“Mr. Carter, Miss Shirley Brown is awake.”
As soon as he heard that, Carter turned around hastily and strode toward Shirley’s room.
However, as Carter approached the room, his heartbeat became increasingly rapid with apprehension by the second.
The production of AXP6g had originally been intended for Niamh.
It contained a terrifying ingredient that would take effect and mutate upon entering the human body.
In the end, it would shatter the person’s soul by inducing hallucinations, forcing the person to relive their most painful and humiliating memories.
Carter’s footsteps grew heavier as these thoughts played on his mind.
He felt nervous, along with an unprecedented sense of panic.
He feared that, in a moment, he would see such a version of Shirley too.
An undignified Shirley who was trapped in her painful memories.
Carter’s thoughts ceased abruptly when he arrived a t the door of Shirley’s bedroom.
He felt a wave of inexplicable weight upon him and, for a moment, he felt weak.
Amid Carter’s hesitation, Shirley’s voice drifted from the room. She sounded confused and in pain.
“What happened to my legs? Why don’t they have any strength? Why?”
Upon hearing these words, Carter furrowed his brows. Something did not feel right.
He walked straight into the room without any further hesitation.
As Carter entered, however, all eyes turned to him suddenly.
Camille’s eyebrows were knitted deeply as she gazed at Carter with a mournful expression on her face. “She doesn’t seem to be herself. It’s like she’s forgotten everything that’s happened lately.”
Carter’s heart froze when he heard that. Indeed, she had forgotten.
Indeed, the final stage of the poison was tormenting in that manner.
Carter’s brows snapped together into a deep frown. Carter, intending to talk with this version of Shirley in private, was about to tell everyone to leave the room.
However, Shirley’s eyes met his gaze, and suddenly, her expression changed. She looked so helpless and weak, and so forlorn.
“Carter, my legs… My legs seem to be disabled.”
Carter had not expected Shirley to address himself i n that tone at this particular time.
Bewildered, he looked at Shirley whose eyes were welling with tears. After several seconds of silence, Carter tentatively asked, “Shirley?”
Shirley, who did not seem to reject or feel estranged by the way Carter had addressed her, nodded and looked at Carter expectantly.
“Carter, what happened to my legs? Why can’t I move at all?”
A sense of realization crept into Carter’s heart. He glanced over at Camille, who had an equally bewildered expression on her face, and gave her a knowing look.
Camille understood, then immediately instructed the servants to leave the room. When she turned around, she saw Ada, who was grudgingly standing at the side, gritting her teeth, and Camille went straight to Ada and dragged her away.
As the door closed, Carter and Shirley were left alone in the room.
Shirley looked like a frightened fawn at this moment; the charming and tough personality she had in the past was gone.
She looked at Carter, her almond-shaped eyes filled with tears.
“Carter, my legs…”
Carter hurried over to the bedside. Wrapping his arms around Shirley’s shoulders, he tenderly reassured her, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here. Your legs will recover soon. I promise.”
“But what happened to my legs? Why are they like this all of a sudden? I can’t remember anything, Carter…”
Carter had never dreamed that there would be a day when Shirley would call out his name like this.
His heart wavered slightly as his arms tightened around Shirley.
Although the situation puzzled him, it was better than what he had originally envisioned.
Due to her exposure to the rain, Shirley had developed symptoms of a cold and a fever.
Since she was pregnant, she could not simply take flu medications.
He called for the doctor to return once again. It was not until late at night that Shirley was completely settled in.
Throughout the night, Shirley softly called for Carter several times as she dreamed.
He stayed by her bed, watching her closely, not leaving her side.
To avoid disturbing Shirley’s rest, Carter had only turned on a table lamp.
The warm, soft light hung over Shirley’s face as she slept. Carter unconsciously raised a hand and gently caressed her scarred cheek.
“If you hadn’t left me without a word back then, none of these would have happened. “Why did you make me hate you?
“Shirley, why have you put such strain on our relationship?”
Carter spoke to himself, knowing that Shirley would not hear what he was saying now.
Similarly, Kendrick had also stayed up all night watching over Niamh by her bed.
Shirley’s words remained in his mind. “At most, she’ll need eight hours, then she’ll wake.”
Furthermore, Kendrick was concerned that the anti- toxoid test reagent might develop other side effects that could affect Niamh during this time. As such, he had stayed awake to keep a close eye on her.
As the first glimmer of dawn shone across the sky, Niamh began to show signs of waking up.
Instantly, Kendrick’s heart stirred. “Nia.”
He held onto Niamh’s hand as he gently called out her name.
“Nia, are you awake? Can you hear my voice? Nia.”
Niamh’s eyelids moved, and after some time, her eyes slowly opened.
A faint ray of morning sunlight shone through the French windows. Niamh’s eyebrows furrowed, and, as if the ray of sunlight pricked her eyes, she closed her eyes again.
“Nia?” Worried, Kendrick leaned in closer. ” Nia, you’re awake, aren’t you?”
Kendrick expectantly looked at Niamh’s face, which showed some signs of fatigue. A second later, he finally heard Niamh speak.
“Kendrick.”
Niamh called out tiredly.
Eyes closed, she murmured to herself as if she was dreaming, “It seemed like I had been in a very long dream. I’d dreamt that I was sleeping continuously, and you were constantly by my side.”
“Nia, you weren’t dreaming.” Kendrick caressed Niamh’s cheek gently. “Nia, open your eyes slowly now. Get accustomed to the brightness first.”
Niamh nodded, then slowly opened her eyes again.
The morning light was very gentle, and Niamh gradually adapted to them.
After a brief moment of disorientation, she smiled and met Kendrick’s intense gaze.
At that moment, neither of them spoke; they spread their arms and fell into a silent embrace.
“I know it must have been tough for you all this time, ” Niamh whispered into Kendrick’s ear and planted a soft kiss on his cheek.
“Taking care of my wife is the greatest joy in my life. It’s not tough.” At that moment, Kendrick rejoiced as he embraced Niamh, her warm hug instantly banished the befuddlement in his heart.
Niamh took a shower in comfort and changed into a fresh set of clothes. As she did this, she reflected on the incidents that had occurred before she regained consciousness. As soon as she had put her clothes on, she rushed up to Kendrick.
“Kendrick, where’s Lily? Our main purpose for going to F Country was to find Lily. Now that we’re back, where is she?”
Kendrick, cognizant of Niamh’s worry and longing for Lilian in her heart, held her shoulders and gently reassured her.
“Lily’s with Fabian for the moment. Don’t worry, I believe that he won’t hurt her.”
However, Niamh did not feel relieved. “That’s not the point, Kendrick. Lily is sick. She needs timely treatment.”
“I know, Nia. I know what you’re worried about.”
Kendrick comforted her patiently. He quickly pulled out his phone and opened his gallery folder.
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.