Clink.
She heard something falling behind her.
Niamh came back to her senses and saw Eloise pointing at the spot near her foot. “It fell, the pendant. Help me pick it up.”
Niamh lowered her head to see the gold butterfly-shaped pendant next to the wheelchair.
She quickly bent down to pick it up. When she saw the engraving on the gold butterfly, she suddenly remembered her grandfather who raised her.
Even though he was not her biological grandfather, he had given her the best care and love.
He was not her family, but he was more than a family.
However, Niamh did not expect Eloise to have had this with her the entire time.
“Eveline,” Eloise looked at Niamh and called out suddenly.
Niamh felt her heart skip a beat. While she was feeling distracted, Eloise took away the pendant in her hand.
“Come, lower.” Eloise’s face was serious as she waved her hand at Niamh with love.
Niamh was confused. However, she still lowered herself as instructed by Eloise. She did not think that Eloise would put the necklace with the pendant around her neck.
“Pretty. It looks the prettiest on Eveline.” Eloise praised Niamh, and it was obvious that she was treating her as if she was her birth daughter Eveline.
To be honest, she was indeed Eveline.
Niamh felt a knot in her heart. She did not know whether Eloise felt something too.
She slowly squatted in front of Eloise and lifted her hand to grab Eloise’s hand. When she felt the warmth of the touch, she felt her grievances pouring out from her.
“Mom, I’m Eveline,” she said softly. She felt as if she could lower her facade in front of Eloise.
Eloise had not fully recovered yet, so she would not know what Niamh was talking about. Therefore, Niamh had a chance to release the weight in her heart this way.
When Eloise heard this, there was a glint in her eyes. It seemed as if an abundance of motherly love, gentleness, and benevolence were surging up from within her and enveloping Niamh warmly.
Niamh felt the warmth, and she did not think twice before pouring out all of the grievances and truth in her heart.
“Mom, the person who looks like me is Ryan’s ex-girlfriend. She took the opportunity on the day I went to the supermarket to buy some ingredients to make a cake to plot against me.
“Ryan brought me to a nameless island where he would visit me every day. He didn’t torture me, but he only wished for me to spend the rest of his life with him because the court had sentenced him to death.
“After that, Ryan said he wanted to have a bet with me. If I won, he’d let me go. However, I won and he changed his mind. In order to get away from him, I jumped into the sea from the yacht. Ryan chased after me, but for some reason, there was an oil leak and the yacht exploded…”
When she recalled what happened that day, Niamh felt her head buzzing. It was making her feel extremely unwell.
Niamh took a deep breath and continued telling Eloise what happened.
“The yacht exploded and Ryan died. Then, my face was burnt by the hot air of the explosion. That imposter knows I’m Eveline but she’s sure I won’t expose her because of how I look now…”
She laughed bitterly.
“I don’t dare to let the children see my face and I don’t dare to face Kendrick either. Even I’m unable to look at myself in the mirror. I look so wretched and hideous…”
Toward the end of her sentence, Niamh seemed to be talking to herself with her eyes already turned red.
When she was longing for comfort, Eloise stretched her hand and caressed her hair softly.
Niamh lifted her head in surprise to see Eloise’s eyes filled with benevolence and kindness. Her eyes were also shining with tears just like hers.
“Your face will become better,” Eloise suddenly said those five words while softly caressing Niamh’s hair again and again. Every word sounded so clear.
Niamh did not force herself anymore. She leaned against Eloise’s legs and enjoyed the motherly love.
Naomi saw this from a distance and scoffed arrogantly.
“Hmph, Eveline, I think you can only tell your idiot mother the truth now. However, do you really think that I’ll believe Ryan died just like that? You must’ve killed him!”
Naomi gritted her teeth and glared at Niamh. She looked around and noticed that there was no one around her, so she arrogantly strode over to where they were at.
“Tsk, tsk, how heartwarming.” Naomi mocked. She did not bother pretending in front of Niamh and Eloise anymore.
Niamh lifted her head when she heard that. When she saw Naomi, she wiped her tears and stood up slowly.
She looked piercingly and coldly at Naomi who was smirking at her with provocation.
“Why? Are you too lazy to pretend now?”
“Hmph, you’re just a freak who doesn’t have the guts to admit your identity and an idiot who can’t speak coherently. Do you think I need to wear my mask in front of you two?”
Naomi scoffed in disdain. “Eveline, you love your family so much. So, you’ll definitely save your idiot mother like you saved your daughter if she’s in danger, right?”
“Naomi, what are you trying to do?”
“Hmph.” Naomi scoffed ominously. “Open your eyes and see what I’m about to do!”
When Niamh saw Naomi’s sinister smile, she felt that something was off.
Actually, Naomi was good at controlling her because she had too many considerations.
Her lover and family whom she cared about were all her weaknesses.
As such, Naomi used this point to attack her.
Naomi looked around and suddenly lifted her leg to kick the back of Eloise’s wheelchair.
The wheels of the wheelchair were locked, but perhaps Naomi was too strong so the wheels slipped and the wheelchair started speeding forward uncontrollably.
“Mom!” Niamh ran without hesitation to stop the wheelchair.
The wheelchair was heading toward the lake. If Eloise fell, Niamh did not dare to imagine what would happen.
She sped ahead and grabbed the handles of the wheelchair to pull it back.
Fortunately, Eloise did not fall into the lake. However, Niamh felt a shadow looming behind her suddenly.
A second later, Naomi lifted her hand to push Niamh into the lake when she was least expecting it.
Niamh was caught off guard and lost her balance before falling into the lake with a loud splash.
“Hmph.”
Naomi scoffed and looked at Niamh who was struggling in the water.
She knew Niamh did not know how to swim, so as long as no one saved her, she would inevitably drown.
Eloise fell on the ground since the wheelchair had slipped. When she saw the scene before her, her expression changed. “Eveline!”
Naomi heard Eloise’s screams and turned around to look at her in surprise.
When she saw Eloise struggling to get up from the ground, she slowly walked over to Eloise and squatted.
“Oh, so you know the person who has fallen into the lake is your daughter, huh? You’re not as stupid as I thought, then.”
Naomi mocked. When she heard passersby coming to see what was going on after they heard the commotion, she changed her expression and pretended to help Eloise up considerately.
“Mom, are you okay? You scared me. Why did the wheelchair lose control all of a sudden?”
Naomi said while looking melancholic, even deliberately increasing her volume.
The passersby looked curiously at Naomi and Eloise. Some even came to assist Naomi in helping Eloise back on the wheelchair.
“Thank you. Thank you so much.” Naomi thanked them politely and displayed a worried expression to ask for help. “Can any one of you help my maid? She fell into the lake just now when she was saving my mother.”
“Someone fell into the lake?”
“Go and save her now!”
Many good samaritans went over to the lake.
Naomi started cursing furiously in her heart when she saw so many people rushing to the lake.
She had hoped that Niamh would drown.
That way, she could live her life peacefully.
Naomi saw two strong men jumping into the lake at the same time. When she was about to go see what was going on, someone grabbed her wrist.
“Give Eveline back!”
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.