Kendrick got out of bed and rushed out of the room. The moment he wanted to head downstairs to look for Niamh, he saw her talking to the two children in the hall downstairs. This made his heart that was beating anxiously suddenly calm down.
Kendrick headed back to the room, cleaned up, and hurriedly changed his clothes. He then ran downstairs to Niamh’s side. All he wanted was to remain by her side and protect her.
“Nia,” he called out to her.
Niamh, who was watching Lillian drawing, raised her eyes when she heard someone calling her. When she saw that it was Kendrick, she gave out a faint smile.
“You’ve woken up, Kendrick.”
Kendrick was surprised. “Nia, you can recognize me?”
Niamh smiled and looked at him. “You’re going to bring me over to have my psychological treatment, right? I’m all set. Let’s leave after you’ve eaten something.”
“…” Kendrick was dumbfounded once again.
‘Niamh took the initiative to mention meeting a psychologist.
‘So does that mean she knows she’s sick?’
Kendrick just simply took a bite of breakfast before bringing Niamh over to meet a psychologist.
He did not expect Niamh to be so cooperative and accept the treatment. Even the psychologist said that Niamh’s positive attitude would benefit her in her recovery.
That reply boosted Kendrick’s confidence.
Niamh gently smiled after she noticed the thrilled expression on Kendrick’s face. “Are you very happy that I’ll soon be well?”
Kendrick stopped walking. “Nia, did you recall something?”
“I just remember what happened yesterday.” Niamh acted intimately by raising her hand and holding onto Kendrick’s arm. She let out a bashful smile, saying, “Kendrick, did we use to go on dates like this while strolling along the streets?”
Hearing her question made Kendrick feel utterly bitter from within.
They almost never went on such dates before.
During the years when she was sincerely in love with him, he totally let her down.
She was his wife, yet he was into another lady who pretended to be her.
Kendrick’s eyes went teary as he nodded. “Yeah, we used to go on dates like this.”
He had no choice but to lie. He could not bring himself to tell her that he used to disappoint her.
“Then, let’s have a date today. Who knows I might remember something?” Niamh suggested.
Kendrick felt a pinch in his heart, but he nodded with a smile. “Sure. Let’s go on a date.”
Niamh smiled brightly. It seemed she was in a better mood now.
Kendrick brought Niamh to the nearby mall for window shopping. Before leaving, Niamh pointed to the bookstore ahead. “The little boy named Jack said he wants to read this particular book. I want to buy it for him.”
Kendrick got the message and entered the bookstore with her while holding her hand.
When Niamh was looking for the book, Kendrick’s attention was caught by a book regarding psychological treatment. He picked it up and looked at a few pages. Then, he raised his eyes and looked at Niamh who was looking for the book not far away. From time to time, he would observe her condition.
Niamh was seriously looking for the book for Jack. After circling two rounds around the bookshelf that was near Kendrick, she finally found the book that Jackson wanted. It was just that the book was placed at the highest spot on the bookshelf.
Even though she was not that short, it would still be hard for her to get the book.
Soon, Niamh thought of Kendrick. She wanted to call out to Kendrick, but just when she spun around, she suddenly felt a shadow behind her. The next second, there was a voice that made her scared. It was like a nightmare ringing in her ears.
“Is this the book that you want? Let me help you get it.”
Niamh felt her limbs become icy cold as if she had fallen into an icy cellar and her body was engulfed within the chilly ice cave.
She felt an arm passing over her head. Then, the man behind her brought the book to her front.
“Hold it,” the man spoke once again.
Niamh’s heartbeat went erratic as she quickly spun around when she heard the voice.
When she raised her eyes, she met a pair of gloomy eyes that were gleaming with cunning.
Niamh’s emotions that had stabilized after so much effort were once again being forced to the brink of losing control.
“Ryan.”
Her lips moved as she spat out the word.
