Tanner struggled all the way as he was taken to Felipe’s villa in the suburbs.
The sunset was magnificent here.
Felipe sat elegantly by the flowerbed in the courtyard, sipping his black tea in a leisurely manner.
“Who are you? Why did you bring me here? Hurry up and let go of me!” Tanner yelled as he neared.
Very quickly, Felipe’s men pushed Tanner, who was struggling wildly, in front of Felipe.
Tanner staggered and fell in front of Felipe. He raised his eyes sharply and was dumbfounded when he saw the handsome, distinguished, and elegant man in front of him.
“You… Who are you? Why did these people bring me here?”
Felipe lifted the corners of his lips superficially, his tone lazy and casual when he spoke, “Don’t you know what you’ve done?”
Tanner trembled. Could it be that the loan sharks were collecting his debt?
Just as he was making his guess, Felipe stood up. His smart and tall figure exuded a treacherous aura that pressed down the air around them.
“People who make Niamh unhappy can only wish to be happy in this life.”
He laughed, his eyes darkening suddenly.
“Give him a good memory and don’t get my place dirty.”
“Yes, Master Waldburg.”
Hearing this, Tanner knew that this man had come for him because of Niamh.
Tanner’s mouth twitched at the sight of the burly bodyguards in black.
He finally knew to be afraid, but it was too late.
Half an hour later, the bodyguard reported back to Felipe and also informed him of Kendrick’s situation.
After hearing this, Felipe spread a smile on his lips. “Blindness? Broken calf? Are you sure?”
“Yes, and he left the hospital early in the morning to prevent Miss Eveline from knowing about his condition.”
Felipe’s eyes narrowed slightly as he heard this.
‘Kendrick, it seems that I’ve underestimated your feelings for Eveline.
‘But I really didn’t expect you to become blind. It seems that even God is giving me a hand.’
He opened the info record sent from F Country and smiled meaningfully.
…
In the past few days after having returned from the hospital, Kendrick had stayed in the room alone.
He experienced the darkness and anxiety Niamh had faced back then and felt even more distressed.
Only now did he know how difficult it was for a blind person to live a normal life.
He felt that he had lost the right to love her just because of the pain he brought upon Niamh back then.
Kendrick repeatedly listened to the song ‘Innocence and Evil’ that Niamh once sang under the heavy cloudy sky. Suddenly, there was a dispute from downstairs.
He listened carefully and found that Eloise had come over. Karen was angry and complaining about how Niamh made her son blind.
Although Kendrick’s leg injury had not healed, he did not have major problems walking. He fumbled downstairs.
Seeing him approach, Eloise walked toward him quickly.
“Eloise, your daughter has already hurt my son like this. Can you stop pestering Kendrick?” Karen ran over to stop her.
Kendrick looked up and showed his dissatisfaction with Karen before opening his mouth to ask Eloise worriedly, “Did something happen to Nia? Why did you come to me so suddenly?”
Eloise was too lazy to argue with Karen. She raised her eyes to look at Kendrick’s beautiful but out-of- focus eyes. She sighed and said, “Kendrick, can I ask you just one question? Do you love my daughter?”
This question made Kendrick a little surprised.
“Answer me, do you love Eveline or not?” Eloise asked, her tone quite urgent.
Kendrick’s eyes softened. “Of course, I love her.”
“Well, since you love her, I’ll tell you this. Eveline will return to F Country with Felipe tomorrow and may never come back again.”
Kendrick’s soulless eyes were then tinted with a bit of loneliness and melancholy.
“I know.”
“Just like that?” Eloise looked at the man who had reacted so calmly in surprise.
Kendrick pulled up the corners of his lips into a smile. “Not bothering her and getting involved with her is the last thing I can do for Nia.”
Eloise was surprised when she heard this.
Seeing Kendrick touching the handrails and turning back upstairs, she took a step forward. “Tomorrow morning at 10:30 AM. It’s your decision whether or not you’ll be there.” After saying these last words, Eloise left.
Kendrick paused as he was heading upstairs, then moved on.
Karen followed Kendrick and repeatedly emphasized, saying, “Kendrick, you must not go. You and Niamh are not a match for each other at all.
“Kendrick, listen to your mother’s advice. There are many women in this world who are better than Niamh. You don’t need to think about her anymore.”
No matter what Karen said, Kendrick ignored her.
Step by step, he returned to the bridal chamber that used to be Niamh and his.
However, there was no longer the remaining fragrance of her—only loneliness and desertion.
He found their wedding album from back then in the dark and stroked the grains of the photo. Kendrick’s fingertips were cold, and the coldness reached his heart.
‘Nia, as long as you’re happy, I’ll be happy. Even if there will be this gap and regret that I won’t be able to fill up this life.
‘Nia, I’ve just come to know that there really are people in this world who cannot be together because timing really is important.
‘I never did cherish the time when you regarded me as your only love.
‘Now when I have seen the light and truly regret what I’ve done, you already have hatred for me and not love.
‘Perhaps separation is the best ending for you and me.’
…
The next day at Glendale Airport.
Niamh followed Felipe, joining the line to check-in.
Felipe held her hand with a gentle smile. “Eveline, I know you’re reluctant to be here, so let’s go back to F Country to see Lillian. We’ll come back to pick up Jack after a while.”
Niamh nodded and looked toward the direction of Eloise and Sean who came to send them off. She could not help but look behind them.
She did not know what she was looking at or what she was waiting for, but she was looking forward to something in her heart.
Yet in the end, she could not wait for anything.
Niamh boarded the plane to F Country. The moment the plane took off, she felt weightless as if her heart had suddenly gotten lost.
She took out the leaf bookmark, and for a moment, she could not tell whether the boy she had met at the beach was Kendrick or Felipe…
Kendrick stood at the balcony silently, hearing a whistling over his head. Something in his heart shattered fiercely.
‘Nia, you’ve really left this time.
‘You will never have to see this scumbag again.
‘Never again.
…
As the sun set and the moon rose several times over, it became late summer and early autumn in a flash.
Even during the hottest two or three months, Kendrick’s heart was cold.
He had visited many hospitals, both large and small, but none of them could effectively fix his blindness. No doctor dared to operate on his eyes rashly.
One weekend, Winston was accompanying Kendrick to an eye hospital. After the examination, the doctor said that there were no issues with Kendrick’s retina, and the reason why Kendrick’s vision had not recovered after so long could be due to other factors.
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.