Niamh quietly let out a sigh of relief before going to the study to look for Kendrick.
The door of the study was closed and Niamh knocked on it lightly.
“Come in.” Kendrick’s deep and alluring voice came from inside.
After Niamh went in, she closed the door. She walked to the coffee machine routinely and with ease before making coffee for Kendrick.
Kendrick sat in front of the desk as he watched Niamh making coffee. A subtle light flashed across his bottomless eyes.
He did not say anything. His long and thin fingers controlled his mouse while his narrow eyes stared at his desktop, but he was not working. Instead, he was playing some games to pass time.
He did not have any urgent proposals to look through. The reason he stayed in the study was that he did not like to go back to his bedroom nowadays.
Kendrick played his game and glanced at Niamh occasionally. When he saw her bringing the coffee over when it was ready, he closed the tab for his game and opened a file for work to pretend he was reading some documents seriously.
Niamh glanced at the screen of the computer nonchalantly and placed the coffee in front of Kendrick.
“Mr. Waldburg, the coffee’s ready. Watch out, it’s hot.”
“Okay,” Kendrick replied lazily and picked up the coffee to take a sip. “How do you know that I like more milk and less sugar in my coffee?”
“…” Niamh was taken aback when she heard that. Then, she showed a look of surprise. “Is that really such a coincidence? I like more milk and sugar in my coffee as well. I didn’t think that you’d like it too.”
“Is that so?” Kendrick sounded like he was lamenting. Then, he asked, “Aren’t you tired?”
Niamh shook her head, and her longing gaze was glued to Kendrick’s handsome face. “Not yet. Do you need me for anything else, Mr. Waldburg?”
Kendrick pointed at the bookshelf next to him. “I haven’t tidied up my bookshelf for some time. Some books are not organized. Please help me categorize them.”
“Okay,” Niamh replied.
As long as she had more time to spend with Kendrick, she would be happy to do anything.
Kendrick stared at Niamh’s busy back and for some reason, the coffee in his mouth started to taste bitter.
Time passed unbeknownst to them.
After Niamh finished rearranging the bookshelf, she turned around to see that Kendrick was still sitting at his desk looking at the screen seriously. She walked over quietly to take the cold coffee cup away. After she washed it, she placed it back to where it belonged.
Then, she tidied up the coffee table and shelves. After she was done, she realized that Kendrick was still looking at his computer.
She started to feel heartbroken. Her heart was breaking because he was working so late.
Niamh did not plan to leave just like that. She walked over to the sofa and sat down quietly.
She did not know whether Kendrick would want her to do something else again. She only knew that she had to appreciate this rare time alone with him.
Kendrick sat in front of his desk lazily, but this whole time, his attention was not on his work.
He looked as if he was looking at his computer, but his focus was on Niamh the entire while. He was watching her from the corner of his eyes.
Time passed slowly, and the night became quieter and quieter.
The person who was resting on the sofa had unknowingly fallen asleep.
Kendrick stood up and walked quietly to the sofa.
He picked up a blanket and placed it on top of Niamh gently.
He looked at those eyebrows that looked as delicate as a painting. He could not help but lift his hand. However, when he was about to touch her, he stopped himself.
“Nia.”
That word escaped from his lips uncontrollably, and he furrowed his eyebrows. Then, he lowered his eyes. In the end, his gaze stopped at the wedding ring on Niamh’s left ring finger.
Kendrick carefully picked up Niamh’s left hand to try to take it off to see if there were engravings inside. However, he noticed that he could not easily take the ring off.
Looking at Niamh who was sound asleep, Kendrick suddenly had a thought in his heart…
Niamh was groggy with sleep when suddenly, she felt an itch on her neck. She subconsciously lifted her hand to scratch it but did not wake up.
Kendrick looked at Niamh who was still asleep and quietly let out a sigh of relief.
Kendrick felt as guilty as a thief, but all he wanted to do was to steal the truth…
The night went by and Niamh had a dream. She dreamed that Jackson and Lillian were crying from shock when they saw her face. Even her youngest son ran away from her in fear, going back to the arms of Naomi who was impersonating her.
Then, Naomi cackled and watched arrogantly like a victor while Niamh cried.
When Niamh started to feel unwell, she heard a familiar voice calling out to her softly.
“Quinny, Quinny.”
She opened her eyes and saw Kendrick’s handsome face in front of her.
Perhaps they were very close, so Niamh’s heart started beating very fast. Her feelings for him were still very intense.
When Kendrick saw that Niamh was awake, he smiled warmly. “Time to wake up.”
“…”
Niamh realized she had fallen asleep on the sofa last night. When she moved, she realized there was a blanket on top of her.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Waldburg. I don’t know when I fell asleep,” Niamh got up quickly and explained.
“I asked you to do too many things last night, so it’s only normal that you fell asleep from exhaustion.”
Kendrick’s tone was gentle, and he sounded as soft as the gentle breeze in the warm spring of March.
“Go clean up and eat something. My mother-in-law is already awake.”
“Is she? I’m sorry, I overslept,” Niamh apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Waldburg. I’ll go take care of Mrs. Montgomery now.”
After she said that, she ran toward the door in a panic.
Kendrick turned around to look at the figure that had just run out and his eyes softened.
Naomi came out of the bedroom after dressing up. To her surprise, she saw Niamh running out from Kendrick’s study.
The suspicions she dispelled last night all came back suddenly.
Back then, she had knocked Niamh out at the parking lot of the supermarket before handing her to Ryan.
She did not know where Ryan took her after that, but now, Ryan was dead. If the man she loved the most had died, then where was Niamh?
‘If this woman is Eveline, why isn’t she exposing me?
‘Is it because she’s disfigured, so she’s worried that no one will believe her?’
Naomi came up with a lot of possibilities in her heart, but none would be able to tell her whether this disfigured woman was Niamh or not.
After Niamh washed up, she ate some breakfast before going to take care of Eloise.
Coincidentally, Sean came home. After he knew that Niamh was the new maid who was hired to take care of Eloise, he wanted to tell her some things. However, when he saw Niamh’s eyes, he was slightly taken aback.
They looked so similar.
They were so similar to his daughter’s eyes.
However, when Sean heard that Niamh was wearing a mask because she was disfigured, he started to feel pity.
“Quinny, I’m going to need you to take care of my wife in the following days. If anything happens to my wife, I need you to tell me immediately.”
Sean urged in a gentle and kind tone.
Niamh responded to all of his requests. She could only hide her identity in front of her parents now.
Before Sean left, he looked at Niamh again.
‘Do I have a special feeling for her because she looks like Eveline?’
He pondered before going out.
Niamh could sense Sean watching her. The wound in her heart was greatly healed by those gazes.
She lowered her head to see Eloise looking in the direction where Sean left and she was smiling. Niamh smiled as well. “Mrs. Montgomery, let’s go out for a walk, okay?”
After she said that, she felt someone tugging on her shirt from behind.
She turned around and saw two pairs of innocent big eyes looking back at her.
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