He picked it up and realized it was a message from Cathy.
It seemed to be a scheduled message.
[Felipe, by the time you see this, I’ve already gone to see our two children who had no destiny in this world. However, before I left, I also broke Kendrick’s hypnosis.]
[Felipe, you should know better than I that loving and being loved cannot be equal. Eveline Montgomery loves Kendrick Delgado. I hope you’ll stop obsessing over her. Goodbye, Felipe. From now on, there won’t ever be a lady called Cathy who will pester you unknowingly.]
After seeing the message, a tide of complex emotions set off in Felipe’s eyes.
He had not allowed her to go against his order and break Kendrick’s hypnosis without his authorization.
Moreover, he had not allowed the girl who kept saying that she would stay with him and pester him forever to disappear from his world like this.
…
Waldburg Manor.
Half a year had passed and a lot of weeds had grown in the courtyard.
The servants were cleaning up the place as instructed.
“I didn’t expect to be here again.” Old Master Waldburg sighed. “I thought I won’t ever be coming back until the day I died.”
“Grandpa, your body is recovering well. You’ll live a long life.” Niamh wished him sincerely.
“I’m already very happy to see you and Kendrick getting together again.” Old Master Waldburg smiled at Niamh with relief before looking at Kendrick seriously. “If you dare make Niamh sad again this time, I won’t recognize you as a descendant of the Waldburg family.”
Kendrick looked at Niamh upon hearing this. “Don’t worry, Grandpa. From now on, I’ll listen to your granddaughter-in-law and never make her unhappy again.”
Niamh glanced at him indifferently. “I’ll just consider that I’ve heard these words first.”
Old Master Waldburg laughed a little before instructing Winston to push him into the house.
Niamh stepped forward to follow after but was held back by Kendrick. “Nia, am I dreaming?”
“Would you like me to slap you so you can tell whether you’re dreaming or not?”
“Yes,” Kendrick simply answered.
Niamh raised her hand and swung it down unceremoniously. Just as she was about to hit his cheek, she patted it lightly. “How about it? Are you awake? Does it hurt?”
“My face doesn’t hurt, my heart does.” Kendrick held Niamh’s hand. He dared not recall the scenes from back then when he had treated her brutally and hurt her for Nevaeh.
He really hoped that Niamh would have harshly slapped him back then.
A cold wind blew and Kendrick squeezed Niamh’s hands, breathing gently into them to warm her.
“Back then, how I wished you would hold my hands and give me warmth and care. I just didn’t expect that I would have to wait so long for this day to come.”
Kendrick’s heart hurt upon hearing her words. “I’m sorry, Nia.”
“Stop saying sorry. I’m tired of hearing it.” Niamh looked at him seriously. “Kendrick Waldburg, if you do one more wrong thing, I’ll disappear from your world forever.”
“I won’t let you leave my world again.” Kendrick hugged Niamh. “Nia, I love you. I really love you.”
Niamh seemed to be listening indifferently, but there was light in her eyes.
Just then, her phone vibrated. She removed herself from Kendrick’s embrace and took a look at her phone. She could not help but be surprised. “Cathy?”
She was still worried when she had not contacted her all day yesterday.
However, it was Felipe’s cold, low voice that sounded from the other end when Niamh answered the phone. “Eveline, come over here.”
He had used a commanding tone. Niamh was about to refuse when she heard him say, “Cathy is dead.”
“What? Cathy is dead?” Niamh could not believe it. Then, she received a short video from Felipe. In it, she saw that the girl who had committed suicide by jumping into a river was Cathy.
She immediately rushed to Felipe’s manor. For the first time, she saw Felipe in such a shabby state. He was always elegant and noble, but at this moment, his clothes were loose and he had not even shaved his stubble.
“Why would Cathy commit suicide? Felipe, you forced her, didn’t you?” Niamh asked bluntly.
“I forced her? Why, yes I did.” Felipe chuckled lightly. His gaze was suddenly dark and full of hostility, like Satan in the night. “Eveline, not only did I force her, but I also want to force you now.”
“What do you mean?”
“After watching this video, you’ll understand what I mean.”
Felipe turned the computer around as he said this and a real-time footage was displayed on the screen.
