Niamh had no more energy as she lay down on the sofa. Ava poured her a cup of warm water to rinse her mouth and got a towel to wipe Niamh’s face.
“Niamh, are you feeling very uncomfortable?” Ava could not stop worrying about her and thought that she was looking worse.
Niamh lowered her lonely gaze, her eyes turning red. “Ava, tell me. What do I need to do to live a normal life with the person I love?”
Upon hearing that, Ava thought that Kendrick had done something to make Niamh sad.
She took Niamh’s phone, found Kendrick’s number, and called him.
Unexpectedly, the call was immediately connected. Ava scolded angrily, “Kendrick, when are you going to stop hurting Niamh?! Don’t you know how much pain she has to endure to love you and be with you? She doesn’t even have her parents anymore!
“But what about you? What have you done? You still don’t know how to cherish a good wife like her, you scumbag!”
Ava reprimanded Kendrick without any hesitation like last time.
When Ava noticed that Kendrick was not responding, she continued to curse at him, “Speak, you scumbag!”
Two seconds later, Kendrick’s voice sounded faintly. “Open the door.”
“Open the door?” Ava was taken aback and looked toward the door. She thought for a moment before walking over to open the door. She did not expect to see Kendrick actually outside the door.
It turned out he had followed them here.
After Kendrick entered the place, he walked straight to Niamh who was lying on the sofa. He picked up the drunk Niamh in his arms.
Before he left, Ava made sure to remind him seriously. “Kendrick, make sure you cherish Niamh! If you don’t, you’ll regret it in the future!”
Kendrick did not reply. His dignified and worried eyes were only focused on the little woman in his arms.
He hailed a cab by the side of the road and brought Niamh into the backseat.
On the way back, Niamh leaned against his arms and muttered to herself.
Kendrick took Niamh back to their new place because he did not want to wake up the elders in the manor.
After entering the room, Kendrick wanted to put Niamh on the bed and let her rest, but as soon as he let go, Niamh suddenly pulled on his tie. Perhaps it was because Niamh had been drinking, so she was suddenly stronger than usual. She pulled him straight up to her!
“Kendrick, don’t leave me.” Still in her drunken stupor, Niamh’s eyes were half-open and full of reluctance.
Kendrick held her hand. Niamh’s small pink face was reflected in his amber pupils.
He promised softly, “I’m not going to leave you.”
“You are.” Niamh’s eyes were hot. “You’ll leave me. You will…”
Kendrick was taken aback for a moment and suddenly did not know how he should respond.
Yes, it was true. He was going to leave her. At most, he had two years to stay with her and the children.
“Nia.” Kendrick’s heart tightened.
Niamh’s eyes turned red as she suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. “Don’t go. I don’t want to experience the feeling of losing you again.”
Kendrick gulped as an unignorable pain surged in his heart.
He stroked Niamh’s head to comfort her.
He then heard Niamh’s crying sobs. “During your absence for half a year, I thought you had left me forever. Every night after the kids were asleep, I’d just lay alone in bed in a daze. I didn’t know how I should live the rest of my life.
“Why did Cupid make two people who could not be together fall in love? Why…” Niamh muttered to herself as she hugged him in distress. Her voice was ridden with guilt. “Kendrick, don’t be angry with me. I didn’t mean to lie to you. I’m sorry…”
When Kendrick heard her apology to him, he felt worse.
Why did he have to get angry at her?
If he knew she had a reason, why did he have to make it hard for her?
Although Niamh was drunk and her mind was all over the place, she still knew very well that she had made Kendrick angry.
When Niamh saw that he was still not saying anything to her, she felt worse. She held his cheeks and met his deep-set eyes with a sullen gaze.
When she thought about Ryan’s exchange terms, she recalled the terrible poison that Adam created. She thought about not being able to save the guy in front of her and her tears started rolling down uncontrollably.
On the outside, she was strong, sharp, and never showed weakness when she met with trouble. However, when she was faced with the man she loved, she did not want to pretend to be strong anymore.
“Kendrick, I’m sorry.”
‘I shouldn’t have angered Ryan and put your health at risk.’
Niamh blamed herself. “I’m sorry. I’m so—”
Kendrick did not want to let Niamh continue apologizing, so he sealed her lips with his.
Time seemed to stand still in that second. Niamh blinked and gradually became sober.
Kendrick let go of her lips and stroked her flushed cheeks with regret. “I’m sorry, Nia. I’m not angry with you. Even if you have to lie to me, I don’t mind.”
His low voice slipped gently into her ears.
Niamh’s eyes became redder. “Are you really not angry with me?”
“Of course, I’m not angry at you.” He held her hand affectionately. “Because I love you.”
When Niamh heard him confessing to her, she could not help but cry like a child.
Kendrick lowered his head and kissed away the teardrops on the corners of her eyes. His lips finally landed on hers.
Niamh closed her eyes and responded jerkily but also instinctively to his kiss.
Kendrick’s warm fingertips brushed across her skin lightly, making Niamh feel as if a stream of clear spring was falling onto her hot heart. The sweet and refreshing feeling gradually made her relax.
The moonlight deepened outside the window and the summer evening breeze blew past the curtains by the French windows, but it did not blow away the warmth in the room.
“Kendrick…”
“Yeah?”
“I love you too.” Niamh poured her heart out.
Kendrick chuckled softly and responded with two words, “I know.”
Yeah, he knew.
He always knew how much she loved him.
Whether it was before or in the future, he knew that his name would be engraved on her heart for life— even if he died.
…
Niamh sank into Kendrick’s tenderness for the whole night.
It was noon the next day when she woke up and found the man lying next to her. Suddenly, Niamh felt shy as her heart started beating faster.
They were already married, so why did she feel this way?
When she thought about their crazy behavior last night, she blushed and could not help but lean into the man’s arms.
For the past six months, every night she spent without him by her side was bone-chillingly cold.
After he came back, everything still felt strange and it was only until last night when his tenderness cured the part of her heart that was hurt.
Niamh looked up at Kendrick’s hair.
After the third bottle of anti-toxoid test reagent was administered, the change in the color of his hair could be seen. It was not as light as it was in the beginning.
It seemed that the anti-toxoid test reagent was real and effective.
However, after last night, Niamh was a little bit nervous because Ryan might refuse to give her the fourth bottle as easily as the previous times after what she had done.
As her mind wandered, Niamh suddenly heard the sound of her phone vibrating.
She got up and followed the noise when she saw that the phone had dropped on the carpet. She picked it up.
When she saw that it was Ryan, Niamh’s heart did a somersault. She quickly silenced the phone.
When she was still wondering whether she should answer the call, Kendrick wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his embrace.
He kissed her earlobe and leaned into her, saying, “Nia, lay with me for a little longer.”
Niamh looked at her phone that was still ringing silently. She patted the man’s arm casually. “Hey, it’s time to get up. We have to go back to the manor.”
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.