Ryan lifted his hand and adjusted his cap, covering his pair of deep eyes. His pale lips were slightly curled up.
“I thought you would’ve forgotten about me,” he said in a tone that sounded almost flirtatious.
Looking at Niamh’s anxious expression, he raised his hands and attempted to touch her face, only for Niamh to evade.
She wanted to escape, but Ryan was blocking her path.
“What do you want? You… What else do you want?” Niamh questioned, unable to speak properly. Fear was brewing in her eyes.
“I’ve said it before. As long as you obey me, I won’t let you be in trouble. However, Eveline, you still fail to heed my words.”
“Nia.”
After Ryan was done speaking, they heard Kendrick’s voice coming from the row of bookshelf ahead.
Ryan also heard Kendrick’s footsteps that were slowly approaching them. He knew there was not much time left for him.
“Eveline, follow me if you don’t want anything to happen to your parents,” Ryan threatened her with a deep voice. Noticing that Niamh was currently still confused about her situation, he seized the opportunity to mislead her.
“This man is not Kendrick. You’ve been cheated by him.”
“He is Kendrick,” Niamh argued with all means, “He has the shell that I gave him.”
“Shell? He stole it.” Ryan smirked. “The real Kendrick is looking for you. He’s very worried since he can’t find you. Do you wish to let your Kendrick continue being worried about you?”
Niamh stared at Ryan in confusion as she slowly became lost in her thoughts as well.
Kendrick vaguely heard Niamh’s voice coming from the bookshelf beside. She seemed to be talking to someone.
He picked up his pace and headed over. Nevertheless, when he spun around, he noticed that the bookshelf in front of him was empty with no one there—except for the book that was left lying on the floor.
Kendrick picked it up and took a look at it. He realized it was the book that Niamh wanted to get for Jackson.
However, he found that book lying on the floor while Niamh was nowhere to be found.
“Nia?” Holding onto the book, Kendrick rushed ahead and hoped to see Niamh’s outline. However, throughout his search, he failed to spot her. He felt his palms becoming cold and sweaty.
He immediately went over to the counter to ask for Niamh’s whereabouts. His stunning face was now plastered with anxiety. “The young lady wearing a light blue dress who came in with me, did you see her going out?”
The person at the counter seemed to have an impression of Kendrick’s face and nodded with a smile. “You’re referring to the pretty lady with short hair? She just went out with a man wearing a cap.”
‘Nia went off with a man wearing a cap?’
Kendrick was starting to feel nervous. He had enough reasons to believe that the man was possibly Ryan!
“I suspect my wife was kidnapped. Please immediately get the surveillance footage of the store’s entrance for me!”
“What? Kidnapped?” The lady at the counter was stunned. She recalled that Niamh did seem to be reluctant or anxious when she left a moment ago.
She dared not delay a single moment and immediately retrieved the recordings for Kendrick.
As soon as Kendrick saw the outline of the man in the footage, he was absolutely sure that it was Ryan!
What puzzled him most was Niamh following Ryan of her own will.
Kendrick ran to catch up to them, knowing that Ryan must not have brought Niamh far away yet.
Indeed, the moment Kendrick got downstairs of the bookstore, he saw Ryan pulling Niamh into a taxi.
Kendrick did not call out to Niamh as Kendrick was worried that he would alert Ryan of his whereabouts.
Ryan did not notice that Kendrick was approaching. He opened the car door and ordered Niamh to get in, “Get in the car. I’ll take you to see your Kendrick.”
Niamh glanced at Ryan questioningly and frowned before turning around reluctantly.
However, the moment she was about to get in the car, Niamh caught Kendrick speeding over from the corner of her eyes.
She turned her head to look as a surprised smile suddenly appeared on her face.
Kendrick also noticed that Niamh had spotted him. He wanted to tell Niamh to pretend that she had not seen him to avoid being discovered by Ryan, but Niamh was quicker and shouted at him like it was the more natural thing to do.
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.