“Nia, don’t go.” Kendrick looked at her with an intense longing and reluctance in his eyes.
However, Niamh only saw Kendrick with furrowed eyebrows and a pale face.
Somehow, looking at him in such pain, she felt as if something was clenching her heart. It was so uncomfortable that she could not breathe.
Niamh suddenly turned around and ran back to him. “What’s come over you?”
Kendrick grabbed Niamh’s hand. “Nia…”
“I’m here,” replied Niamh. Seeing that Kendrick’s expression was worsening, she anxiously held his hand. “What’s going on with you? Are you ill? I’ll get a cab to take you to the hospital!”
She reached for her phone to make a call but realized she did not have one at all.
“Nia, I’m alright. I’ll be alright in a minute. I can handle the pain as long as I have you by my side.” Kendrick comforted her. He had become accustomed to the affliction of his illness.
Hearing Kendrick’s words, Niamh somehow felt even more distressed and tears started to escape her eyes.
However, Kendrick was happy to see Niamh cry.
The fact that she felt sorry for him showed that she still had feelings for him.
“Nia…” Kendrick tried hard to smile to make Niamh think he was not in that much pain. Just then, the door of his apartment opened and a figure walked in…
Kendrick’s first instinct was to grab Niamh’s hand and hold her in his arms.
He thought it was Ryan, but he lightened up when he saw the man who entered the apartment.
Niamh did not care who it was as she only nervously held Kendrick’s hand, her eyes red and watery.
“Where’s your phone? Give it to me. I’ll call you an ambulance!” She anxiously rummaged through Kendrick’s pockets.
“There’s no need to call an ambulance. He’ll be fine.” Adam strode over to Kendrick with his medical kit.
Niamh finally seemed to notice that someone had entered. She looked at Adam and was somehow stunned.
Adam put down the medical kit and squatted in front of Kendrick.
He took a look at Kendrick’s condition before quickly taking out a syringe and the reagent before skillfully injecting Kendrick with it.
Once again, Kendrick felt the familiar chill seeping through every cell of his body. After a brief period of numbness, the discomfort gradually subsided and his condition eased.
Niamh noticed the change in Kendrick’s expression. Her furrowed eyebrows relaxed when she saw that he was not that uncomfortable now.
“Did the pain go away?” she asked with wet tears still in the corners of her eyes.
Kendrick met Niamh’s worried eyes and smiled faintly. “I’m not in pain as long as you’re with me.”
Instead of trying to figure out if Kendrick was speaking the truth, Niamh nodded without hesitation. “I won’t leave. I’ll stay with you.”
Getting that answer from her worked better than any medicine for Kendrick.
Niamh helped Kendrick to his feet and went to get some warm water. Before turning around, she told Adam, “Keep an eye on him for me.”
Adam nodded. A hint of surprise seemed to flash across his face.
“Does she recognize you?” he asked Kendrick, puzzled.
Kendrick shook his head, feeling bittersweet. “She doesn’t seem to recognize me as the one she’s been waiting for, but I can tell she has feelings for me.”
Adam started to see what Kendrick was getting at. “That’s why she was upset when you were sick just now.”
Kendrick looked lovingly at Niamh as she poured him a glass of water. “I think you’re right. Only I can cure her.”
He smiled faintly and looked at Adam. “What are you doing here at this hour?”
“I didn’t come here suddenly. I was on the way to get the antidote but was held up in a bit of traffic,” explained Adam. He had asked Kendrick for the apartment key during the day before he left.
Speaking of which, Kendrick wanted to take the opportunity to make things clear.
“Adam, why did you use the slow-acting poison Lana developed on me and save me? Do you have a secret you can’t tell?”
Niamh walked up to Kendrick with a glass of water as he finished speaking.
“It’s warm. Have some.” She held out the glass.
Kendrick took it with a warm smile and finished the warm water in front of Niamh.
Niamh seemed to be relieved, and the worry in her eyes was gone as well.
Kendrick was content when he saw the nervousness and concern in Niamh’s eyes. “Nia, go to bed early. I’ll take you to your Kendrick tomorrow.”
Kendrick thought Niamh would be happy to hear that.
However, she just nodded her head lightly. After glancing at Adam, she turned around and went back to her room.
After Niamh closed the door, Kendrick looked back at Adam solemnly.
“Adam, can you tell me your secret now?”
Adam smiled faintly and sat down on the couch across from Kendrick.
“If it’s a secret, how can I tell it to someone else so easily?” Adam did not seem to want to go into detail, but he was not hiding it either. He met Kendrick’s inquiring gaze and said truthfully, “Kendrick, if I tell you that I didn’t develop this slow-acting poison, would you believe me?”
Kendrick would not have believed him if it was before.
Now, he answered without hesitation, “Yes.”
There was a glint in Adam’s eye when he got the answer, and gloom appeared on his handsome face.
“Do you know why I wanted to become a doctor?”
Kendrick pondered for a few seconds and said, “It involves your parents, doesn’t it?”
Adam was not surprised that Kendrick would have such speculation. “It seems that you’ve checked my background.”
“I’ve read up on you and Ryan,” Kendrick admitted generously.
Adam smiled faintly. He lowered his eyes slightly, and the reflection on his glasses made it hard to see his eyes and expression right now.
“From the moment I officially became a doctor and took the oath on the stand, I told myself that it was my mission in this life to heal the wounded and save the dying. However, then I realized that doctors aren’t gods and there’s nothing we can do when it comes to some difficult diseases.”
He paused and looked up with his black eyes.
“The pills I gave Eveline in the very beginning and the reagents I asked her to give you a while ago weren’t the so-called experiments. Those are products that have gone through rigorous screening tests and are up to standard.
“The so-called experiments are just for show.
“I think I have more respect for life than any of you. At least I won’t do what you and Eveline are doing, risking your lives to save each other.”
Adam’s words touched Kendrick deeply and gave him hope.
“In that case, am I going to survive it?”
“Of course. I don’t give up easily,” Adam said confidently.
Kendrick suddenly found the world to be a little brighter when he heard this.
The unexpected light of hope dispelled his gloom and darkness.
“Adam, I don’t know what your secret is, but thank you.”
Adam felt Kendrick’s sincere gratitude, but he was only doing what a doctor should do. He smiled and uttered nine words, “It’s my duty. You don’t have to thank me.”
However, even though Adam only summed up his efforts in nine simple words, it meant a lot to Kendrick.
After Adam left, Kendrick spent the night on the couch.
The next day, after handing over his luggage to a colleague, Kendrick took Niamh’s hand and drove to the airport.
Kendrick also met Eloise and Sean on the plane.
Eloise was just as deranged as Niamh said.
However, no one expected Niamh to turn out the same. In fact, Niamh was worse off than Eloise. At least Eloise knew that Sean was her husband, but Niamh did not know who Kendrick was to her.
Sean was distressed to learn about Niamh’s current condition. He never thought that both mother and daughter would turn out like this because of Ryan.
Sean had not seen Kendrick since the fire at Montgomery Manor.
Sean snapped at Kendrick after seeing Niamh’s current condition. “Kendrick, you said you would take good care of Eveline, but look what happened! Did you keep your word?
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.