Kendrick was sitting alone. An autumn breeze blew and he vaguely smelled a familiar fragrance in the air.
Then, his phone rang, interrupting his thoughts.
He picked up the phone to answer it and Niamh’s indifferent voice came from the other end. “Mr. Waldburg, can you come to the town office at 9 AM tomorrow?”
After Kendrick’s momentary silence, he then answered affirmatively, “Tomorrow, 9 AM. I’ll wait for you at the town office on the dot.”
“Okay, see you then.” Niamh hung up after speaking.
She held the phone and was lost in a daze for a while before raising a smile to face Felipe who was driving. “Felipe, will you accompany me to the town office tomorrow morning? I don’t want any more accidents.”
“Of course, I can.” Felipe naturally agreed joyfully.
He had also been waiting for this day for a long time.
He did not want any more problems.
As the autumn wind gradually rose, Kendrick held the phone and closed his eyes listlessly.
The moment was finally arriving.
‘Nia, we will finally go our separate ways.’
…
The next day, Kendrick was waiting at the town office since early.
He had to arrive earlier than Niamh, so as not to be noticed by her that he had eye problems.
He imagined that the divorce certificate would not be so smoothly obtained just like the previous times, but in the end, Niamh appeared on time.
Felipe had come with Niamh too.
Kendrick tried his best to behave like a normal person as to not be discovered by Niamh.
The staff looked at the beautiful young couple in front of them and eventually confirmed it with them. “Do the two of you really don’t want to think about it anymore? There will always be fights between husband and wife. Don’t be so rash as to get a divorce.”
“Thank you for your kindness, but we don’t need to think about it.” Niamh’s tone was decisive and straightforward, even tough. “For a marriage where there’s no reciprocal love, a divorce is the best ending. Please settle my divorce certificate with Mr. Kendrick Waldburg as soon as possible because the man who truly loves me is waiting for me outside the door.”
The staff was shocked for a moment. She glanced at the silent Kendrick and quickly completed the formalities. After a while, two red divorce certificates were placed in front of them.
The previous photo of the two on the marriage certificate was now a photo of them by themselves.
As if the past had been torn apart, it could no longer be pieced together.
“Nia.”
“Mr. Waldburg, refrain from calling me that in the future.”
Niamh interrupted him indifferently, saying, “I wish you and your truly beloved woman will eventually get married.”
She uttered the words of blessing and without looking at Kendrick again. She brushed past him.
Kendrick faced Niamh in the direction of her departure. There was endless darkness where his vision could reach.
The darkness struck fiercely, leaving only the last glimmer of support in his heart.
‘Nia, thank you for your blessing.
‘But the only woman I love is you, you fool.’
The moment she stepped out of the town office, Niamh not only did not feel at ease, but instead, she felt even more upset.
Felipe had gone to the parking lot to get the car. She stood at the intersection, dazed.
Suddenly a car whizzed past her, and it would have grazed her if it was just a few more inches closer.
She remembered that Kendrick had rushed over and held her away from danger before, but now…
Niamh looked back and saw Kendrick emerge from the town office desperately. His eyes were hollow as if he could not see the steps in front of him. He stepped onto the air.
Seeing this, Niamh’s heart suddenly trembled as she hurriedly turned and ran toward him.
Niamh reacted instinctively and wanted to help Kendrick, but right at this instant, a woman got out of the car that passed by in front of her.
That woman had run to Kendrick faster than her and held his arm.
Niamh stopped in her tracks and looked at the woman’s back. She suddenly thought of the woman who had had coffee with Kendrick yesterday.
She stood still as if she had suddenly come to a realization.
‘Kendrick Waldburg, it turns out our divorce has helped you.
‘You already have a new lover.
‘And I was never your favorite.’
Felipe stopped his car in front of Niamh. When he got out to open the car door for her, he glanced toward Kendrick from his peripheral vision as the corners of his lips curved upward quietly.
The sudden appearance of Felicity surprised Kendrick.
However, Felicity’s explanation was reasonable. “I have a client who has been mentally abused by her husband for a long time and has some psychological problems. I came here today to accompany her to get the divorce certificate. I didn’t expect to meet you here, Mr. Waldburg.”
She pretended to be confused but asked while knowing clearly in her heart, “Mr. Waldburg, is that also a divorce certificate?”
Kendrick put the divorce certificate in his palm. “It’s none of your business.”
Kendrick was unexpectedly cold, and Felicity was taken aback for a moment. She turned her head and saw that Kendrick had fumbled to the side of the road.
He had lost his sight, but his sense of direction was still so precise.
Seeing Kendrick taking a taxi to leave, Felicity chased after him. “Mr. Waldburg, let me send you back.”
“You and I only have a doctor-patient relationship. Apart from this, we’re strangers. I don’t need you to send me back.” He rejected impassively, got into the taxi, and left.
Felicity did not expect such a rare opportunity today, but she could not even open Kendrick’s heart.
She thought there would be progress today, but now it seemed that she had no chance at all.
Felipe left after sending Niamh back to Montgomery Manor.
Niamh went back to her room and looked at the divorce certificate absentmindedly. She thought of the marriage certificate that Kendrick handed to the staff just now.
She vaguely remembered the photo of herself smiling sweetly on the marriage certificate.
“Eveline.” Eloise walked in and saw the divorce certificate Niamh was holding. She sighed silently. “Let bygones be bygones. Don’t think about it anymore.”
Niamh nodded and asked, “Mom, do you think that if a person truly loves someone, they would do something irrational or even extreme?”
Niamh recalled how Kendrick had taken her to the small island forcibly and committed self-harm.
Eloise thought for a moment. “If they really love someone very much, I think they will. To not lose the person they love, reason is often overshadowed by persistent feelings.”
Niamh thought for a while, then went out.
She asked Ava to meet her at a small restaurant near Glendale University.
Knowing that Niamh and Kendrick finally got the divorce certificate and were completely cut off from their relationship, Ava drank a few bottles of beer happily. Then, she put down a bottle forthrightly.
“Ha! That’s great, Niamh! You’re finally self-aware!” Ava smiled happily and said proudly, “Before this, Dan made a bet with me and said that you’d love Kendrick even more after you recover your memories, but now it seems that I’ve won! You’ll never fall in love with that scumbag again!”
Niamh was a little tipsy, but her consciousness was clear at this moment. “Did Dan really say that?”
Ava nodded repeatedly. “Yes, Dan must be talking nonsense because he got heartbroken.”
“Dan’s heartbroken?”
Ava bumped into Niamh’s shoulder drunkenly. “Niamh, did you forget? Dan likes you. When you were in college, he liked you very much. He even confessed to you in public at the graduation ceremony!”
“But at that time, you—” Ava burped. “At that time, you were relentlessly in love with Kendrick. He was all that you could see. You would watch him quietly during your morning run and you would go to the library every night to see him. You even studied jewelry design for that scumbag.”
“But what’s so good about that scumbag? Doesn’t he just look handsome? Tell me, have you ever been happy after marrying him? You have not, so don’t ever believe what he says now about loving you and all that nonsense. He’s deceiving you. He’s trying to avenge Nevaeh.”
Ava said before falling asleep at the dinner table. In her daze, she was still drunk talking.
“Niamh, don’t ever look back again. He doesn’t love you. He’s deceiving you…”
‘He’s deceiving me.’
Niamh had also thought the same.
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.