Niamh did not understand it at first, but when a figure appeared on the screen, her eyes widened in astonishment as a strong sense of rage surged in her heart.
“Felipe, what’s going on?!”
Niamh rushed to the desk and picked up the computer.
Felipe looked at Niamh’s agitated reaction and chuckled indifferently.
“I’ve said it before. I won’t do anything that will hurt you. Do you see it now?”
Niamh looked at the lively and cheerful little figure shown in the surveillance footage as tears welled in her eyes. Her emotions at this moment were incomparable.
“Felipe Waldburg, where is this?!” She pressed hard.
Felipe, however, had no intention to tell her. He walked to her and raised his hand. As soon as his slender fingers touched Niamh’s cheek, she dodged away.
He frowned unhappily, an obscure and gloomy smile appearing on his face. “Do you still remember what you promised me back then? You said you’d bring Lilian and follow me back to F Country to live a peaceful life after your revenge. I’ve been waiting for the day to come, but you broke your promise.”
Niamh looked straight into Felipe’s black orbs frankly. “You know best in your heart why things have developed like this.”
“Heh.” Felipe chuckled. “I’ve done so much for you.”
“You did it for yourself so that you wouldn’t lose to Kendrick.” Niamh looked at the man whose expression gradually became gloomy out of disappointment. “I sincerely wanted to spend the rest of my life with you at first and that’s why I agreed to let Lilian call you her dad, but you really surprised and disappointed me.”
Felipe’s expression grew colder after listening to Niamh’s words. Even his gaze was glazed over with a dim color.
“Felipe, are you going to tell me where this is?” Niamh questioned while pointing at the real-time surveillance video on the computer screen.
Felipe lifted his icy eyes lightly. “I can tell you, but first, you must follow me back to F Country and be my woman. You can never meet Kendrick again.”
Niamh definitely could not agree to such a request. “Felipe, if you insist on wanting to be with me because of what happened when you were young, then I’m telling you, I really have not seen you before. I only spent my time with Kendrick in April Hill when I was ten years old.”
Felipe furrowed his eyebrows tightly. “It’s you. I’ll never forget that the little girl had two cute dimples when she smiled.”
“There are so many girls in the world who have dimples when they smile. Cathy also had dimples when she smiled, so what does this indicate?”
The sudden mention of Cathy stunned Felipe.
The image of her resolutely leaping into the river and the words of her goodbye hovered in his mind.
Felipe’s heart seemed to be cut into pieces all of a sudden and the bloody pain spread all over his body in an instant.
He thought this kind of pain was caused by Niamh not loving him and Niamh insisting on being together with Kendrick instead of following him.
“Felipe Waldburg, tell me, where exactly is the place displayed on the computer?” Niamh was anxious.
Felipe stared at Niamh’s beautiful eyes quietly, the possessiveness in his black orbs remaining undiminished. “Eveline, I’ll only give you three days. In these three days, you must have Kendrick give up on the thought of being together with you again. I’ll be waiting for you at Glendale Airport in three days. If you don’t show up, then you won’t get to see the person you want to see most right now for the rest of your life.”
“Are you threatening me?” Niamh asked calmly, her gaze sharp.
Felipe smirked. “Yes, I’m threatening you. If I can’t get you in the end, then I will leave a rift that can never be erased between you and Kendrick. Every time you’re with him, you’ll think of Lilian who died because of your choice and you two will never be happy.”
Slap!
Niamh slapped Felipe on his face with reddened eyes. “Despicable.”
Felipe curled his lips indifferently, his smile looking both good and evil. “You already think of me as a two-faced, despicable man. In that case, I will show you just how despicable I can be.”
He strode toward Niamh as he said this and stroked her eyebrows despite her resistance. “Eveline, I will prove to you that I love you more than Kendrick and am more suitable for you.”
His tone was gentle, but Niamh found that his gaze was dark. It even carried obsessive paranoia.
“I’ll see you at Glendale Airport three days later, okay?”
Felipe turned around and left as soon as he finished speaking.
When Niamh turned her head back to look at the computer screen, the image was already gone.
There was an unspeakable pain from her distress.
Why was it always so difficult? She just wanted to live a simple and peaceful life with her beloved.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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