He kissed her, and gradually, he lost control of his emotions.
The deep kiss made Niamh feel guilty when she thought about Eloise and Sean. She knew she could not do this with Kendrick.
However, when she pushed him away, he held her closer to him. He even ignored Niamh’s wishes and slid his hand into her shirt.
“Kendrick, let go.” Niamh pushed him away. “I don’t want this. Let go of me.”
“Nia, I’ve only ever had you. Trust me. Don’t push me away.” Kendrick’s low voice sounded while his eyes were filled with intense dominance.
Niamh was pressed onto the bed as the man towered over her. The gentle and weightless kiss started to infuriate Niamh.
Slap!
She slapped Kendrick heavily across the face.
The man was not mad. On the contrary, he held her wrists and trapped them by her sides.
“Nia, I like you so much. I liked you when you were young, and I liked you even more when you ran into me on the first day of university. I want to give you happiness, but why do I always make you cry? Why am I so heinous? Why…” he asked himself, and it was as if he had fallen into despair.
He retracted his hands that were gripping Niamh’s and kept asking himself the same question.
Niamh sat up and sensed that something was wrong with Kendrick.
She could not put a finger on what exactly was wrong, but he seemed like he was in pain. He kept asking himself the same question while pacing back and forth. Even his sharp and wise eyes had turned murky.
After a while, he picked up the divorce papers on the floor and tore them into pieces in front of Niamh.
“Nia, I don’t want to divorce you. You’ll be my wife forever.
“I won’t disturb you and Pudding anymore. I’ll go out and keep watch for you outside.”
“…”
Niamh sat on the bed dumbfoundedly. She looked at Kendrick’s back and could not register what was going on.
After she came back to her senses and cleared her head, she felt heartache spreading all over her body.
She did not know if Kendrick would keep watch at the door the entire night, but she did hear some noises at the door.
Kendrick was pacing back and forth in front of the door as he clenched and unclenched his hand repeatedly.
He wanted to smoke again.
I was as if he could only relieve his frustration by smoking.
If he did not have an ounce of reason left in him, he might have forced Niamh to do something she did not want to.
‘Why is this happening?’
Kendrick was confused.
Before the accident yesterday, he had seen Niamh smiling at him while in a state of confusion.
Just now, Niamh was obviously fighting back, but for some reason, he felt more and more excited. He even felt that Niamh was just pretending to fight back when she also wanted this.
Kendrick looked at his fingers subconsciously.
Cigarettes.
He finally remembered what was wrong and his vision became clear once again.
…
Lana was taught her lesson after Niamh had humiliated her. She stayed at home for the entire day before she felt better.
She was shocked by Niamh’s domineering strength.
When Lana went to the living room to take a can of beer from the fridge, she heard voices from Yorick’s room. “Alright, I’ll go over right now.”
After he said that, Lana saw Yorick walking out of his room with a grim expression.
She did not avoid him. “Yorick, who were you talking to? Why are you so polite with them?”
Yorick did not answer her and only asked, “Did you cause trouble for Eveline again? Will you only be obedient after I kick you out of the Stygian Johnson Gang?”
Lana could not deny it, but she was unconvinced. “I’ve never been so badly mistreated in my entire life! Of course, I can’t let this go just like that!”
She was super cocky. “I got everything I wanted ever since I was small, and all of the men I like would kneel in front of me while serving me as their goddess. I will crush and humiliate the women who I don’t like, including Eveline Montgomery!”
Slap!
Yorick slapped Lana across the face. She clutched her face in confusion and saw Yorick warning her fiercely, “Do you seriously think you’re a queen? I won’t be able to defend you if you continue being so unbridled!”
Yorick then went downstairs angrily.
Lana stomped her feet in anger. However, after she thought back to Yorick’s words—‘I won’t be able to defend you’—she felt that something was amiss.
She followed after him and saw Yorick driving away. As such, she got into her car and followed him.
An empty cafe.
After Lana followed him to the cafe, she saw him going upstairs. She could see a person there.
She followed quickly and heard Yorick explaining to that person respectfully, “I’ve taught her a lesson. It won’t happen again.”
Lana knew he was talking about her when she heard that. However, what surprised her was how respectful Yorick was when he was talking to that person.
She was in disbelief, so she lifted her head to see who that man was.
She spotted the man on a corner seat. His fair and clean-looking hands were holding a steaming coffee mug gracefully.
She looked up at the man’s face, but under the dim lighting, his face was concealed by the darkness.
Lana was unconvinced. She sneaked up to the second floor so that she could find a good position to take a closer look at the man’s face. However, when she was about to look up, she heard her phone ringing.
The man was drinking his coffee when he suddenly froze. Then, he glared at Yorick coldly.
Yorick went downstairs and spotted Lana who was trying to go upstairs.
“Why are you here?” Yorick asked, trying to pull Lana downstairs while she was trying to go up.
Lana struggled in dissatisfaction. “It’s him, right? Who is he? How dare he order you around?”
“It’s best you don’t speak before you think,” Yorick warned.
“Hmph.” Lana scoffed cockily. “Yorick, what’s wrong? You’re the leader of the Stygian Johnsons and you’re taking orders from another person? I have to see who that person is!”
Slap!
“Ah!”
Lana had never experienced such a painful slap before. Plus, it had come from Yorick himself.
She could feel the corners of her lips heating up as she tasted the metallic taste of blood in her mouth.
“Get lost now!” Yorick ordered.
Lana gritted her teeth in dissatisfaction but could only leave.
After Yorick watched Lana left, he went back to the cafe and locked the door before going upstairs again.
The man who was sitting on his spot said while remaining calm and collected, “Your sister never learns from her mistakes. If you can’t put her in her place, I’m more than happy to help you.”
“I’ll watch her. There will be no next time.”
“If there is?” The man’s voice was as gentle as the moonlight outside the window. However, there was an obvious tone of threat in his words.
Yorick’s face fell. “Um…”
“I don’t like opinionated women. She thinks she’s so beautiful and charming. I wonder where she got her confidence to believe that Kendrick Waldburg will fall in love with her? Don’t you know what kind of person Kendrick is? How could he possibly fall for a woman like your sister?”
The man’s voice was unhurried.
“The only person in Glendale who’s worthy of Kendrick Waldburg is Eveline Montgomery.
“However, unfortunately, they’re getting a divorce,” the man said with pity in his eyes.
“Actually, Kendrick loves her very much, but your sister has done something stupid.”
“…”
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.