The woman nodded with a smile, then followed Karen to the room where Eloise was in.
Kendrick tagged along. Upon entering the room, he saw Eloise sitting at the side of the bed all by herself. She was watching them blankly.
The woman put on a friendly smile and put on an act while walking to Eloise’s side. “Mom, Dad will be back late tonight. I’ll accompany you to sleep, okay?”
She was intentionally trying to get on her good terms. Before this, she knew of everything that occurred between Niamh and Eloise.
Even though there used to be a gap and some conflict between the mother and daughter, it was all well forgotten and they were friendly with each other now.
The woman thought to herself and intentionally got closer to Eloise. “Mom, are you tired? Do you want me to accompany you to watch some shows?”
Eloise looked at the lady calmly with no reaction.
The woman smiled faintly before turning to face Kendrick. “Kendrick, didn’t you say earlier that you have some work to do? You should go settle those first. I’ll be more than enough here.”
“Alright, then I’ll go settle my work,” said Kendrick as he spun around.
The moment he was shutting the door, he paused and looked at the slim back figure through the door gap. Kendrick frowned before closing the door fully.
The woman heard the door being closed. She silently let out a breath of relief when she realized Kendrick had left.
She spun around and saw Eloise staring at her blankly. The woman put on a fake smile.
She was very clear of Eloise’s current condition. Eloise was in a state of confusion and could not even recognize her daughter. She was previously badly injured and still in the process of recovery.
“Mom, I’m Eveline. Do you recognize me?” The woman attempted to ask and purposely placed her face closer to her.
Eloise frowned and looked at the woman with a critical gaze. Then, with a weak voice, she said, “Eveline, you’re not Eveline.”
“Hmph! You’re indeed a fool, but you don’t look especially stupid.” The woman smiled and continued inching her face nearer. “Look properly. Am I really not your precious daughter, Eveline Montgomery?”
Eloise tilted her head as if she no longer had the patience. “Eveline, I want Eveline. Where’s Eveline, Eve—”
“Shut up!” The lady roared and cut her short. She extended her finger and poked Eloise’s head forcibly. “You’d better behave properly, or else that precious daughter of yours, Eveline Montgomery, will lose her life!”
“Eveline, Eveline, come back!” Eloise started shouting continuously, not knowing where she managed to summon the strength. “Eveline, Eveline!”
The woman sensed that the situation was not favoring her. She got nervous and tried to stop Eloise.
However, the door that was shut tight suddenly opened. Kendrick pushed the door open and rushed in. “What happened?”
Kendrick took big footsteps and headed to Eloise who was shouting loudly. His face wore a serious yet surprised expression. “Mom, you finally got the strength to talk?”
However, it was as if Eloise did not hear Kendrick talking to her. She continued shrieking, “Eveline, I want Eveline!”
The woman quickly comforted Eloise, afraid that Kendrick might get suspicious. There was a worried and anxious look on her face. “Mom, Eveline is right here. I’m your Eveline.”
Eloise raised her head and looked at the woman for some time, then suddenly shoved the woman’s hand away with a disgusted look. “You’re not Eveline! You’re not my Eveline!”
“…” The woman’s body trembled, her expression changing for the worse.
She had just started launching the first step of her plan, but she did not expect it to end as a failure that fast.
The woman wanted to seek an excuse saying that it was because of Eloise’s illness, but from her peripheral vision, she saw Kendrick’s outline inching closer to her.
“Mom, don’t get so worked up. Be careful of your wound.” Kendrick comforted Elosie, who was agitated, with a soft voice. “This is the real Eveline. Look carefully, she’s your precious daughter, Eveline Montgomery. She’s always by your side. Take a closer look.”
Hearing his comment made the woman put on a fake smile again. “Mom, I really am Niamh. Why do you still fail to recognize me after so long? I’m really sad.”
As she was saying, she saw Eloise glancing at her with a critical gaze. The woman tried her best to force out some tears, acting like she was really upset and sobbing.
“No, this is not my Eveline.” Eloise continued denying. As she said, she started lifting the blanket, wanting to get down from the bed. “I want my Eveline. I want to go look for my Eveline!”
