“I know what I’m doing. Eveline is the key to smoothly obtain the right to rule.”
“… What?”
Carter’s answer confused Camille.
However, she knew that no matter what she said, Carter would not let Niamh go.
As for Niamh, she knew she would not be able to leave this place so easily, so was not beyond her expectations.
She was mentally prepared for the worst.
Shirley glared at Carter. She knew she would not be able to help Niamh no matter what she did.
Niamh was brought back to the guest room she stayed in before.
She still remembered the day Kendrick came looking for her and wanted to take her away. She had regained consciousness back then, but she had to pretend to not know Kendrick.
Come to think of it, he must have been devastated and disappointed back then.
Niamh walked onto the balcony. She habitually lifted her hand to touch the wedding ring on her ring finger, but she felt nothing there.
How could she have forgotten? She had taken off the ring to leave it on the carpet of the hotel back then.
It should be with Kendrick now.
She believed Kendrick must have seen the clues she left.
“Kendrick, I didn’t think we’d do this again. “But this time, he might completely erase my memory so that he can control my thoughts and memories.
“I hope you can understand why I had been so cruel back then. I know you’ll understand.”
Niamh murmured as she stared toward the clear Click. The sound of the door opening could be heard from behind her. Niamh could tell who it was from the footsteps alone.
“I think you should be ready.” Carter’s nonchalant voice drifted over.
Niamh stood her ground, unmoving, ignoring Carter.
Carter did not care that Niamh was ignoring him. He merely approached her slowly.
“Let me tell you something. Kendrick is already in St. Piaf.”
Carter said as he looked at Niamh. He thought Niamh would react strongly but, surprisingly, she was abnormally calm.
Carter could not understand why Niamh was acting like this. “Why do you not care at all?”
Upon hearing that, Niamh curled the corners of her lips into a slight smile. “My husband will definitely come to find me. This is expected, so why should I be surprised?”
Niamh spoke calmly, then lifted her clear eyes to meet Carter’s ominous gaze. “Are you here just to tell me this?”
Carter looked at the calm Niamh and suddenly, he burst into laughter.
“Eveline, you really are special.”
He said and spread his palms. An old-looking pocket watch fell from his palm and with the tug of the thin chain, it bounced a few times and finally became still again.
Niamh immediately understood what Carter meant.
Two words appeared in her mind—advanced hypnosis.
Carter would not let go of this opportunity to make a move against Kendrick. He had planned this a long time ago. He would neither allow himself to fail nor give Niamh the chance to escape.
“You should already be prepared, right?” Carter asked with a smile.
Niamh smiled. Her eyes, clear and calm as water, stared at Carter.
“Carter, do you believe that evil will never win?”
Carter had not expected Niamh to ask something so childish. He waved the pocket watch in his hand and slowly said, “Evil never wins—only in fairytales. Eveline, starting from now, relax your body and mind. Focus your attention on this pocket watch.
“Do you see the crystal ball in the middle of the pocket watch? Look closely. Do you see Kendrick appear in the crystal ball? If you can’t see him, close your eyes, and then you’ll see the person you want to see the most…”
Carter’s voice was very gentle. He then saw Niamh’s eyes slowly losing focus. He knew he had successfully controlled her thoughts. He lifted the corners of his lips in satisfaction, ready to send her into a deep sleep.
“Eveline, close your eyes and tell me who you see. ”
Carter asked according to the standard procedure. He knew the person Niamh wanted to see most now must be Kendrick. However, he heard another unexpected name coming out of her mouth…
Carter was a little dazed as he looked at Niamh who had started to enter the state of hypnosis. He had not heard it wrongly. Niamh had just said someone’s name, and that someone was not Kendrick.
This deviated from Carter’s hypnosis plan.
He looked at Niamh and he tried to pull Niamh’s thoughts together again.
“Eveline, I’m asking you again. Who did you see in this crystal ball?”
When Niamh heard Carter’s questions, she closed her eyes and, cooperatively and naturally, answered, “Lily. I saw my precious daughter, Lily. ”
When Carter heard this answer again, he could be sure that the person Niamh missed the most right now was her daughter, Lillian.
Lillian was in F Country, and Niamh did not know about her condition and where she was staying. No wonder she missed Lillian so much.
Even though Niamh’s reaction altered Carter’s plan at the last minute, he was able to adapt to the situation very quickly.
Of course, he had always been confident with his hypnosis skills, and he believed that nobody would resist it. With the help of psychology, it would be easy for him to control someone’s heart.
He looked at Niamh before him who had entered the stage, and the corners of his lips curled up…
Approximate half an hour later, Carter finally got the result he wanted.
Shirley was about to head downstairs when she saw Carter walking out of Niamh’s room. She quickly asked the maid to change the direction of the wheelchair and then Shirley yelled at Carter, “
Carter, stop! ”
Carter who was walking in the other direction did not notice Shirley at first, but when he heard Shirley calling out to him, he stopped abruptly and turned his head.
When he saw Shirley approaching him, he turned around.
“Is there anything you want to lecture me about?” he asked in a sarcastic tone with a faint smile on his ice face.
Shirley lifted her hand to point at Niamh’s room. “Why did you go in there?”
She asked directly, “Did you hypnotize Eveline? ”
The corners of his lips seemed to turn up when he heard that. “It was bound to happen sooner or later, and she was prepared for it.”
Shirley frowned when she heard what Carter said. “ Why?” she asked. Her eyes started to turn red and wet. “Carter, why? Why do you keep repeating the same mistakes?”
Shirley was distressed; the corners of her eyes turned wet from her tears.
When Carter saw the suddenly dispirited Shirley, his smile disappeared completely.
Carter slowly walked up to Shirley and lifted his hand to dismiss the maid behind Shirley with a small wave.
The maid, who understood Carter’s meaning, immediately turned around to leave.
Carter slowly squatted in front of Shirley. He then saw the tears falling from Shirley’s eyes and wetting her cheeks as well as the side of her scarred face.
He did not think that her scarred face was ugly. He only knew that Shirley’s tears were as precious as pearls as they fell and scattered in his heart.
“Carter, why? Tell me.”
Upon seeing Shirley crying in such pain, Carter lifted his hand to gently wipe away the tears on Shirley’s face.
“I’ve told you. I won’t let our child die in vain.”
Shirley looked at Carter helplessly. “I’ve told you many times before. The child’s death had nothing to do with others. It’s our fault and it’s our karma.”
“No, ” Carter denied, “Kendrick killed our child. Even if you developed AXP69, he was the one who injected you with it. It was also because of him, that woman Ada had the chance to do all those things. All your pain and suffering are related to Kendrick. Plus, Kendrick had also indirectly caused the deaths of your brother and that girl.”
After listening to what Carter said, Shirley cried and shook her head furiously. “No, that’s not it. That’s not it…”
“That’s what happened.” Carter insisted this was what happened, but his eyes were extremely gentle at this moment. “Shirley, you don’t need to bother yourself with any of this. You just need to recuperate properly. Don’t worry, no matter how much effort and money it’ll take, I’ll cure you and make you stand up again.”
After promising her, Carter rose to his feet and walked behind Shirley to push her wheelchair slowly.
Shirley had nothing to say. There were only silent tears falling from her eyes.
She knew that Carter was determined in insisting on his so-called revenge as if he was presently hypnotized by something unseen.
Carter, too, did not speak further but merely pushed Shirley forward…
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.