In just one night, she turned from a child with no worries to a homeless orphan.
Then, when she was 15, she met Felipe again.
She recognized him immediately.
However, it seemed that he did not remember her nor his promise to her back then.
…
Cathy rested for an entire day. She heard Mrs. Sawyer saying that Felipe went out early in the morning, so she changed into something simple and went to the hospital for a check-up.
After she bumped into the desk, she bled a lot, so she did not know whether her child was still there.
Of course, she prayed that her child would be safe and sound. After she did the tests, she waited for the result anxiously.
However, to her surprise, she saw Felipe walking over with a bouquet of roses.
At this moment, Felipe was completely different from how he looked that day. He was back to his elegant and poised demeanor.
A few women were looking at him, admiring his looks like love-struck teenagers.
Cathy was like that as well. Whenever this happened, she would wonder if she was very lucky. Even if she could not get his love, at least she got his body.
As she was comforting herself, she saw Felipe walking to the inpatient department.
Then, she realized that Felipe was visiting Niamh with a bouquet of roses.
However, why was Niamh in the hospital?
Cathy remembered the text she sent Niamh that day.
She heard that Felipe wanted to meet Kendrick alone and had a bad feeling. Hence, she messaged Niamh and told her about this.
She was hoping that Niamh could stop the two of them and prevent anything bad from happening.
However, it seemed that something bad did happen that day because Niamh was now hurt.
When Niamh woke up in the morning, she knew Kendrick had been here this whole time. However, she did not want to interact with him, so she had been pretending to sleep this entire time.
Kendrick could sense her repulsion toward him, so he left just a while ago.
However, Niamh did not expect Felipe to get here the moment Kendrick left.
He placed the roses on the table, and there was remorse in his gentle eyes. “Eveline, I never wanted to hurt you.”
Felipe apologized and looked at Niamh who was looking out the window. “It doesn’t matter if you believe me or not, but I really didn’t hurt Lillian.
“Even though she isn’t my biological child, I’ve always treated her like she’s my own. I love you, so I love Lillian too.”
Niamh smiled softly. After that, she parted her pale lips and said, “You don’t love me, you just want to dominate me. It’s the kind of male chauvinism that was birthed from your unwillingness to get defeated by Kendrick.”
Felipe furrowed his brows after he heard that. “Is that how you see me?”
Niamh turned her head slowly, her expression icy. “Back then, I didn’t. You were always a gentleman to me, an elegant and humble nobleman.
“I used to think that you were a blessing to my unfortunate life. You saved my life and helped me get back on my feet when I was in such dire straits. I treated you like you were my closest friend and even thought about spending the rest of my life with you. However, what I saw was just the side that you wanted to show me.”
Felipe’s face darkened. “Eveline, this is all a misunderstanding.”
“Perhaps I misunderstood back then. I misunderstood that you were a nobleman who is gentle, elegant, upright, and kind.” Niamh scoffed in self-mockery. “Do you know? I still believed everything you said until yesterday. I still chose to believe you even after Kendrick reminded me again and again that you’re lying to me, but in the end—”
“In the end, you still choose to believe the man who hurt you until you have nothing left?”
“No, I believe in myself.” Niamh’s eyes were sharp. “I remember. I remember everything that happened in the past and everything that happened recently.”
Felipe’s expression changed when he heard this.
She had regained her memories.
Then, it meant that she also remembered that she did not hate Kendrick anymore.
Cathy was eavesdropping outside the room. Suddenly, she did not hear any voices from the inside. She was feeling curious when she heard footsteps approaching. She immediately felt her heart accelerating as she turned around hurriedly to run away.
Felipe walked out of the room with an icy expression on his face. When he lifted his head, he saw a familiar figure flashing past.
Cathy came to the lobby hurriedly and remembered that she had not taken her report.
She quickly joined the queue, and the moment she took the freshly-printed report, the man appeared in front of her with an icy expression.
“Are you stalking me?”
Cathy’s entire body trembled as the report fell from her hand. Then, it landed by Felipe’s feet.
When she saw the report falling in front of Felipe, Cathy’s body went cold.
She squatted down hurriedly to pick it up. However, when she stood up with the report, Felipe snatched it away from her hand.
Felipe looked at the words on the report, his eyes darkening with every passing second.
Cathy stood at one side, feeling so nervous that it was becoming difficult for her to breathe.
She did not even get the chance to look at the report before Felipe frightened her into stone.
She had not dared to tell Felipe about her pregnancy, but now…
Then, out of the blue, she heard Felipe scoffing. His voice was extremely icy. “No wonder you looked like you were about to hurl that day. You’re pregnant.”
Cathy’s face turned as grey as ash when she heard that.
However, in the next second, Felipe’s cold voice leaped into her ears.
“You’re something else. You aborted it the moment you got it.”
What?
Cathy’s heart leaped into her mouth when she heard that. Did it mean that her child was gone?
She lifted her hand subconsciously to touch her stomach. The emptiness was drilling into all of her limbs and bones.
However, before she could be sad, Felipe dragged her over to one side.
He was very strong, so Cathy could not fight against him at all.
Her body was still weak and she started to feel breathless after walking for a while.
She could feel that Felipe was fuming. His entire body was coursing with terrifying coldness.
However, her love for Felipe made her feel happy because she could finally hold his hand.
Even though he was being forceful to her and was hurting her from his strong grip, she was still happy despite the pain.
Cathy thought Felipe would take her home and punish her severely. However, after he dragged her into the car, he transformed into Satan right away.
He snorted before his mocking voice glided into her ears.
“Cathy, is this your love for me?”
He pinched her chin and forced her to look into his eyes. “Back then, Eveline risked her life just so she could protect the child she had with Kendrick. On the other hand, you couldn’t wait to abort the child the moment you got it. I don’t think you love me that much after all.
“It’s fine. You did the right thing because you and I will never have a child together.”
His emotionless and deep voice drifted into Cathy’s ears.
Cathy’s heart broke once again. She wanted to explain and tell him how much she longed for the arrival of the child.
It was just that she had miscarried. However, he was now tormenting her in this way. She felt so wronged that her face had grown pale, but she could not say a word. The only thing she could do was let the tears well up in her eyes.
…
Niamh hurt her shoulder and since it was not a normal injury, it would take a longer time to heal.
A week later, she was discharged.
She went back to Montgomery Manor and stood at the front door. At that moment, she did not know whether she should walk in or not.
At this moment, Eloise came back from sending Jackson to school. When she saw Niamh standing at the front door while deep in thought, she walked over to her with benevolence in her eyes. “Eveline, you’re back from your business trip.”
Niamh came back to her senses and remembered that she did not tell anyone that she was hurt and had to be hospitalized for a week.
She only called Jackson and told him that she needed to go on a business trip. It was obvious that they did not suspect a thing.
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.