“Do you think it’s appropriate to take food on behalf of my wife, uncle?” Kendrick asked in dissatisfaction. Then, he started at Niamh eerily. “You should know what you should eat.”
Niamh felt her head hurting all of a sudden. When did she start to lose the freedom to choose what she wanted to eat?
In order to not involve Felipe in this, she put the curry in her mouth.
The spiciness of the curry traveled from her mouth to her stomach. The burning sensation made Niamh extremely uncomfortable.
Niamh finished her food with no choice. Then she felt her stomach gurgling as it burnt uncomfortably.
Nevaeh even deliberately brought her more curry. “Niamh, you have to drink the curry while it’s hot. Piping hot curry is the essence of this dish. You can’t let Mrs. Waldburg’s effort go to waste.”
Niamh was feeling unwell. There was a sheen of cold sweat on her forehead as well. At this moment, Kendrick urged, “Why are you not eating?”
“I don’t think Niamh can handle the spice.” Felipe could see that something was wrong with Niamh.
However, Kendrick laughed. He looked at Niamh. “You can’t handle the spice? Didn’t you have the time of your life eating tacos with hot sauce with Daniel last time?”
Niamh knew what happened back then. She felt sad when she recalled what happened.
She picked up the bowl with no choice. However, before she could drink much, she felt an extreme reaction in her stomach. Then, she felt her throat getting hot before she vomited blood along with the curry.
Niamh was caught unprepared. She reached over to pull out some tissues to soak up the blood. She was frantic. She did not know why she vomited blood, however, she did not want to let Kendrick see this.
“Niamh! I don’t care if you don’t want to eat, but why did you tarnish my food?”
Mrs. Waldburg did not notice that there was blood in the curry Niamh vomited out. She pointed at Niamh and screeched angrily.
“Tell me before you come here next time so that I can get away from you! I don’t want to see you ever again!”
“Don’t be mad, Mrs. Waldburg.” Nevaeh ran over quickly to comfort her. However, she did not forget to look back at Niamh and smirked at her.
She saw clearly that Niamh was throwing up blood.
She knew very well that Niamh could not operate on her tumor anymore. Her lifespan would be shortened if she ate such triggering food now.
If Niamh died, then her chance to be the legally wedded wife would be here.
“Are you trying to gross me out?” Kendrick roared angrily next to her.
Niamh endured the burning pain in her stomach and covered her mouth. The taste of blood in her throat did not go away. She was afraid that she would throw up more blood if she opened her mouth.
“Kendrick, don’t be mad. Niamh did not do this on purpose.” Felipe’s tone was calm and he was worried about Niamh. “Are you okay?”
Niamh felt tears welled up in her eyes. At the end of the day, the person who was most concerned about her was the person she knew a few days ago.
She held back her tears and shook her head.
“I’m fine…” She squeezed those words out through gritted teeth.
However, her answer enraged Kendrick. “You played dead when I talked to you but on the other hand, you can’t wait to answer him when he asks you a question. Niamh, you’re really something else!”
He yanked Niamh up angrily. At this moment, the old master’s voice boomed from upstairs.
“Why is it so noisy?”
The old master’s eyes were squinted. He looked like he just woke up from his nap.
“Are you done eating? If you’re done then go home.” He looked at Kendrick who was holding Niamh and he smiled deeply. “Go now, go back and make a baby. I’m waiting for Niamh to give me a big fat grandson.”
A big fat grandson.
Niamh started crying. Her tears fell on the back of Kendrick’s hand.
Kendrick suppressed his anger and pulled Niamh into his arms. He smiled at the old master. “Don’t worry, grandpa. I’ll go home and make a baby with Niamh now.”
His tone was firm but Niamh knew he was mad. He was seething.
Kendrick forced himself to turn around while holding Niamh. When he passed Felipe, he looked at him with hostility in his eyes.
Kendrick sped home. When the car stopped, Niamh rushed into the toilet and started projectile vomiting.
When she saw the blood on the sink, her face was white. She supported herself lifelessly on the sink.
Was her tumor worsening?
Was she finally going to die?
She looked at her reflection in the mirror lamentably. She was as pale as a ghost.
Kendrick’s footsteps got nearer and nearer. Niamh quickly turned on the tap to wash the blood away. Then, she gargled hurriedly.
After she cleaned up, Kendrick dragged her away.
“Why are you so filthy, Niamh? Hm? It’s fine if you want to gross me out, but you even want to involve my family!”
Niamh crashed into his firm chest limply. Her brain was buzzing. The burning sensation in her stomach was still there to stay.
She wanted to run away badly, but Kendrick pulled her to the side of the bathtub like he was mad. He took the showerhead and sprayed cold water on her face and body.
It was in a house with the heater off during winter.
It was freezing.
It was so cold that Niamh’s heart froze instantly.
However, she was hoping that it would get colder. It would be great if it was so cold that it numbed her entire body.
That was she would not have to feel pain anymore, be it her body, or her heart.
Kendrick saw that Niamh was not struggling at all. So, he stopped what he was doing and yanked Niamh up as she trembled.
He saw that her face was as white as snow and there was no color on her face. She looked like a puppet that had its blood drained from its body. What was left was only its empty shell.
Kendrick suddenly felt scared. “Niamh, Niamh…”
He was calling her name but she did not respond.
“Niamh, don’t play dead! I’m asking you to talk!” Kendrick’s heart was beating so fast he felt as if it was in overload. A fear that he had never felt before started taking over him.
When he saw that Niamh was still not reacting, he carried her and placed her on the bed.
He hurried over to take some clean clothes for her to change into, but he turned around and saw Niamh sitting up.
Kendrick felt as if he had been cheated. He threw the clothes on the floor and charged over to grab Niamh’s collar.
“Niamh, you’re indeed playing dead!”
He snarled through gritted teeth.
Niamh’s shaky body was being held in place tightly by Kendrick. If that sharp pain in her body was not preventing her from falling asleep, then she might have never woken up.
“Tell me, tell me if Felipe and you are in cahoots! If not, based on his personality, why would he pay so much attention to what you do?”
Kendrick’s questions were very amusing to Niamh.
The attention he thought Felipe was giving her was just his ignorance of her.
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.
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