‘I love her, and it doesn’t matter that she doesn’t think so.’
They could now hear the sound of ships nearing the shore.
Niamh looked toward the source of the sound with a smile on her face.
She passed by Kendrick without the slightest reluctance.
“Nia, can I hold you just once more?” He made a humble request to her.
Niamh gave him the side-eye and said, “No.”
She refused his request with an indifferent tone before walking away.
The sea breeze blew at Kendrick’s eyes. He started tearing up.
Felipe stood at the bow of the ship and used binoculars to observe the situation on the small island ahead.
Sure enough, he saw Niamh and Kendrick by the coast.
“It seems that the kid inherited your tricks. He knows how to strategize at such a young age.” Felipe put down the binoculars and smiled.
A man in black walked out of the cabin and went to Felipe’s side. The man respectfully said, “Master Waldburg, that woman has successfully arrived in F Country.”
“Okay,” Felipe answered.
“Following your instructions, she has been admitted to Royal Hospital. She can go for surgery at any time.”
“Okay, wait for my instructions.”
“Will do,” the man in black replied in a respectful tone before leaving.
On the island, Kendrick silently followed behind Niamh to the shore.
The ship was getting closer, and at the same time, Kendrick felt that Niamh was starting to get further and further away from him.
She was beautiful, but she was soon to be a beauty who he could never touch again.
‘Nia, I wish the best for you. I can’t give you the warmth and happiness that you deserve, so I hope you can find another man who can give you that. I’ve wronged you.’
’I’m undeserving of you. Goodbye, my dearest Nia, my one and only.’
Kendrick looked at Niamh for one last time and silently turned around.
Tears welled from deep inside, streaming down his cheeks.
He knew that it was all his own doing. He could not blame anyone but himself.
‘My heart hurts so much. It feels like I can’t breathe.’
As the ship got closer, the intensity of the sea breeze increased.
The wind messed up Niamh’s hair. She tried to tidy her hair and caught a glimpse of Kendrick who was about to leave.
Niamh’s heart felt as though it was being stabbed when she saw him.
In a daze, something fell from Niamh’s hand.
She bent down to pick it up. Unfortunately, she stumbled and lost her center of gravity.
Ah!
Kendrick, who was not too far off, heard Niamh’s cry for help. Then, he heard the sound of someone falling into the water.
His heartbeat immediately increased. When he turned around, he did not see Niamh’s figure and only saw a ripple on the shore.
“Nia,” he said her name softly, and in the next second, he ran over as fast as he could.
“Nia!”
He called out to Niamh as he jumped into the sea.
When Felipe saw what was happening from the boat, he was worried that Niamh would be injured. However, he was still far from where Niamh fell into the water and he did not want to swim the distance.
The moment Niamh fell into the sea, she drank a few mouthfuls of seawater.
She did not know how to swim and was struggling to stay afloat.
She gradually lost her strength to continue paddling.
When she was losing her consciousness, a familiar image appeared in her mind.
In that icy and snowy scene, she did not know how to swim but had jumped into the frozen lake.
Kendrick jumped in with her. He grabbed her and wanted to drag her to shore, but she stubbornly pushed him away, saying that she did not need his help.
‘Is that my missing memory?’ Niamh asked herself but could not be sure.
She swallowed more seawater and eventually lost her consciousness.
It was also at that moment that Kendrick got to her.
He dragged her until she was ashore, but Niamh was no longer responsive.
“Nia, Nia, please wake up.” Kendrick patted her pale cheeks in a panic.
Seeing that Niamh was not responding at all, he began to do CPR on her. He kept calling her name.
“Nia, wake up, Nia! Please don’t let anything happen to you. Nia, you can’t just leave me like this, Nia…”
He begged and begged for her to wake up. He kept going with the CPR. His wound was torn apart again and the dazzling bright red blood spread across his top.
For Kendrick, those ten plus seconds felt like ten years.
Niamh’s condition was freaking him out.
He lowered his head again to give Niamh CPR, and when he touched her lips, she was cold.
“Nia, please wake up!”
Tears came out of his eyes.
Niamh’s unresponsiveness made him cry like a child while he continued to give CPR.
“Nia, don’t torture me like this. I know I’m in the wrong. I regret not treating you right. Don’t punish me in this way. Nia, I love you. I really love you. Can you wake up? Wake up and see how I’m regretting it, Nia!”
Kendrick’s mood completely collapsed and fell apart.
He hung his head in despair and pressed it to Niamh’s smooth forehead.
His trembling hand gently stroked her warm and soft cheeks as the hot tears that he was unable to hold back came streaming down.
“Why do you want to torture us so much? Why did I do such stupid things when you loved me so much? Nia, please don’t leave me. Please…”
Kendrick embraced Niamh’s pale face, his heart shattering along with his dripping teardrops as a bone-cutting pain invaded his whole body.
“Nia, if you really want to go to another world, I will accompany you.”
His warm fingertips groped about her profile while his eyes were shrouded in darkness.
“I’ll go wherever you go in the future.”
He smiled, his thin lips falling on Niamh’s as he kissed her deeply.
At this moment, Niamh coughed.
Kendrick’s heart that was almost dying suddenly found its rhythm once more.
“Nia?”
He was so surprised that he looked at Niamh who had suddenly responded.
“Nia, are you awake?”
Cough, cough, cough!
Niamh coughed repeatedly, large mouthfuls of seawater spurting out of her mouth.
“Nia, this is great.” Kendrick embraced her joyfully, letting her lean into his arms. “Nia, are you awake? I’m Kendrick.”
He stared at her and saw her two delicate eyebrows twisting into a frown. Her eyelashes that were soaked in the seawater fluttered twice as if to open her eyes.
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.