Niamh interrupted the two men who were engaged in a heated fight.
The air around them fell silent with only the sounds of rustling leaves.
Kendrick turned around and saw that Niamh’s eyes were red. Her face was frigid as well. He called out to her in pity, “Nia…”
“Shut up.” Niamh looked at the two men in front of her with a piercing gaze. “One is someone I used to love but who also hurt me the most, and the other is a man who I trust unconditionally and view as my close friend.
“Both men say that they hope I can be happy, but now?”
Niamh smiled as hot tears rolled down her cheeks.
“You’re the ones who killed Lily, not me.”
“Nia, don’t think about it like that…”
“We’ll just pretend as if we have never known each other from today onward. I don’t want to see you again. Never.” Niamh turned around and left.
Kendrick and Felipe watched dispiritedly as Niamh left. After a while, they exchanged glances for a moment before parting ways with their backs against each other.
Felipe went back to his place with rage burning in his chest. He felt agitated no matter how he thought about this.
Niamh knew everything.
No.
There was still something she did not know. She did not know that Felicity was Nevaeh.
Even so, everything that he had orchestrated in the past three years was all ruined.
Felipe’s eyes darkened as he picked up the phone to call Kendrick. After the call went through, he said frankly, “Kendrick, you’re right. Lillian is your daughter.”
On the other end, Kendrick felt delighted when he heard Felipe admitting this to him.
However, when he thought about Lillian’s absence, his joy quickly turned into pain.
When he was about to say something, he heard Felipe say, “Although you’re her father, so what? I was with Eveline when she was pregnant with Lillian. Plus, Lillian’s first word when she learned to talk was ‘daddy’. Kendrick, to Lillian, I am her only daddy.”
“Felipe, what are you trying to say? Are you showing off to me?”
“Hmph.” Felipe snorted. “I just want to tell you now that things have come to this, we need to have a solution. I’ll wait for you where Lillian was killed half an hour later. If you show up, I’ll give you all records of Lillian from the moment she was born. If you don’t, then just pretend I never made this call.”
Felipe hung up before Kendrick could reply.
Cathy stood by the wall of the study while her body was covered in bruises and wounds.
She contemplated before going back to her room quietly.
After pondering, she picked up her phone and typed out a string of words…
Niamh did not go back to Montgomery Manor after she left.
She walked aimlessly along the streets. Despite the hustle and bustle around her, she still felt a bone- piercing chill in her heart.
Never in her wildest dreams would she think Felipe was capable of doing such heinous things.
Niamh felt that this was ridiculous. The man who told her he loved her was doing something that hurt her instead.
Suddenly, she felt lost. What was true love like?
Suddenly, she received a message from an unknown number. When she looked at the text, she was full of doubts.
After contemplating for a while, she decided to go to the place that was stated in the text.
When she got there, she saw Kendrick and Felipe talking.
It was already dusk and the sky was gloomy. Then, it started drizzling. In the midst of the coldness, Niamh saw them in a state of mutual hostility. They looked like they were going to fire at each other at any moment now.
From a distance, she could hear Kendrick saying, “Felipe, give me my daughter’s records.”
“Sure.” A thought-provoking smirk appeared on Felipe’s face. However, in the next second, he lifted his right hand and revealed a gun. “However, you need to give me something in exchange for these records.”
Niamh was surprised once again when she saw Felipe pointing the gun at Kendrick.
However, Kendrick did not dodge nor show the slightest trace of fear. He stood there looking calm and unperturbed.
Felipe held the gun without a hint of warmth on his face. “Kendrick, you and I are both descendants of the Waldburgs, but why is your life so different from mine? You were brought up living the life of a prince with nobody going against you, but what about me?”
He scoffed and started venting all of the frustrations he had accumulated in his heart.
“My parents were killed by a scoundrel. Then, he abandoned me in F Country to let me fend for myself just to ‘train’ me. I even had to watch you marry the woman I love and witness you trampling all over her, hurting her over and over again.”
Kendrick’s expression was not as solemn when Felipe mentioned Niamh.
He was remorseful and regretful about what happened in the past few years.
“Kendrick, do you know how long I had to wait for Niamh to lose all hope for you and divorce you? I waited for ten years, but now?
“I brought her back from death and helped her stand on her own feet. I stayed with her during her hardest moments and I let her do what she loved so she could fulfill her dreams. I thought that when the time came, she would belong to me for the rest of her life. However, the truth has told me that her heart was never with me.”
“Felipe, you can’t just force someone into having a relationship with you. This whole time, your love was just one-sided.”
“No, it’s not one-sided.” Felipe curled the corners of his lips suddenly as an evil smirk appeared on his face. “Niamh and I will fall in love with each other as long as you disappear forever,” he said while loading the gun. His eyes were looking more and more ominous.
“Kendrick, you must be missing your daughter, right? I’ll send you off to see her now.”
Bang!
After Felipe’s statement, the muffled sound of a bullet firing broke the silence of the outskirts of town.
After the gun was fired, Niamh felt something tugging on her thoughts. At the same time, a muffled crashing sound appeared in her mind as well, and it was… a car crash.
In the next second, a lot of memories started flooding back in front of Niamh’s eyes, including how she used to so stubbornly love someone named Kendrick Waldburg. Even if he was cold and heartless to her, she would still love him deeply. Then, the image of her doing everything for him without complaints appeared in her brain.
She remembered.
She remembered everything.
She also remembered how she stopped hating Kendrick before the car crash.
That day, in front of the house, she heard Kendrick sincerely telling Jackson about how remorseful he felt. Moreover, the sincerity on his face made her let go of her hatred toward him.
‘I’ve already stopped hating him.’
Niamh finally understood.
Her hatred toward Kendrick after that was all influenced by Felipe.
Felipe…
Niamh could not imagine how such a gentle and kind man would have such a scheming heart.
“Kendrick, think of the bullet just now as you repaying me for the sake of our relationship. Now, I won’t go easy on you no matter what.”
Felipe’s cold voice pulled Niamh back to reality.
She came back to her senses and saw Felipe pointing the dark muzzle of the gun at Kendrick’s heart.
They were standing very close to each other, so Kendrick would undoubtedly die if Felipe decided to fire.
Niamh’s heart started beating erratically. At this moment, she heard Kendrick saying calmly, “Yeah, I miss Lillian a lot, but before I find the real person who murdered her, I won’t allow myself to die.”
His tone was firm and he looked extremely confident.
“Heh.” Felipe scoffed, and there was a dark look in his eyes. “Then, let’s see if you’re faster than my bullet.”
After Felipe said that, he pulled the trigger.
The bullet fired out quickly from the muzzle at the speed of light.
However, the moment the bullet was fired out from the gun, Kendrick managed to dodge it!
Niamh ran out when she saw this.
Felipe’s face turned dark. It was obvious that he was not happy.
However, he quickly loaded the gun again and did not give Kendrick a chance to dodge before he pulled the trigger.
A spark appeared on the muzzle and the bullet fired out quickly.
Felipe curled the corner of his lips and was excited to watch Kendrick bleed out. However, within a few nanoseconds, he saw a figure appearing in his vision.
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.