Karen glared before she closed the door and returned to Eloise.
Seeing Eloise’s heavy expression, Karen quickly comforted her. “Ignore them, Eloise. These kinds of people just have nothing better to do. It’s great that you don’t remember the past, or you might be even angrier.”
Karen picked up another apple. Turning back, she found Eloise looking at her intently. She then coaxed Eloise like one would a kid. “I’ll peel you an apple, okay? Don’t be angry anymore.”
Eloise quietly watched Karen who was peeling the apple for her as tears unconsciously brimmed her bright eyes…
The next day, at the resort.
Niamh woke up In Kendrick’s warm embrace and the first thing her bleary eyes met was the man’s sleeping face. She rolled over and lay down beside Kendrick lazily.
The gentle morning halo scattered over the man’s resolute and refined features. Niamh lifted her finger and began to gently trace the man’s eyebrows.
‘I wish that you’ll be the first thing I see whenever I wake up for the rest of my life, Kendrick.’
She leaned in to kiss Kendrick only for the man to raise his hand and hold the back of her head the moment she inched forward.
Caught off guard, Niamh found her lips pressed against Kendrick’s thin ones. Blood rushed to her face. “So you were awake all along, Kendrick?”
Kendrick curled the corners of his thin lips and smiled. Just as he was about to talk to Niamh, his phone rang.
Niamh helped him reach for the phone and realized that it was from Karen. She immediately picked up the phone. “Why are you calling so early in the morning, Mom? Did something happen to my mother?”
Niamh was worried that something had happened to Eloise, but Karen’s reply astonished her. “What? Really, Mom?”
Hearing Karen’s reply, Niamh made a confused sound of disbelief.
Kendrick’s narrow and charming eyes snapped open and his gaze fell on Niamh’s serious small face.
Niamh locked gazes with Kendrick as she continued to listen to Karen speak over the phone.
Soon after, Niamh hung up the phone.
Kendrick pulled her into his arms and asked caringly, “Did something happen to Mom?”
Niamh shook her head. “She’s fine. It’s just…”
“Just what?” Kendrick stared into Niamh’s glistening eyes.
Niamh took Kendrick’s phone and tapped into Twitter where she found today’s number one trend. She felt conflicted.
“Look, Kendrick.” She handed the phone to him and her frustration deepened.
Kendrick glanced at the content and a cold look flashed in his deep eyes.
The contents of the letter Old Master Jones wrote to Old Master Waldburg were trending!
The lead was from an insider who knew of the truth behind the grievances between the Waldburg and the Jones family 15 years ago.
“I remember giving the letter to Ryan’s dad and he said that he would destroy it. How could there be pictures of its contents uploaded online?”
Niamh was confused. This was indeed a troublesome incident.
“Now all of Glendale and even the entire world knows about this. Who knows how Ryan and the Jones family will feel if they saw this?”
Kendrick was deep in thought as he hugged Niamh. They were both in sitting positions.
“Grandfather and Ryan’s grandfather used to be good friends back then. It was this project ZF that caused a rift in their relationship.
“Grandfather had shown the project bidding book to Ryan’s grandfather out of trust back then. Ryan’s grandfather thought that some of the contents in the bidding book were very constructive and adaptable, so he plagiarized a few of the points. Grandfather found out about the plagiarism in the end and pointed it out to Ryan’s grandfather. Knowing that he had made a mistake, Ryan’s grandfather chose to disqualify himself.
“Waldburg Corporation outstood everyone in the end and successfully got the project. After Riverdawn Corporation’s defeat, Ryan’s grandfather fell into depression. It was most likely because he wanted to maintain the image his family had for him, or perhaps he was angry at that time so he decided to tell his family that Grandfather was the one who plagiarized him instead. The Jones family believed it, so they all thought that Grandfather was the one who indirectly caused their grandfather’s death half a year later. That was how the two families’ hatred began.”
Kendrick’s tone was solemn as he spoke of everything that happened back then.
“The Jones family had no idea that their old master wrote a letter to Grandfather before he passed.”
