She wanted to open her eyes to wake up, but she felt a stinging pain in her eyes.
It was as if there was a gigantic and shiny crystal ball enveloping her, making her close surroundings air-tight.
Then, Niamh heard a man’s voice talking ethereally.
“Eveline Montgomery.”
The man called out her name.
“Remember, the man you love the most now is your future husband, Carter Gray.
“Kendrick Waldburg is the man you loved back then but he has hurt you too much. Despite you forgiving him back then because of your children, you still can’t get over it. You’ve been having a knot in your heart this entire time. You will never forgive him. Never.”
The man emphasized in the end.
Carter was standing next to the bed when he saw Niamh knitting her brows together. He stood there emotionlessly for a while before leaving.
Kendrick sped as fast as he could to Adam’s place. The door was opened, so he barged in directly. “Cathy!”
Adam was sitting in the living room absent-mindedly. When he saw Kendrick barging in frantically while yelling Cathy’s name, he stood up quickly.
“What happened?”
“Where’s Cathy?” Kendrick asked hurriedly.
“You’re looking for Cathy?” Adam furrowed his brows curiously. “Did anything happen?”
Kendrick furrowed his brows lightly. “I suspect that Nia has been hypnotized.”
Adam’s expression changed. “Hypnotized?”
“Only Cathy can help me now,” Kendrick said affirmatively.
“Cathy?” Adam was confused. “What do you mean by that?”
“Hypnosis,” Kendrick uttered this word. His eyes looked solemn. “Cathy knows hypnotism.”
Adam’s expression changed again. “Cathy knows hypnotism?” He never knew Cathy had this skill.
“Adam, where’s Cathy now?” Kendrick asked anxiously.
After he said that, Kendrick saw a hint of desolation in Adam’s eyes. After a few seconds, Adam spoke, “I think she went to see him.”
Him.
Kendrick understood immediately.
The ‘him’ he mentioned was Felipe.
Custodial ward.
Cathy was standing at the door of the room that Felipe was locked in. She did not go in even after a very long time.
Through the small window, she could see Felipe sitting on the bed. He had a notebook under his left arm and was holding a pen with his right hand. He was writing something on the pages of the book.
He had been writing the entire time she stood outside the door.
As she recalled what had happened back then, Cathy only felt that it was extremely ironic that she was standing here.
However, why did she still have the impulse to be a mere joke in her heart?
He was so cruel but she was still reluctant to let go.
It was because she loved someone that she had truly lost herself.
After pondering for a very long time, Cathy still took a step forward.
However, when she was about to push the door open and go in, she heard hurried footsteps walking over.
She turned around subconsciously and saw Kendrick running toward her with a nervous expression on his face.
“Cathy, I hope you can help me no matter what.”
Cathy widened her eyes curiously to look at him.
Kendrick quickly told Cathy his guesses.
“Evie has been hypnotized?” Cathy asked. “When did that happen?” She remembered clearly when Niamh came over for treatment for her face a few days ago. There was nothing wrong with her then.
“Just these few days.” Kendrick furrowed his brows. “I believe that Nia must be hypnotized. If not, based on my understanding of her, she’d never say such things to me. The most important thing is that when Nia speaks to me, it seems that she only remembers the unhappy past.”
Kendrick suppressed his emotions, and his answer started to make Cathy feel suspicious.
“Do you have a way to bring her to me?” Cathy blinked. “I need to verify it myself.”
“I’ll get Nia here to meet you,” Kendrick said and left. He could not wait to get rid of those voices with malicious intentions in Niamh’s head.
He was worried that if he was late, the hypnotism would turn Niamh into a completely different person. He was worried that she would become a woman whom he missed out on forever.
How could he allow such a thing to happen?
Kendrick came to the front door of Carter’s manor. He tried to go in to look for Niamh, but he was stopped at the door. The butler found a few high-sounding reasons to get Kendrick to leave.
Kendrick knew it would be impossible to take Niamh away so brazenly. As such, this time, he would be a vile character for his Nia.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was almost nighttime.
The night in winter came incredibly fast.
Kendrick thought that he would no longer have a chance today. When he was about to call Cathy to tell her the plan was off, he coincidentally saw Niamh walking out from the gates of the manor. She was all alone.
Kendrick knew this was a chance that was hard to come by. He got out of his car that was hiding in a secret location and quickly ran to Niamh.
When Niamh saw Kendrick, she was shocked. However, before she could make a sound, Kendrick covered her mouth with his hand and carried her into the car.
“Kendrick, it’s you again! What else do you want?” Niamh was still fighting back with all she had.
Kendrick pressed down on Niamh’s shoulder. His deep and narrow eyes were looking straight into her beautiful eyes that were filled with repulsion.
“Nia, please believe me no matter what. I’ll never hurt you.”
“You won’t?” Niamh chuckled coldly and asked. “It seems that you’ve forgotten how you treated me back then, but I never will!” After Niamh said that, Kendrick felt as if his heart had been split apart by a sharp knife.
What terrified Kendrick was when Niamh was saying this, her eyes were filled with intense hatred.
The level of hatred was as if it was just yesterday when he hurt her and caused her to bleed and cry.
This was not normal at all.
Kendrick was even more certain that Niamh was hypnotized.
If not, if Niamh was normal, she would never say something like that. She would never treat him with this attitude.
“Nia, I know you won’t listen to me no matter what I say to you. I’ll use my actions to prove it to you,” Kendrick said and quickly took out his tie to bind Niamh’s hands again.
He had no choice. This was the only way to stop Niamh from running away.
The sky had already turned dark.
Niamh looked at the scenery that was quickly changing outside the window and felt extremely frustrated.
At this moment, the car stopped in front of a red light.
When Niamh was about to say something, she heard Kendrick talking.
“Nia, do you still remember this place? That day, someone was lighting fireworks at this junction, and at that moment, you were holding my hand asking me if I’ll love you forever. I promised you back then that no matter how you become, I’ll always love you like the first time I met you.”
Kendrick lifted his deep eyes and looked at the beautiful face from the rear-view mirror.
“Nia, you’ll remember everything very soon. Carter is just using you, and the man you love the most in your heart has always been me. You’ve never left me even when I hurt you the most.”
Niamh was about to laugh at what Kendrick said when splendid fireworks blossomed not far away from them.
What she wanted to say was gone in an instant.
Niamh looked absent-mindedly at the continuous fireworks in front of her, and the scene Kendrick mentioned just now was appearing vaguely in her head.
However, before she could think too much into it, it was as if Niamh heard someone talking to her next to her ears.
“Don’t believe what Kendrick is saying.
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.