Niamh turned around and saw Carter who had suddenly appeared behind her, and her pulled herself together.
When Carter saw Niamh, he smiled faintly at her.
He walked carefreely to Niamh and looked at Shirley who stared at him with a conflicted look, then he opened his mouth.
“Mrs. Waldburg, are you so free to visit the enemy who had poisoned and tormented your and your husband?”
Carter sounded very sarcastic. It was obvious he was provoking her.
Niamh calmly looked at Carter, who was smirking arrogantly, then calmly said, “Carter, do you really think my husband and I don’t know anything?”
“What do you mean?” Carter frowned.
Niamh boldly met Carter’s probing and questioning eyes.
“Shirley did everything for you, including developing the poison. It was all your idea. She had merely been following your orders the whole time. ”
Niamh said and looked at Shirley behind her.
“At most, she had been a fool blinded by love. Her pure heart was deceived by the person she loved and your sweet talk.”
Carter laughed when he heard what Niamh said.
He looked at Niamh, his smile brimming with mockery.
“Eveline, do you see your previous self in Shirley?” “Just spit it out,” Niamh said decisively.
Carter looked at Niamh and said with a smile, “ Back then, you, too, were blinded by love like a fool. You loved Kendrick with all your heart and then he severely hurt you. Yet, you still forgave him like a fool.”
Niamh did not want to think about her painful past when Carter brought it up.
She looked at Carter, and when she was about to retort, Carter took two steps toward her, and his eyes were right in front of her eyes.
“Eveline, look into my eyes. Don’t try to find excuses for Kendrick. You were foolish back then. Kendrick didn’t love you. He was so ruthless because he didn’t love you. While he kept on letting you down, he was happily holding another woman.”
Niamh knew Carter was saying that on purpose, but she felt that her emotions were getting affected unconsciously, and she felt an intense pain in her heart.
It was during this moment of daze and pain, Niamh heard Shirley’s voice behind her.
“Don’t look! Don’t look into his eyes, Eveline! He’s hypnotizing you!’
As Shirley said that, she used all her might to pull Niamh’s wrist.
Niamh came back to her senses immediately. Her heart, which was beating painfully a second ago, instantly returned to normal.
Niamh then knew why her emotions were affected—it was Carter’s hypnosis again.
“Carter, you’re the noble Viscount of St. Piaf, and you’re also highly educated. Why can’t you be a straightforward and upright person?” Niamh looked at him in contempt.
Although Carter did not show any emotion despite his hypnotism was interrupted, he glared at Shirley.
Shirley, however, looked back at him fearlessly because she had seen through everything. If she was not afraid of death, what else would she be afraid of?
“What can truly be considered straightforward and upright?” Carter asked Niamh in disdain. “Were the things Kendrick had done to you straightforward and upright?”
“Carter, don’t try to distract me with the things that happened between me and my husband in the past. We don’t need your meddling. You ought to mind your own business.”
“My own business? Mrs. Waldburg, pray tell, what business of mine needs your concern?”
Carter asked. There was a faint smile on his handsome face, but that smile did not look friendly at all.
“Carter, you’re asking me? Why did you go find my husband? Aren’t you making a fuss out of nothing?”
“Oh, that.” Carter looked as if he came to a realization. “ I’ve warned you about that before, so why are you asking me again?”
Carter said slowly and walked to the side of the bed. His eyes were fixed on Shirley’s face, then his gaze darkened.
“I’ve said that I want to avenge my innocent child. I won’t let my child’s sacrifice be in vain.”
Intense hatred shot out from Carter’s eyes as he spoke.
Shirley bit her lip. “Carter, I gave up on that child myself. It had nothing to do with anyone else.”
“Nothing? You’re telling me that it has nothing to do with anyone else?” Carter laughed. “If Kendrick hadn’t injected the AXP69 poison into your body, you wouldn’t have given up on our child.
“If you hadn’t tried to get the AXP69’s anti-toxoid test reagent for Eveline, you wouldn’t have used our child to deceive me, to get the ingredient for the anti-toxoid test reagent.”
Carter suppressed his anger. He looked into Shirley’s gradually reddening eyes and asked his last question.
“We’ve reached this stage and you’re still telling me that our child’s death had nothing to do with them? Huh?”
Shirley pressed her lips together, sobbing, and said, “They had nothing to do with this. I developed the poison and you gave the order.”
“Carter, you got one thing right. Our child was innocent, but you and I are not. We brought this upon ourselves. Thankfully that child is gone, otherwise, he’d also feel ashamed for having parents like us.”
After listening to what Shirley said, Carter’s face darkened immediately.
“ Shirley Brown. ” Carter coldly spat out Shirley’s name through his thin lips.
Shirley looked at the enraged man neither obsequiously nor superciliously.
“Carter, I’ve come to my senses now, and so should you. We were the ones at fault, and we killed our child. We can’t blame anyone.”
Shirley lifted her red eyes and looked at Niamh at one side.
“Eveline, I hope it’s not too late for me to do this. I won’t ask for your forgiveness. I don’t deserve it anyway.”
Shirley’s eyes grew solemn as she spoke.
“Eveline, you should leave. Don’t come to me anymore. I’m grateful that you and Kendrick chose to believe me in the end. I finally know how it feels to be a good person instead of a bad person. Thank you. Go now. Don’t concern yourself with me anymore. Go.”
From the way Shirley was kicking her out, Niamh could tell what Shirley was worried about.
Shirley was worried that Carter might harm Niamh.
However, Niamh had, of course, taken some precautions since she came alone.
She held Shirley’s hand and gave her a calm and steady smile.
“I’ll go, but you have to take care as well. No matter what, you can’t give up on your life. I believe Adam and Cathy would feel the same way as I do. We all hope you to be well.”
After saying that, Niamh patted the back of Shirley’s hand gently, then lifted her beautiful eyes and glared at Carter coldly before she left.
When Carter saw Niamh leaving the room, he eyed Shirley for a few seconds before he turned around.
“Carter, let her leave, ” Shirley quickly called out to Carter. “Don’t do anything that you’ll regret.”
Carter stopped in his tracks. “The thing I regret the most is giving you the chance to confront me like this.”
Shirley was dazed when she heard that. When she came back to her senses, Carter had walked out of the room.
“Carter! Carter! Don’t do anything stupid! ” Shirley yelled toward the entrance.
Carter heard her but he neither stopped nor turned back.
When Niamh heard footsteps, she could guess that it was Carter. However, she did not panic and continued walking calmly.
“Eveline.”
Niamh heard Carter’s voice behind her when she reached the bottom of the stairs.
“You’re very bold to step foot in here again.”
Niamh turned around calmly. “I’ve already been through hell once. Did you think your place is scarier than hell?”
Carter seemed baffled when he Carter heard that. How could he have forgotten? The Niamh he remembered had always been so bold and confident.
She never gave up even when she was disfigured from the yacht explosion.
“Carter, did you really care about that child that much? If you did, you wouldn’t treat the child’s mother like this.”
Carter frowned. “You have no right to comment about me and Shirley.”
“I don’t. But ask yourself, do you really care about Shirley? If you do, you wouldn’t repeatedly force her to do things she doesn’t want to do.”
Carter’s furrowed tighter and tighter at what Niamh said.
“Eveline, I’m not asking you to teach me how to go about my business.”
“What are you going to do then? Stop me and hypnotize me? Is this your so-called revenge?”
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.