“Nia.”
“Yeah.”
“I’ve always had a thought.”
“What is it?” Niamh opened her lively and charming eyes to look at the man who was holding her.
Kendrick looked into those clear eyes and smiled softly. “I want to give you another wedding ceremony.”
“Huh?”
“I know you had a bad impression of me when you married me back then, that’s why I want to—”
“Not at all.” Niamh denied it. Her sweet smile had the charm of a young girl. “I was happy the day I married you. Truly. Even though you looked reluctant, I was truly feeling happy and blessed. As for the unhappiness that came after, they all happened after the wedding.”
“I’m sorry, Nia.” Kendrick held her and apologized. Then, he kissed the corner of her lips.
He had only wanted to have a taste of her sweet kiss but could not control himself anymore.
However, the moment Kendrick’s lips landed on Niamh’s face, he paused and had a pained expression on his face.
“Kendrick, what’s wrong?” Niamh sat upright worriedly. “Is the poison acting up again?” she asked. Actually, she could tell from Kendrick’s reaction.
However, she did not know where the reagents Adam gave to her back then were.
Kendrick handed his phone to Niamh. “Call Adam. I know he’s back in Glendale. Tell him to come over now.”
Niamh was taken aback in surprise. She did not know why Kendrick would voluntarily ask Adam to come over.
However, there was nothing more important than Kendrick’s life. As such, she quickly called Adam and it went through after just a moment. When Niamh was about to say something, to her surprise, she heard the familiar voice of a woman from the other end of the phone.
“Hello, who is this? The woman’s pristine and sweet voice glided into Niamh’s ears.
Niamh held the phone dumbfoundedly. She could not believe what she just heard.
This voice was so familiar. It left quite an impression in the deepest part of her memory.
“Cathy?” Niamh asked probingly.
“Who?” the woman asked in confusion. It was as if she did not know the name ‘Cathy’.
Niamh was also taken aback. When she was about to ask again, it sounded like the phone was handed to someone else. Then, she heard Adam’s voice. “Kendrick? Can I help you?”
When Niamh heard Adam’s voice, she hurriedly told him about Kendrick’s situation. “Adam, the slow- acting poison in my husband’s body is acting up again. You must have a way to save him! I’ll send the address to you now. Please come over as soon as possible.”
“Got it. I’ll come over right now.” Adam agreed quickly.
Niamh thought she sounded courteous enough. When she thought about Adam ganging up with Ryan back then, she only felt anger in her heart.
After she hung up, Niamh held the man who had broken into a cold sweat. Her heart was in so much pain that it felt suffocating.
It was as if she could feel the pain that Kendrick was enduring right now.
“Kendrick, Adam will be here soon. Hold on.” She held him as she comforted him. Tears escaped her eyes uncontrollably. “When can you finally recover? I don’t want to see you in so much pain.”
Kendrick knew Niamh was feeling pity for him, but he was already used to this kind of torture.
Plus, he knew that with Adam around, he had a huge chance of recovering.
“Nia, don’t be scared.” Kendrick gasped and comforted her while enduring the debilitating pain. “I promised that I’ll stay with you and the kids as we go through all four seasons. I’ll definitely fulfill my promise this time.”
He lifted his hand to wipe away the tears in the corner of Niamh’s eyes. Then, he curled his lips into a smile.
“Don’t cry, okay?”
Niamh held in her tears as she nodded. However, despite the man’s comforting words, tears still rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably.
“Kendrick…”
More than ten minutes later, Adam arrived.
He looked stern and imposing. He did not bring anything aside from the reagent.
After quickly injecting the contents into Kendrick, he started to slowly recover.
Niamh stopped feeling anxious. However, she was still worried. “Adam, how long will it take before Kendrick can fully recover? This time, don’t lie to me.”
Adam knew Niamh was not sure about him interacting with Kendrick. As such, he understood why Niamh was being hostile toward him. However, he remained calm.
“It should take around five more treatments before he can fully recover. If the period between his outbursts becomes longer and longer, it means that he’s starting to get better.”
“Thanks.” Kendrick thanked him, and at this moment, he felt much better.
“Kendrick, are you feeling better?” Niamh asked in concern. She was worried that he was just forcing himself to endure this.
Kendrick lifted his hand to stroke Niamh’s hair. Then, he smiled softly. “Don’t worry, I’m fine. I think as long as Adam is around, I’ll get better much quicker.”
Niamh was surprised at the trust Kendrick had for Adam. When she was about to ask, she heard Kendrick explaining.
“Nia, you were always in a daze back then so I didn’t tell you some things. However, I want to tell you now that Adam and Ryan weren’t working together.”
“Kendrick, are you telling the truth?” Niamh was surprised when she looked at Adam who was standing at one side.
There were countless scenes of Adam helping Ryan torture her in her head. However, were they all not real?
Niamh could not wrap her head around the new information. Plus, she also remembered the woman who picked up Adam’s phone just now.
“Adam, do you have a girlfriend now?” Niamh probed.
After she said that, Niamh saw Adam slightly taken aback. On the other hand, Kendrick also looked at Adam curiously.
“Nia, why did you ask that?”
“It’s nothing. When I called Adam just now, a woman picked up his phone and I think I know that voice from somewhere,” Niamh explained with a smile. She looked extremely calm right now. “Adam, is that woman someone we know?”
“No, she’s not.” Adam quickly denied it but then, he admitted a little, “However, she’s indeed my girlfriend.”
He said and looked at the time. “I have to go now. My girlfriend is timid and feels unsafe being home alone at night.”
Adam said before turning around to leave.
After Niamh walked him to the door, she quickly went back to the room.
She took a towel to wipe the sweat away from Kendrick’s forehead. She had some fears in her beautiful eyes.
“Kendrick, what happened between you and Adam? Why do you trust him so much?”
“It seemed that he was forced to stay with Ryan due to some unknown reasons,” explained Kendrick. Then, he held Niamh’s hand as he looked passionately and gently into her eyes. “Actually, he has never hurt us. Back when you were carrying Jack and was locked up while you were sick, the medicine he asked Daniel to give you was not part of an experiment.”
Niamh widened her beautiful eyes and was even more confused. “What do you mean?”
“He was sincerely trying to help us this entire time. However, for some unknown reasons, he had to pretend himself lest others knew his true intention,” Kendrick explained.
Niamh fell into deep thought. She recalled that Adam had not hurt her once when she was imprisoned and hurt by Ryan.
Every time she was hurt, he would appear almost immediately to treat her. However…
“No, he injected me with a lot of things before. He even told me that those were the reagents that will wipe away my memories.”
“He was lying to Ryan. He was only injecting you with nutrient injections.”
“Nutrient injections?”
Niamh was even more taken aback now.
“Plus, when I was hurt by Ryan and was going into shock from loss of blood, he was the one who saved me. Then, you got hurt and I couldn’t find you. I was on the brink of an emotional breakdown and he was the one who messaged me to tell me that you’re fine. In the end, he’s also the one who told me where Ryan locked you up, so that’s how I finally saved you.”
She did not expect Adam to have done so much for them. Niamh was in disbelief.
However, putting the other matters aside, Niamh seemed to have made an associative connection with Adam’s girlfriend.
The woman’s voice from just now sounded so familiar.
Plus, Adam’s reaction just now was so strange.
He looked like he was dodging the question.
Kendrick asked in concern when he saw Niamh lost in thought, “Nia, what are you thinking about?”
Niamh did not hide from Kendrick and said, “Kendrick, do you know whose voice I heard on the phone just now?”
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.