Kendrick looked at the contents in his phone as he spoke.
The letter relayed Old Master Jones’ apology to Old Master Waldburg as well as the truth of the entire incident.
He also spoke about how he had told such a ridiculous lie because he wanted to protect the reputation he had in his children and grandchildren’s eyes.
He had slandered his friend and in return suffered in remorse until he ultimately died in despair.
Kendrick, Niamh, nor the Waldburg family had ever thought to publicize the contents of the letter, yet here it was, available for the world to see.
Now that the Jones family were no longer seen as the victims, many netizens began to comment and scold them as well as the late Old Master Jones after the letter started trending.
Niamh and Kendrick got up and went to eat a simple breakfast.
After breakfast, Niamh heard the adjacent table also talking about the trending topic. She could not help but feel frustrated.
“Should we go back, Kendrick?”
Kendrick lifted his beautiful peach blossom eyes. “What for?”
“Shouldn’t we do something about this?”
“I’ve already told someone to delete as much as they can and try to out-trend it with something else. I’ve done all I can, so let’s just leave the Jones family to worry about the rest,” Kendrick replied frankly and tried to console Niamh.
“We aren’t guilty of anything, Nia. We can’t change how others want to think either. All we can do is our own part.”
With that, Niamh’s emotions calmed greatly.
He was right.
The Waldburg family had done most of what they could. Kendrick even went the extra mile to help as well. They had done enough.
“I brought you here so you could be happy and relax, Nia. Stop worrying about those kinds of things already, hmm?” Kendrick scratched the tip of her delicate nose gently.
Niamh wrapped her arms around the man’s arm as a sweet smile that showed her dimples graced her lips. She asked coquettishly, “Well then, husband of mine, where are you bringing me today?”
Kendrick raised his sharp brows and quirked his seductive thin lips as he replied playfully, “How could I not have everything prepared if I’m going to bring my wife out?”
“Is that so?” Niamh looked curious, her eyes brimming with expectations.
The man smiled mysteriously and intertwined his fingers with Niamh’s.
“I’ve wasted too much time when I should’ve been cherishing you, Nia. So let me try to make up for those happy times.”
“Hmm?”
‘How are you planning to make up for lost time?’
Niamh was curious and more hopeful about where Kendrick was about to bring her.
Before they left, Kendrick brought Niamh back to their room to change into another set of clothes.
Niamh never expected Kendrick to buy such an outfit for her. It was a white short-sleeved button-up and a dark blue plaid dress.
She turned to look at the man who was donned in an ironed white shirt and a navy blue tie with pants that were in the same midnight blue.
Looking at their outfits, Niamh felt that she had been brought back to when they were still students.
She remembered how she resembled a clumsy doe, knocking right into his chest.
She had flushed as she apologized while he gently placated her and told her it was fine.
It had been years ago, yet it felt like it was just yesterday.
Kendrick dragged Niamh to a university nearby where he had already contacted the professor there. He entered one of the lecture halls naturally. He walked toward the window seat by the last row and sat down with Niamh by his side.
No one suspected that they were not students as the two looked so youthful that their true age was impossible to guess.
Niamh sat by the window where the bright sun splashed on her face. Her flawless cheeks glowed with a youthful tint.
Kendrick sized Niamh up. The sweetness and quiet of the moment seemed to have freed the heart- wrenching remorse he kept locked away.
‘If I could’ve let go of my memory of you when we were children, Nia, then perhaps I wouldn’t have let you go when we met again.
‘Yet it’s still you. Be it when you were young or when you grew up, I couldn’t help but fall for you in the end.
‘Thank you for loving me. Thank you for giving me another chance to start over.’
Kendrick thought to himself as he quietly reached his hand under the table.
In order to gain extra knowledge, Niamh was listening intently to the professor when she felt the touch of a familiar palm. Her heart skipped a beat as her face immediately flushed red.
She turned to look at the man beside her to see him staring gently at her. Niamh felt her face growing hotter and her heart racing faster.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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