“I was the one making you worry. I’ve even gotten you hurt.”
As Niamh looked at Kendrick’s injured calf, her heart broke into pieces.
“Carter would really do anything, but now, he should have gotten the karma and punishment he deserves.”
“What happened?” Kendrick asked for the details of what happened at the wedding, and Niamh told him everything.
After listening to that, Kendrick understood why Niamh continued to play dumb after her hypnosis was broken.
He was glad, but at the same time, he was heartbroken. He then tightened his arms.
However, when he recalled what happened with the maid just now, Kendrick’s eyes were filled with intense conflict and helplessness.
Carter lost, but at the same time, he also won.
Carter created a taint that could never be erased between Kendrick and Niamh.
That man was so devious. Two days later.
The Royal Palace of St. Piaf put out a notice that they were revoking Carter’s status as the viscount. Additionally, they were going to punish and question him accordingly.
However, when someone was sent to bring Carter, Carter was nowhere to be found.
The Gray family was in chaos, and Camille did not know what to do.
In the drizzle of December, Shirley, with her simple luggage, steered her wheelchair to the road junction to hail a ride.
She decided to leave, but reluctantly, she turned her head to look at the familiar manor.
As her thoughts wandered, the ride she had called stopped in front of her…
Shirley quickly collected her wandering thoughts. The sky was gray, and it was drizzling.
Shirley was having an unquiet state of mind. She looked at the driver who came over to help her and thanked him.
The driver wore a cap and a face mask. He did not speak. He merely kindly helped her into the car and put away the wheelchair.
Shirley sat in the car and looked at the scenery outside the window. Her expression looked abnormally dispirited.
During the drive, the driver would occasionally lift his eyes to look at Shirley from the rearview mirror.
Shirley, who was looking out of the window the whole time, did not know that the driver was observing her.
Although it was only drizzling, Shirley felt that it was raining cats and dogs in her heart.
Her only family member had died, and the friend who took care of her this whole time was dead as well.
She had even personally gone to destroy the future o f the man she loved the most.
Heh.
Shirley chuckled at herself. She felt that her life was a failure.
It was true. She was such a failure.
She thought self-deprecatingly. Unbeknownst to her, the car had driven very far.
Shirley had not been paying attention to their whereabouts, but after a long time, she realized the car was not driving toward the airport.
She was going to go back to Glendale and back to her old home, but this was obviously not the way back home.
Even though Shirley’s hometown was in Glendale, she had been living in St. Piaf for so many years that she was very familiar with this entire place.
“Excuse me, this isn’t the way to the airport. You’re going in the wrong direction, “Shirley reminded him.
The driver, however, did not heed her and only continued to drive.
Shirley thought the driver was driving the wrong way, but when she realized that the driver was ignoring her, she felt that something was not right.
“Excuse me, ” Shirley called out again, but the driver was still ignoring her.
Shirley was agitated. She could not move the lower half of her body, but she could still move her upper body.
She moved forward and saw the side of the driver’s face. Despite the face mask and cap, she would never forget that familiar jawline.
Shirley’s eyes widened in shock, and she suddenly reached out her hand and removed the driver’s cap and face mask.
“Carter, it’s you!”
Carter turned a deaf ear and remained silent. His expression was cold, devoid of emotion.
“Carter, stop the car, ” Shirley insisted in a firm tone. “You’re basically a wanted criminal now, do you know that?”
Wanted criminal.
Carter laughed when he heard those two words.
One day ago, Carter Gray was the noble Viscount of St. Piaf, yet one day later, he had become a down and out wanted criminal. Every dog had its day.
Initially, he thought he could use Niamh to obtain the right to rule, but in the end, he shot himself in the foot.
“Carter, you’re not deaf. I know you can hear me. I’m telling you one more time to stop the car!”
Shirley was agitated, and her tone became deeply worried too.
However, Carter not only continued to mind his own business, he suddenly increased the speed.
Shirley could not stop him, so she could only allow Carter to take her from one road to another.
After some time, Carter finally stopped the car.
Shirley looked out of the car window and saw that the house before her looked familiar.
At this moment, Carter had already gotten out of the car and was at the side of the car in the rain opening the car door. He then bent down and carried Shirley out of the car, ignoring her protests.
“Carter, do you still intend to keep making mistakes now, even at this stage?”
As if mute, Carter remained silent as in the face of Shirley’s accusations.
“Carter!’
“Stop talking.”
Carter finally spoke, but he did not stop walking.
He carried Shirley to the sofa in the house, then he brought in Shirley’s luggage and wheelchair before closing the door.
The rain and wind were rustling outside beneath the gloomy sky.
Inside the house, Carter turned on the heating lamp and heater, and no one could feel the cold wind and haze of December in the house.
Carter removed his coat and slowly sat down in front of Shirley. He then picked up a red apple and started peeling it.
Shirley looked at Carter’s every move coldly, and then she also stopped speaking.
She wanted to see what Carter would do.
Carter slowly peeled the apple and did not look at Shirley. He only stopped when he had peeled the entire apple to its core.
“Are you satisfied with the outcome?” Carter asked, breaking the tense and silent atmosphere.
He lifted his bottomless black eyes and looked faintly at Shirley who remained calm.
“I really didn’t expect that, when I was questioned, you’d stand up and help everyone drive me away. ”
Carter chuckled at himself, then he simultaneously tossed the fruit knife onto the table and threw the apple’s core in his hand into the bin.
He stood up, and his tall and lean body slowly walked up to Shirley. With his back to the light, his shadow enveloped Shirley like darkness.
However, Shirley was no longer scared of him. She sat there calmly with her resolute and leveled gaze.
“ So? Did you kidnap me and bring me here to vent your frustrations? No matter. I’m already in this state, so you can do whatever you want. I won’t be able to fight back anyway.”
When Carter heard what Shirley said, he furrowed his brows.
“ Is that how you see me now?” Carter asked as he chuckled coldly. “I wouldn’t have wasted so much effort to do something to you.”
“What do you want then?” Shirley asked directly.
After she said that, Shirley saw Carter bending down at his waist slowly and approached her.
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