Kendrick quickly stopped her. “Mom, calm down. Yes, she’s not your Eveline. I’ll help you go find Eveline. You’d better take more rest and don’t move around rashly. Careful, or you’ll open up your wound.”
“No, I want to go find her myself! You all can’t recognize Eveline. I’m the only one who can recognize her!” Eloise was anxious. She pushed Kendrick aside and wanted to leave.
Just when Kendrick was at his wit’s end on how to stop Eloise, Sean came back.
Seeing that Eloise was making havoc and wanting to look for their daughter, Sean quickly rushed over. He grabbed Eloise’s shoulders and comforted her gently. “Don’t get agitated, Eloise. I’ll bring you to go find our daughter, Eveline.”
Sean showing up calmed Eloise, but her expression was still unpleasant. Like a little kid, she pointed at the woman and pouted. “She really isn’t Eveline. Sean, let’s go look for Eveline.”
“Alright, we’ll go look for Eveline but not now. Look, the sky is already so dark. Eveline has already gone to bed. We should be sleeping as well. Wait till it’s daytime and I’ll bring you out to look for Eveline, okay?” Sean comforted her patiently. He then turned around and looked at Kendrick. “Kendrick, you and Eveline should head back to your bedroom. I’ll take care of Eloise.”
Kendrick nodded slightly. He thought that it would be inappropriate to stay here any longer as well.
“Nia, let’s go back to our room.”
The woman was feeling utterly dissatisfied, but she still smiled.
“Dad, then Kendrick and I will be heading back to our room. Mom’s emotions are unstable, so you should accompany her more.”
“I’ll take care of your mother. Don’t worry and go to bed.” Sean made his promise. He was not the slightest bit suspicious of the woman before him.
The woman was rather satisfied with that fact. At least her impersonation was perfect.
No one could make out that she was a fake.
As for Eloise, she was not bothered by her since she was a crazy woman with a crazy mind and would blurt out crazy comments.
Besides, with Sean’s return, it was the perfect timing for her to have the chance to continue pestering Kendrick.
Looking at the huge outline walking in front of her made the woman’s eyes gleam with greediness.
After entering the room, the first thing she did was take off her coat. When she spun around and wanted to get close to Kendrick, she saw him walking to the door of the room.
“Nia, I really have an urgent issue with my work that I need to get done. You go ahead and sleep.”
“…”
The woman was dumbfounded. Before she could even stop him with a coquettish manner, Kendrick had already left the room.
As she did not want to be too impatient, the woman had no choice but to lay down on the bed alone.
The smell of the man’s clear and elegant breath on the bed made her fantasize about being intimate with Kendrick.
Not many women could resist such a perfect man.
As for Kendrick, he went to the study and sat in front of the computer quietly as he daydreamed.
He did not have any official matters to attend to, but he did have this indescribable feeling of unease being alone with Niamh at this moment.
‘Nia, could it be that I’m beginning to no longer be faithful to you?
‘No.’
Kendrick quickly denied it.
He could not possibly waver in his emotions for Niamh.
‘It’s just that, why on earth do I suddenly feel repulsed?’
Kendrick could not understand it and only chalked it up to him possibly being too exhausted, leading to his current state of mind.
…
Niamh spent a few days on a small unknown island.
In these few days, Ryan would make an appearance during the day and then leave at night.
According to him, it seemed that he still had to return to Glendale Prison at night. He had bought his freedom but was still not completely free.
He would also eventually not be able to appear openly in front of everyone.
That night, however, while Niamh was still asleep, she faintly felt someone approaching her.
She opened her eyes instinctively and caught Ryan’s dubious but gentle gaze under the dim light. Niamh sat up, on guard.
“Don’t be afraid. I’ve said it before, I’ll no longer hurt you.”
“I can’t possibly believe what you say anymore,” Niamh countered. “It’s because I trusted you so much back then that I had walked into your trap step by step.”
Faced with Niamh’s suspicion and rejection, Ryan smiled dismissively.
“I’ve brought you a gift. Why don’t you get up?”
‘A gift?’
Niamh subconsciously felt that this gift that Ryan was referring to was not something good at all.
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.