used all of her might to push Ryan away.
However, her body was weak right now, so she could not push away a well-built man.
Niamh’s eyes were red as she looked around dazedly.
“Kendrick, I know you’re here. Come out and see me now!”
‘Kendrick is here?’
Naomi was stunned. When she saw Ryan holding Niamh this way, she felt jealousy rising in her chest.
“Rye, just look at this woman. She’s already married to you and she’s still thinking about Kendrick. Why did you marry a woman like her? If she wants to go look for Kendrick, then just let her!”
Naomi tried to flatter Ryan using this opportunity.
“Rye, let’s get back together, okay? I’m the one who truly loves you.”
With Naomi incessantly pestering Ryan, he eventually lost his hold on Niamh.
Niamh ran out the door and into the autumn wind and rain. “Kendrick, Kendrick!”
She yelled at the vast emptiness in front of her. “If you can’t let me go, then why did you hide from me? Do you think I won’t be in any hurt if you hide from me?”
Kendrick was standing around the corner and was glad that it was raining.
At least Niamh would not be able to pick up on his scent.
Ryan ran over and picked Niamh up by the waist when he saw her dressed so thinly while standing in the rain.
“Eveline, calm down.” Ryan comforted her as he held the struggling Niamh before bringing her back inside.
Naomi could not stand how much Ryan cared for Niamh. As such, she barged in front of them to stop them.
“Niamh, you homewrecker! You seduced my fiancé! Rye was initially my boyfriend!” Naomi roared angrily.
Niamh ignored her, but Naomi continued to slander her.
“Eveline, I know why you’re upset. Kendrick is going to die, right? Haha! It’s your fault for being fickle and seducing Rye! Your man dying is your karma for all of this!”
Naomi cackled wretchedly.
Niamh suddenly clenched her fist and kicked Naomi on the shoulder.
“The people who deserve to die are heinous rats like you! My Kendrick won’t die!”
“Ah!” Naomi screamed and fell.
Then, using this opportunity, Ryan carried Niamh inside the house and locked the door.
Niamh looked at the closed door, then at the drizzle outside. She felt as if she was an entire world away from Kendrick.
“Kendrick…”
Tears started streaming down her face.
She did not want to leave like this. She wanted to look at him. She wanted to see how he was now. She wanted to see if he was thinner and if he was suffering from the poison.
However, she gradually lost the ability to fight back.
Before she fell unconscious, she vaguely saw Kendrick’s face.
After Naomi climbed up from the ground, she slammed her hands on the door angrily. She was also berating Niamh non-stop with all kinds of horrible curses.
However, she felt someone creeping up behind her as she was yelling.
When she was about to turn around, she felt a dull pain in her neck before she lost consciousness.
After some time, Naomi woke up groggily and felt a sharp pain on the back of her neck.
It was still raining, and she was abandoned on the muddy grounds in the outskirts of town. Her entire body was drenched.
She scrambled to get up, but after she took two steps forward, she saw a man in black in front of her.
Naomi knew that it was Kendrick. It was difficult for her to forget such a handsome face.
At this moment, his pale face was filled with malice.
Naomi quickly turned around to run away when she recalled how Kendrick had poured gasoline on her and almost burned her alive.
Kendrick pulled out his gun neither too quickly nor too slowly and fired it near Naomi’s feet.
“Ah!” Naomi screamed and fell on the muddy ground. She also got a mouthful of mud when she fell.
She backed away in terror as she watched Kendrick approaching her slowly. “Don’t kill me. I won’t do it again. I won’t cause any trouble for Eveline again. I really… Ugh!”
Before she could finish, Kendrick grabbed her by the neck.
“Why do you have to upset my Eveline? Are you tired of staying alive, hmm?”
“Don’t… M-Mr. Waldburg, I was wrong…” Naomi gasped and pleaded.
However, Kendrick only tightened his grip on her neck.
“So what if you know your mistakes? Will you change? You’ll only keep annoying my Nia. So, someone like you should disappear from this world forever. Coincidentally, I need someone leading me to the gates of hell after I die, so I think you should do it.”
“No…” Naomi’s back turned cold from fear. “Mr. Waldburg, you can’t kill me. If I die, you’ll never know the truth about your in-laws’ death!”
Kendrick did not forget how Lana wanted to exchange this information with him as well, but he did not care.
Now, he only wanted the people who destroyed his relationship with Niamh to disappear from this world.
Looking at Naomi’s face that was getting purple, he suddenly recalled Niamh’s words she said in a distressed voice in his head, “Kendrick, stop making mistakes again.”
‘No, Nia. I won’t make the same mistakes again.
‘If you don’t like me doing anything that goes over the limit, then I won’t.’
Naomi was about to stop breathing. At that moment, she thought she was on her way to see God when Kendrick let go of his hand.
Naomi lay on the ground and wheezed. She lifted her head, and when she saw the man who was towering over her like Satan, she curled herself up into a ball.
“I-I’ll stop causing trouble for Eveline. P-Please, let me go, Mr. Waldburg…”
Kendrick looked at Naomi who was trembling violently with a malicious yet indifferent look. “What did Lana tell you?”
Naomi gulped. “She said you have a slow-acting poison in you and you’re going to die soon.”
“And?”
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.