Kendrick hugged Niamh by her waist, thinking about carrying her back to the holiday house to rest, but when he turned around, he saw Felipe’s figure appear in front of him.
The water-like gentleness on Kendrick’s face turned into a sharp edge. “Move aside, don’t block my way.”
Felipe did not retreat but moved forward and walked up to him with a solemn expression.
Seeing Niamh who was leaning against Kendrick’s arms and gradually waking up, he frowned before saying, “Give Niamh to me.”
Hearing this, Kendrick felt like he was listening to God’s joke. “I won’t give Nia to any man other than me. And if it’s you, it’s even more impossible.”
His tone was cold with a domineering and strong momentum.
Wanting to prevent Niamh from feeling uncomfortable, Kendrick was too lazy to deal with Felipe. He walked around him, then walked straight forward.
“Kendrick, you keep saying that you regret your past actions and that you love Niamh. If you really love her, you’ll give her to me now. And from now on, you’ll never see Niamh again.”
Kendrick’s pace slowed down little by little.
Felipe looked at his back and said, “You should be very clear about how much Niamh hates you. If you really love her and want to make it up to her, let her live the life she wants. Don’t disturb her tranquility.”
“If you continue to pester her, it’ll only make her unhappy. This is not the way to truly love someone.”
After Felipe’s words fell, Kendrick’s mind echoed the words Niamh had said to him not long ago.
“Kendrick, do you know what it’s like to really love someone? It’s definitely not what you did to me.
“So, you don’t love me at all.”
No.
He did.
Kendrick denied it.
He lowered his eyes desolately as he looked at Niamh who was gradually regaining consciousness. She was about to wake up. In his tears, he forced a smile on his face.
“Nia, I love you.”
His confession fell lightly before Niamh woke up. Felipe then walked to his front and took Niamh away from his arms.
Kendrick dropped his empty arms, his heart feeling the same way.
He watched Felipe hug Niamh aboard the boat before it quickly sped away. The ripples that spread gradually across the waters recovered their calm, but his heart seemed to have fallen under the deep sea, falling down and never to return in this life…
Not long after Felipe brought Niamh onto the boat, she woke up.
She opened her feeble eyes and saw Felipe’s handsome face that was filled with concern and worry.
“Eveline. Eveline, are you awake?” he asked softly.
Niamh was not fully awake yet. She rolled her eyes and looked around as if she was looking for something in her confusion
“Eveline?”
“Felipe?” Niamh looked at the man holding her questioningly. “Why is it you?”
“Dummy, who else would it be?” He stroked her cheek. “I knew you were taken away by Kendrick, so I‘ve been looking for you. When I had just taken a boat to the shore, I saw you accidentally falling into the water.”
Listening to him, Niamh slowly recalled what happened before she passed out.
She saw Kendrick turn and walk away, and as he walked farther and farther, for some reason, she was in a daze. The bookmark she was holding had fallen out of her hand as well.
She was anxious to retrieve the leaf bookmark, but it had fallen into the sea accidentally.
“Thank goodness, you’re okay. Do you know how scary it was just now? I was really afraid that just like that, you wouldn’t wake up anymore.”
Niamh froze for a few seconds before blinking her tired eyes. “You rescued me? Kendrick—”
“He was gone when you had the accident.”
With this answer, Niamh felt like her heart had fallen to the bottom of the sea again.
At the time, she had vaguely felt Kendrick fishing her up from the sea, holding her on the shore while calling her name anxiously.
It turned out that it was an illusion.
He was gone.
He was indeed gone.
He did not even look back.
“Felipe, I’m still a little dizzy. I want to sleep for a while,” Niamh said lightly.
“Well, you go ahead and sleep. I’ll stay with you.”
“Yeah,” Niamh replied, squeezing the bookmark in her hand and slowly closing her eyes.
…
After handing Niamh over, Kendrick remained on the bank of the river as if he was a body that had lost its soul.
His wound was bleeding and inflamed, but he was indifferent.
The piercing heartache had made him lose all his other senses.
It was getting dark. He looked at the vast sea and faced the sea breeze, desperately shouting Niamh’s name at the borderless sea…
Niamh was picked up by Felipe, and they returned to his single-family villa in the suburbs.
After a few days of recuperation, Niamh’s state was almost recovered.
For fear of more disturbances if they delayed things a few days more, Felipe booked flight tickets to return to F Country for Niamh and Jackson. He also decided to return to F Country with the mother and son.
When Niamh knew about it, she had said that she would definitely board the plane this time, but she suddenly proposed to go back to Montgomery Manor in the last two days to spend some time with her biological parents.
Felipe agreed.
He also had to deal with some matters in these two days.
Eloise and Sean learned that Niamh would be taking Jack to live in F Country. They felt really reluctant in their hearts, but they still agreed.
They had only gotten her to call them ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ because of Niamh’s amnesia. In exchange, they got this rare happiness as a family. They could no longer be greedy and could not ask for more.
However, Jackson did not seem to be very happy. He pulled Niamh’s skirt and blinked suspiciously. “Mommy, are we really going to live elsewhere? What about Daddy? Shouldn’t Dad come with us? “
Niamh heard the words, and the image of Kendrick’s back after he had left her alone on the coast suddenly appeared in her mind. Her heart hurt for no reason. In her daze, she heard Jack suddenly shout, “Dad!”
“Dad!” The little guy’s clear and sweet voice broke the silence.
Niamh raised her eyes and looked outside the iron gates.
It really was Kendrick.
He wore a simple casual outfit and the off-white shirt added a touch of warmth as well as elegance to his cold but handsome appearance.
Kendrick seemed to be a little surprised when he saw Niamh, but he quickly put on a light and gentle smile before walking toward the mother and son.
Niamh’s gaze fell on Kendrick’s heart subconsciously.
She thought of the day when Kendrick had forcibly held her hand to his own heart, piercing it.
The wound should not have healed so quickly.
“Daddy.” On his short legs, Jackson ran toward Kendrick.
Kendrick crouched down and spread his arms to greet the little guy. “Jack.”
He held the warm and soft little boy, kissing Jack’s cheek affectionately.
“You’ll be going to live somewhere else with your mom tomorrow. Listen to your mom, okay?” he whispered, his smiling eyes hiding his unspeakable struggle.
Jackson blinked as he looked at Kendrick with his large, clear, and innocent eyes. “Jack wants to live with his parents.”
Kendrick’s heart ached when he heard the words, but he smiled reluctantly and touched Jack’s little head. “Daddy has a lot of things to do. It’ll take a while. Once I’m done, I’ll come to you, alright?”
“Then, Daddy must come to see Jack. Mommy and I will always wait for Daddy,” Jackson said, stretching out a cute little pinky.
Kendrick understood and stretched out his little finger to hook it with Jackson’s.
Niamh silently watched on the side. There were no ripples on her gentle and demure face, but there were rising and falling waves in her heart.
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.