Of course, she wanted him to stay with her, but this was not the time to be romantic.
She knew Kendrick would be worried and reluctant to leave, so Niamh softened her voice and patted the man’s shoulder. “Kendrick, listen to me. I’m fine. It’s just a flesh wound. It’ll heal in a few days.”
She comforted, then her voice became firm.
“The most important thing right now is proving your innocence.”
“No, you’re the most important right now.” Kendrick let go of his arms and cupped Niamh’s pale face. “I can’t let my wife get hurt because of me again.”
Niamh felt that Kendrick was feeling sorry for her, but at the same time, she felt sorry for him as well.
“Kendrick, as your wife, I’m happy to bleed and cry for you. Don’t blame yourself.”
She caressed his face and noticed that he looked even worse than before.
“Did you experience another burst of pain at the roof just now? Are you in a lot of pain?”
Kendrick did not plan to hide from her any longer. He nodded. “I’m used to it now.”
Niamh frowned and felt slightly remorseful. “You shouldn’t have thrown away the last three bottles. At least you can use it when you’re suffering.”
Kendrick shook his head and held Niamh’s hand. “I can endure this pain. The pain that I can’t endure is when you’re not with me.”
Niamh felt a tightness in her heart when she heard that.
She understood what Kendrick was saying. However, she still said, “Kendrick, listen to me and go.”
“Nia.”
“Go. If not, I’ll ignore you forever.”
Niamh pretended to threaten him angrily. However, Kendrick knew she was just scaring him.
She would not ignore him.
When she saw Kendrick still holding her hand, Niamh retracted her hand abruptly.
However, she exerted too much force and it affected the wound on her arm. She grunted in pain while furrowing her brows.
Kendrick wanted to hold her as he felt his heart shattering into pieces. “Nia!”
Niamh avoided his hand, her expression becoming stern. “Kendrick Waldburg, I asked you to leave.”
She looked at the dispirited man sternly.
“Don’t make me repeat myself so many times. Go immediately. I don’t want to see you in front of me ever again.”
Niamh gritted her pearly whites and said coldly after making up her mind.
“You always said that you won’t make me sad, but now you’re going against my wish like this. Kendrick, I’ll be happy if you leave now. Do you understand?”
Even though he knew she said like that was all for his own good, Niamh’s cold words still felt like glass shards as they penetrated his heart.
He retracted his hand that was suspended in mid-air and pressed his lips together.
Niamh turned her face away to not look at him.
The only thing she wanted right now was for him to leave safely.
Kendrick had to leave when he saw her being so determined.
However, after he turned around, he still turned his head to glance at her reluctantly.
Niamh decided to be cold till the end. She finally let down her facade after she heard Kendrick’s footsteps getting farther and farther away. Then, she looked in the direction where he left.
‘Kendrick, we can’t turn back now.
‘We can only get the anti-toxoid reagent to cure you once and for all after we expose Ryan completely.’
…
When Niamh woke up the next day, she saw Ryan by the side of her bed.
She looked cautiously at the scheming man and did not say anything.
On the other hand, Ryan looked straight at Niamh with a small smile on his lips.
“You bled a lot. I brought some soup to replenish your energy for you. You should drink it after you’ve cleaned up.”
Niamh looked at the soup on the nightstand and headed to the toilet.
“Eveline, Kendrick hurt you so badly back then. Why are you still in love with him?” Ryan’s curious voice sounded from outside the toilet.
Niamh did not answer her. She only opened the door after she was done washing up.
Ryan was standing at the door. At this moment, he looked gentle and cultivated. One would not relate him to a cold-blooded murderer.
Niamh looked into Ryan’s eyes. “Do you need a reason to love someone?” she asked him back and sat down on the bed.
Ryan walked over to open the thermos for Niamh. Then, he poured some of the soup out and handed it to Niamh.
He looked at the bandages on Niamh’s arm and took the bowl back.
“Let me feed you,” Ryan said, scooping up the soup with a spoon before putting it in front of Niamh’s lips.
“…” Niamh turned her face in rejection. “I can drink it myself.”
“Do you not want the anti-toxoid reagent?” Ryan asked slowly. There was a hint of threat in his voice.
Niamh had no choice but to let him feed her the soup.
As she was drinking the soup, Niamh saw a shadow of a person wandering outside the door from the corners of her eyes. She lifted her head and saw a few journalists taking pictures outside the room.
The media was able to get the news of her being hospitalized so quickly. Niamh guessed that Ryan was the one who let out the news.
“Didn’t you want to pretend to cut all ties with Kendrick and let them think you’re with me? I’m just fulfilling your wishes like this,” Ryan said nonchalantly, continuing to feed Niamh the soup considerately.
Niamh averted her gaze and smiled. “Thank you for fulfilling my wishes, Rye. This is exactly what I want.”
Ryan smirked. “Eveline, I’m getting more and more interested in you.”
“I hope you don’t fall in love with me then, because I hate hypocrites like you.”
Ryan smiled and listened to Niamh’s words of disdain. The possessiveness in his eyes was getting more and more intense.
Niamh stayed in the hospital for a whole day. Just as she expected, the internet was filled with photos of Ryan feeding her soup this morning.
Now that Kendrick was involved in a murder, his wife was canoodling with another man instead.
Niamh was now labeled as a fickle woman in an illicit affair.
On the other hand, the police were issuing a 100,000-dollar reward for capturing Kendrick.
Niamh was fine with beingslandered by netizens, but she felt horrible when she saw the police issuing a manhunt for Kendrick.
He was innocent.
Slam!
The door of the room was pushed open heavily.
Niamh lifted her head and saw the person who was barging toward her. She wanted to say something, but she swallowed her words back.
Karen was even angrier when she saw Niamh not talking.
“I thought the photos and interviews online were fake. I didn’t expect you to really be here!”
Karen was frowning as she looked at the emotionless Niamh in disbelief.
“Eveline, what’s wrong with you? How did you get hurt? The police are hunting down Kendrick yet you’re here being so intimate with Ryan. What the hell are you doing? Have you forgotten whose wife you are?”
Niamh finished listening to Karen with an indifferent look on her face. Then, she sat up and looked at Karen with an amused look on her face.
“I haven’t forgotten whose wife I am. I think you’re the one who doesn’t know whose wife I am.”
Looking at Niamh’s indifferent attitude, Karen was taken aback. “Eveline, w-what do you mean?”
Niamh smiled. “Did you forget? Back then, Kendrick killed my parents and when that happened, I divorced him. Everyone in Glendale knows about me marrying Ryan later. Do you not know about that?”
“…” Karen was taken aback, then she argued. “Wasn’t that a mission by Interpol? Ryan and you aren’t really husband and wife!”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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