When her eyes met Lillian’s teary eyes that were full of grievances, Niamh felt her heart aching even more.
‘Lily.’
“Mommy,” Lillian called out to Niamh.
Kendrick stopped in his tracks. Niamh also looked absent-mindedly at Lillian who was reaching out her hands for her to hold her.
Her teary eyes were staring straight at Niamh.
“Mommy.”
The little princess called Niamh her mommy again.
Niamh could not express the excitement she was feeling right now with words. However, the overflowing joy in her eyes was evident.
Kendrick looked at Niamh’s twinkling eyes and approached Niamh with Lillian in his arms.
“I think my daughter likes you a lot. Can you help me hold this child to comfort her?”
Niamh did not expect Kendrick to say that. Of course, Niamh would be more than happy to.
She nodded quickly and reached out her hands to hold Lillian.
When Naomi saw this from the living room, she felt agitated and nervous.
Was this because blood was thicker than water and Lillian was her flesh and blood?
Was that why the little thing could sense the woman holding her right now was her birth mother?
Naomi clenched her fists in silence when she saw Niamh carrying Lillian upstairs. Plus, she also gritted her teeth.
She could not let this continue. If the little girl had this feeling, it meant that Kendrick would know who was the real Eveline Montgomery sooner or later.
Naomi pondered silently and felt that she could not sit still and do nothing.
She did not have anyone left. She no longer had Ryan’s orders and instructions, so she had to depend on herself.
Niamh carried Lillian to her room where Jackson was doing his homework.
“Miss Quinny,” Jackson greeted politely as he blinked his lively wide eyes. “What’s wrong with Lily? Why are her eyes red?”
After Lillian heard what Jackson said, she lowered her crystal clear wide eyes aggrievedly.
Niamh patted the child’s back while feeling pitiful. She sat down on the sofa with Lillian.
“Good girl.”
She caressed the little girl’s head comfortingly. She wished that her voice would sound nicer now. At least, she did not want it so hoarse and grave because it did not sound gentle at all.
Lillian leaned against Niamh’s chest without saying a word while she played with her fingers.
Niamh remembered what Naomi said just now. After staying silent for a while, she asked Lillian probingly, “Lily, tell me where does it hurt?”
Lillian understood what Niamh was saying. She reached out her adorable finger and pointed at both of her arms.
Niamh quickly rolled up Lillian’s sleeves. It would be better if she had not looked. After she took a look, Niamh wanted so badly to rip Naomi into pieces.
She spotted the red and purple bruises on her daughter’s arms and could tell how violently Naomi had treated her.
Naomi knew Lillian could not speak and she was a slow, adorable little girl, so she chose to take action against this child.
She would hesitate if it was Jackson.
“Why are there red spots on Lily’s arms?” Jackson furrowed his brows in concern, looking worried.
Lillian leaned against Niamh’s chest aggrievedly. “Mommy, Mommy.”
Niamh felt her heart aching as she held the little princess in her arms tightly.
“Lily, Mommy won’t allow you to get hurt for no reason.”
Niamh finished saying that as calmly as she could. Then, she placed Lillian on the sofa, got up, and told Jackson, “Jack, watch your sister. I need to go out for a bit and I’ll be back soon.” Niamh turned around suddenly.
“Where are you going?” Jackson asked curiously behind Niamh.
Niamh suppressed her anger and turned back to smile gently at the child.
“Jack, be a good boy and watch your sister.”
She smiled and urged before striding to the door.
Naomi was eating some fruits alone in the living room. She was planning how to get back at Niamh when she saw Niamh bustling downstairs.
She was taken aback, and as she was wondering what Niamh was going to do, Niamh had already charged in front of her like a gust of wind.
Niamh grabbed Naomi’s collar and did not hesitate before slapping her hard across the face.
Slap!
“Ah!”
Naomi wailed in pain. At the same time, her voice alarmed Karen and Kendrick who just went upstairs.
They came out of their rooms at the same time to go downstairs. Then, they saw Niamh holding Naomi’s collar.
Karen’s face turned pale from shock. She had no idea what was going on, so she quickly rushed over.
Naomi was startled by the sudden slap as well. When she came back to her senses, she glared at Niamh and warned in a low voice.
“Eveline, you psychopath! Would you cut it out? How dare you hit me again and again!”
“Yeah, you’re right. I am Eveline, so you’d best stop bullying my children. If not, a psychopath like me will give you double of what you did to my children!”
Niamh’s eyes turned sharp as she tightened her slender fingers around the flesh on Naomi’s arm.
“Hiss!” Naomi was in so much pain she started having goosebumps. She wanted to push Niamh away angrily, but Niamh moved to pinch her on the other arm even faster.
Naomi was in so much pain and anger. She stared straight at Niamh with her venomous eyes. “Eveline, take off your mask if you dare. Use your hideously disfigured face to tell them that you’re Eveline. If not, I’ll continue torturing your children. This time it was your daughter, next time it’ll be your son!”
Slap!
Niamh slapped Naomi directly and efficiently before grabbing Naomi by the collar again.
“Try me!”
“What’s wrong with you? Let go of my daughter-in-law!” At this moment, Karen hurried over and used all of her might to pull away Niamh who was grabbing Naomi.
Niamh did not want to fight with Karen because she knew Karen was actually trying to defend her. As such, she could only exercise forbearance.
However, Karen did not know the truth. She barged over to Niamh to yell at her.
“What’s wrong with you? We hired you to take care of my in-law but why are you always going against my daughter-in-law?
“I can forgive you for being rude to the young madam, but now you’re hitting her! You have such a horrible temper!”
Karen berated as her face turned green.
“Go now! I don’t need you to take care of my in-law! I’ll transfer your pay to you tomorrow morning. Get out of our house now!”
Karen chased her away angrily.
Naomi clutched her face aggrievedly. At the same time, she pretended to urge like she was being understanding toward others.
“Mom, it’s fine. Quinny might just be in a bad mood so that’s why she did that. If she doesn’t have a job, she won’t have money to treat her face. We should give her another chance.”
“How is that possible? She slapped you!” Karen insisted on asking Niamh to leave. She kept on asking Niamh to leave, “Go! Go now! You even have the cheek to hit someone. I’m already being extremely kind for not calling the cops on you. Go now!”
Niamh clenched her fists and looked at Naomi as she lifted her eyebrows to provoke her. She almost could not stop herself from pulling down her mask.
Her face was almost the same as how Naomi looked now, so she could prove that she was the real Eveline.
‘Naomi, are you so confident that my face will never recover?
‘I want you to open your eyes and look closely now!’
Niamh was infuriated and could not endure Naomi’s behavior anymore. She lifted her hand to get ready to pull down her mask to fight head-on with Naomi.
When Naomi saw Niamh wanting to remove her mask, she was shocked.
Yet, she was not worried at all. She knew Niamh’s face was so horrible it was unbearable for one to look straight at it. As such, no one would believe that a person with that face would be the real Niamh.
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.