After listening to it a few times, Carter tossed the recording pen to one side.
Then, he took out a book about psychology on the table. When he was about to read it, he noticed signs of Niamh, who was on the bed, waking up from the corners of his eyes.
He closed the book, and his round fingertips glided across the book about hypnosis. He walked to the side of the bed.
“Eveline.”
He called Niamh’s name softly.
Niamh furrowed her brows. She wanted to open her eyes, but it seemed as if she was stuck in a deep dream.
“Eveline, imagine a gigantic crystal ball in front of you. Now, the crystal ball will bring you to the world that initially belonged to you. Now, open your eyes.”
Niamh was in a deep slumber, but after hearing what Carter said, she slowly opened her eyes.
Niamh blinked while looking at her surroundings. When she was about to sit up, she heard the man’s warm voice next to her.
“Are you awake?”
Niamh looked over after she heard the voice. While looking at the man who was looking at her with a smile, she stared at him for a while before sitting up slowly.
Carter reached out to help her up and Niamh did not reject him.
“Cart, how did I fall asleep? What time is it now?”
When Carter heard Niamh addressing him this way, he curled the corners of his lips in secret and then replied, “Yeah, you were tired, so you took a nap.”
Niamh knitted her eyebrows together. “I think I had a very long dream. I dreamt of a man who kept calling my name…”
Carter lifted his hand to stroke Niamh’s hair gently. “Don’t think too much. It’s just a dream. Get up and wash your face. My mom wants to see you later.”
“Okay,” Niamh replied. She got out of the bed and followed Carter into the living room. “I’ll go back to my room now.”
“Okay.” Carter nodded. While looking at Niamh’s back as she walked upstairs, he curled the corners of his lips in satisfaction.
His hypnosis skills had not gotten worse at all compared to before.
However, he had to take out the crystal ball that he had not used in a very long time to hypnotize people with very strong willpower like Niamh.
Carter sat down leisurely on the sofa. However, the moment he picked up a book, Camille walked in hurriedly.
“Carter, I saw the news just now. What’s going on?” Camille’s mind was full of question marks. “Who’s this Eveline Montgomery? Is the Eveline you got engaged to the same one who’s married to Kendrick Waldburg?”
“Yes, she’s actually Kendrick’s wife, Eveline. She’s the daughter of the Montgomeries and they’re one of the four richest families in Glendale,” Carter stated Niamh’s real identity with certainty.
“She didn’t get plastic surgery and that’s her real face. However, she was involved in an accident that caused her face to be badly burnt, but it has recovered now.”
Camille finally understood. “I was wondering how it was possible for a plastic face to look so natural and so delicate.” She sighed ruefully. Immediately after, she remembered something. “Then why did she hide her identity to stay with you? What did she want? Do you still want to keep her around now?”
After hearing what Camille said, Carter continued to flip through the book in his hand slowly.
He understood Camille’s concerns, but he had his own plans.
“I know what’s her purpose, so don’t worry. Everything’s in my control.” Carter’s tone was irreverent. However, the assurance in his voice sounded pretty confident.
After Niamh went back to her room to wash up, she went downstairs.
When she saw Carter and Camille in the living room, she walked toward Carter naturally and smiled before greeting Camille.
“Hello, Aunty Cammy.”
“…” Camille did not expect Niamh to greet her like this.
After that night, she had a pretty good impression of Niamh. However, when she remembered Niamh and Kendrick’s relationship, she felt a headache coming again.
She did not ask too much. Instead, she smiled and walked away.
Carter placed the book in his hand down and walked over to Niamh. A warm smile appeared on his handsome face. “Do you feel better after the nap? Do you want me to take a walk with you?”
Niamh looked at Carter, and a sweet glint appeared in her eyes. “Okay.”
“Okay.” Carter nodded and reached out to hold Niamh’s hand. However, halfway there, he retracted his hand.
When they got to the car, he gentlemanly opened the door for Niamh before getting in himself…
Kendrick was waiting for Niamh to come home. However, after a long while and after calling her until his phone ran out of battery, Niamh had yet to come back. This entire time, her phone was shut off.
While watching the time pass, Kendrick started to feel more and more anxious.
“Nia, where are you?”
Kendrick could not sit here and wait. As such, he decided to go to Carter’s place again.
However, when he got there, he was told that Carter had gone out.
Kendrick knew he could not know more about Niamh’s situation since Carter was not home. As such, he could only leave.
He tried to find some clues about Niamh along the road going back to Waldburg Manor, but he got nothing.
Niamh still had not appeared in his vision even when the sky was dark.
Everyone in the family including Jackson and Lillian started to worry.
They had waited until their mother finally came home after a very long time, but after less than a day together, their mother had disappeared again. This disappointment overwhelmed their little hearts.
Karen and Sean felt the same way. “Did anything happen to Eveline? How is it possible for her to not come home after so long?”
“Did Carter really ask someone to send her home?”
“I’ll go to his place again,” Kendrick said while getting up. He drove his car to the gates of Carter’s manor.
Carter was having dinner in the dining room at this hour. When he heard the butler telling him that Kendrick was here, he looked at Niamh who was eating next to him before dispatching the butler to make Kendrick leave. “Tell him I’m busy and don’t have time to entertain him.”
The butler received Carter’s orders and went to tell Kendrick, “Mr. Waldburg, Mr. Carter is busy. Please come again on another day.”
Kendrick kept his last ounce of cool. “I have some urgent business, so I have to see Mr. Gray now.”
“However, Mr. Carter is—”
“I’m sorry.” Kendrick ignored the butler’s perfunctory words and barged inside.
“Mr. Waldburg! Mr. Waldburg…” The butler went up to stop him but Kendrick had already barged through the front door.
Carter heard the voices from outside and could guess what was going on.
However, he was not frenetic or worried. On the contrary, he continued his meal calmly.
After Kendrick barged in, he saw the people in the dining room and walked straight over. “Mr. Gray, you said you asked someone to send my wife home, but… Nia?”
Kendrick’s words stopped as abruptly as his footsteps near the dining table.
He looked at Niamh who was having dinner with Carter at the dining table and strode over to her.
“Nia, you’re still here.”
He was happy to see her because he thought something bad had happened to her.
However, at the same time, Kendrick felt dissatisfied. “Carter, you lied and said you sent my wife home. If that’s the case, why is she here?”
Kendrick questioned Carter. Then, he grabbed her hand to take her home.
“Nia, I’ll take you home.”
Kendrick grabbed Niamh and was about to leave but unexpectedly, Niamh removed her hand out of his grip all of a sudden.
“What are you doing?” Niamh asked with displeasure on her face.
Kendrick heard that and his expression changed immediately as well. He asked, “Nia, what’s wrong?”
“Why are you calling me in such an intimate way? Do I know you?” Niamh asked coldly.
In that instant, Kendrick felt a chill surging from the bottom of his feet to his heart.
He looked absent-mindedly at Niamh who looked impatient. For a second, he was at a loss.
“Nia?”
When Niamh heard Kendrick calling her again, she furrowed her brows and walked over to Carter.
“Cart, who is this man? He looks familiar but I can’t remember who he is.”
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.