“Responsibility? What sort of responsibility do I have?” Carter retorted. “I had them here to help me in my matters. Now that something has happened to them, I’m the one who’s suffering the biggest loss.”
“Carter.”
Kendrick interrupted Carter in a chilly tone; a piercing stare shot out of Kendrick’s cold eyes.
“I won’t let my friends die without a clear understanding.”
Carter seemed to pause for a while, then smiled. “
That would be best. I, too, want to get to the bottom of this and figure out who had disrupted my original plan.”
His smile was faint, and his beautiful eyes had no trace of warmth or remorse.
Two people had died before him, but to Carter, their deaths seemed to be nothing more than the withering of flowers and plants. Their deaths were not worth mentioning.
As long as he could accomplish his goals, all humans, matters, and objects were nothing but air.
There was no conscience or humanity in him.
A sudden wave of chill swept through Niamh. She found it unbelievable. Was this really the man who had rescued her out at sea the last time?
No.
Maybe he never thought about saving her.
Perhaps he had known she was Kendrick’s woman beforehand. Therefore, all his actions had been planned.
Niamh did not feel her speculations were far- fetched. She had not understood Carter at first, but now that he had revealed his true colors, it was truly spine-chilling.
Carter, noticing that Niamh had been staring at him, took a step toward her, his thin lips curling up slightly.
” It appears that AXP6g’s anti-toxoid test reagent has had a positive effect on your body. She’s really a genius. Within a short span of time, she managed to develop a perfect and effective anti-toxoid test reagent.”
Carter was obviously referring to Shirley when he used the word “she”.
Hearing that, Niamh’s lips pursed slightly, and her beautiful eyes flashed with cold contempt. “You play with the lives of others in your hands, yet you seem proud instead of guilty. In some sense, you and Shirley are indeed a perfect match.”
Niamh raised her eyes slightly as she spoke.
“But I feel sorry for the child in her womb. It’s tragic for the child to have parents like you.”
Niamh’s words completely wiped away the arrogance and smirk on Carter’s face.
“Eveline, do you think you would be able to stand here now if Shirley hadn’t given you the only vial of anti-toxoid test reagent?”
“Yes, I wouldn’t be standing here. I ought to be showing my gratitude to the woman who had poisoned me and subsequently provided me with the anti-toxoid test reagent, am I right?”
Carter’s expression darkened further, but he could not find a retort for Niamh’s comment.
In a matter of seconds, his mind felt like a mess.
Although Shirley’s current condition was better than expected, which gave him some comfort, he was still terribly upset at the thought of the poison that was still in Shirley’s body, threatening the birth of their child that was still in Shirley’s womb.
At this moment, yet another layer of frustration fell upon Carter as Kendrick spoke once again.
“Carter, don’t think that I’m unaware of what you’re planning to do in Glendale. I’m telling you—I won’t give you the opportunity. You’d better abandon that thought, return to St. Piaf, and assume your position as Viscount. “
As Kendrick’s voice fell, Carter’s forehead creased gloomily. His frown, however, began to relax a moment later, and the corners of his mouth lifted into a half-smile.
“I’ve never failed to accomplish what I want so far.”
Upon finishing his sentence, he turned around in an unrestrained manner.
Kendrick calmly stared at the back of Carter’s figure as Carter walked away without restrain, then spoke evenly.
“Carter, you won’t always get what you want. You just wait and see.”
Following Kendrick’s words, Carter stopped in his tracks.
Carter, instead of turning around, continued to walk onward.
After a short walk down the road, he pulled out his mobile phone, checked his call history, and dialed Fabian’s number.
However, the call could not be connected despite his attempts.
Carter frowned, irritation burgeoning in his heart.
Niamh and Kendrick stood before the burnt ruins. After a moment of observation, they then entered the house.
They wanted to look for clues or evidence to prove that Adam and Cathy were murdered. However, as they searched, warm tears filled Niamh’s eyes against her volition, and her mood became increasingly depressed.
Kendrick turned around, seeing that Niamh was staring blankly out of a broken window, and walked over to her quickly.
When he noticed the glistening tears in her eyes, he immediately understood what she was feeling. In truth, he was feeling the same way.
“Nia, don’t cry. Don’t be sad.”
“I’m really sad.” The tears in Niamh’s eyes began to roll down her cheeks uncontrollably.
“Cathy and Adam had done so much for us, yet we weren’t able to do anything for them when they needed us…”
In addition to feeling sad, Niamh was deeply ashamed. The tears in her eyes were already obscuring her vision.
“Maybe Adam and Cathy wouldn’t have faced such a tragedy if they had never met us.”
“Nia, don’t say such silly things. I believe that Adam and Cathy didn’t regret knowing us and befriending us,” Kendrick comforted her. “All we can do now is to find the culprit who’s responsible for this arson.”
Niamh sobbed quietly. “Kendrick, I want to see them for the last time.”
Kendrick did not refuse, “I’ll go with you.”
“Okay.” Niamh lifted her slender fingers to wipe the stray tears at the corners of her eyes. When her vision cleared, she immediately saw a figure walking past hurriedly outside.
Although Niamh only had a fleeting glimpse of the figure flashing past, intuitively, it felt very familiar to Niamh.
Niamh ignored Kendrick, who reached out a hand to wipe her tears, and quickly walked out.
“Nia.” Kendrick found this odd and immediately caught up to her.
Once outside, Kendrick immediately spotted a woman walking away hurriedly.
Although he could not recognize the figure from the back, he too found it familiar.
Suddenly, an image of a particular person’s face flashed across Kendrick’s mind. “Ada?”
“That’s her,” Niamh confirmed as she quickened her pace to catch up to Ada who was rushing off hastily.
“Ada!”
Niamh strode up to Ada and obstructed Ada’s path.
Ada had no choice but to stop.
She looked impatiently at Niamh, who was standing firmly in front of her, and rolled her eyes. ” Don’t stand in my way, Eveline. Are you aware of my current status?”
Niamh studied Ada’s smug and arrogant appearance, then raised her pair of beautiful cold eyes.
“Of course, I’m aware of your status. You’re merely Carter’s wife in name.”
A look of dissatisfaction flashed across Ada’s arrogant face.
She had not expected that even Niamh knew that Ada was merely Carter’s wife in name.
Upon noticing Ada appearing to be going through some mental struggle, Niamh looked at her calmly.
“Carter married you, but he cares for another woman instead—he has even fathered a child with her. In light of this plain fact, will anyone still believe that Carter regards you as his wife? “
“You…” Ada’s anger was ignited instantly. “What are you trying to do, Eveline? Did you come here deliberately just to make fun of me or something?”
“I don’t have time to make fun of you, nor will I do anything else,” Niamh said and glanced toward the burned house behind Ada. ” I just want to find out why you were sneaking at the door and looking into the house suspiciously just now.”
” ” Ada was momentarily stunned. Instinctively, her guilty gaze avoided Niamh’s beautiful eyes. A few seconds had passed before she finally opened her mouth to speak in a domineering tone.
“What a joke! I’m Mrs. Gray of this family. The entire villa belongs to me. I’ve had too much to eat and was bored, so I decided to go for a walk in the garden of my own villa. Is that something I need to report to an outsider like you?”
After a series of angry retorts, Ada snorted coldly.
“What a troublesome early morning. People coming in and out, all merely because of the death of two insignificant outsiders. Is it worth all the excitement?”
Niamh’s emotional state had initially calmed down, but when she heard the way Ada had described Cathy and Adam, the suppressed anger in her flared up immediately.
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.