“Your cooking skills are very good. I’m very satisfied with tonight’s dinner. You’ve worked hard the entire day, so go to bed early. Good night.”
“…” Niamh was out of it for two seconds before responding, “Good night.”
“Mmhmm.” Camille looked at Niamh again with satisfaction, turned, and left.
Niamh stood there for a while, closed the door, and quietly called Kendrick back.
Although Kendrick was very reluctant to have Niamh stay with Carter, he also knew that he could not stop Niamh from doing so. The only thing he could do was to investigate Carter’s background through his own means.
That was the only way to turn his position from that of passively waiting into being proactive.
…
It was quiet in the middle of the night.
Cathy woke up from a long dream. She dreamed of Felipe again.
She dreamt that a man called out her name, so she nodded and responded to him.
The images in the dream were very real, and her heartbeat was still beating erratically when she woke up.
Cathy glanced at the two children sleeping beside her, got up, and went downstairs cautiously.
From when she saved Felipe in the morning until now, he had not woken up and was still lying on the recliner in Adam’s office.
Cathy went to the living room and drank a glass of cold water to calm her chaotic heartbeat. It took a long time for her to calm her heartbeat down, and she started walking to Adam’s office.
Under the moonlight, she glanced at the recliner but unexpectedly found that there was no one on the recliner.
Felipe was gone.
Cathy quickly turned on the lights and ran to the recliner.
She reached out her hand to touch the blanket on the recliner and found that there was still some residual warmth on it.
Somehow, she felt that her heart was no longer that anxious.
She wondered if Felipe had gone far, but when she turned around, a tall and big body was in front of her.
Cathy was taken aback. Felipe quickly raised his hand and gently covered Cathy’s mouth.
However, his sudden and large movement obviously affected his wound.
Felipe frowned but still pulled the corners of his lips to smile softly at Cathy.
“Don’t be afraid. It’s just me.”
He spoke, his tone sounding a little weak.
Cathy pushed Kendrick’s hand away and took two steps back.
When Felipe saw how frightened she was, he felt a little heartbroken.
When he remembered how she looked in his arms when she was dying with blood flowing out of her body, he could not help but feel himself tearing up.
Cathy saw sadness on Felipe’s face. She was curious and faintly felt as if her heart was being tightly gripped by something.
“Why are you crying?” Cathy could not help but ask.
Felipe pursed his thin lips and lifted the corners of his pale lips.
“I’m happy.” He smiled lightly as he stared deeply at the person in front of him. He wanted to say that it was nice to see her. He also wanted to say that he had no regrets about letting her save him, but Felipe did not end up saying anything.
“Thank you for your help. If you hadn’t saved me, I might be dead right now.” Felipe thanked her. “It’s not a big problem anymore, so I’ll be leaving.”
When Cathy saw Felipe turning around with his body that was covered with injuries, she did not hesitate and caught up to him. “Where are you going at this hour? Those people who hurt you may be still nearby, and you’ll be in danger when you go outside.”
Felipe stopped in his steps, and his dim eyes gleamed with starlight.
He never expected to see her be concerned over him again.
“Even if you want to leave, you should wait until the first light of day.” Cathy walked toward Felipe and stood in front of him. “Tomorrow morning, let Adam check your injuries again before you go.”
Deep down, Felipe wanted to connect more with Cathy, but he did not want to disturb her now peaceful life.
“Go and rest,” Cathy reminded again.
Felipe froze for a while and finally turned around obediently.
When Cathy saw that he had gone back to bed, she was inexplicably relieved and went back to her room.
Felipe did not feel sleepy at all. He felt a faint tingling pain from his wounds. However, he stroked the red string on his wrist and smiled contentedly…
The next day, Felipe woke up very early.
As soon as he left the room, he saw Adam. Adam then gave Felipe the new toiletries before going to the kids.
Felipe could feel Adam’s dissatisfaction with him, but he did not mind it.
After washing up, Felipe saw Adam making breakfast in the open kitchen while the twins played in the living room.
When he saw the brother and sister, Felipe could not help but feel tenderness in his heart. He still remembered the boy’s name.
“Juan,” Felipe called out to him.
The two cute little chubby babies looked up with their innocent and childlike eyes.
When he looked at those two pairs of eyes, Felipe slowly squatted down, raised his hand, and stroked the boy’s little head. There was an inexplicable familiar smell on the boy’s forehead.
“Your name is Juan, right?”
The boy nodded and blinked his big, pure-looking eyes.
Felipe pursed his lips and smiled faintly. When he was about to ask the sister her name, Adam suddenly walked over to quickly stop him.
“Felipe, stay away from my child!” Adam said with a heavy tone and turned around before speaking softly, “Juan, go to the study with your sister.”
The two children did not know what was going on, but they followed Adam’s orders and left.
Felipe looked at the two tiny backs and parted his lips lightly. “I have no ill will.”
“I don’t care if you have any ill will. After having your breakfast, leave immediately,” Adam said coldly.
Cathy, who had just come down the stairs, was surprised and stopped when she saw how angry Adam was.
She thought Adam and Felipe were quarreling, but when she wanted to know what was going on, she heard Adam suddenly warning Felipe solemnly.
“Give up, Felipe. I’ll never let Cathy go back to you again.”
When she heard what he said, it was as if something heavy had hit her chest.
Cathy opened her eyes wide and felt her thoughts pulling her back. She blanked out for a moment.
‘Cathy.’
Adam said that he would never let Cathy return to that man.
‘Is the Cathy Adam mentioned really me?
‘Am I really Cathy?’
Cathy was dumbfounded and stunned on the spot. All of her attention fell on Felipe’s body involuntarily.
She saw Felipe’s graceful and innocent handsome face showing a regretful smile.
“Don’t worry, I won’t force Cathy to do anything anymore. I’ve seen it myself that she’s more suited to stay with you now,” Felipe said with a sad smile, “I know I can’t give her the happiness she deserves. I just can’t help but miss her.”
“Miss her?” Adam laughed sarcastically. “If you really missed her, how could you have ordered someone to shoot Cathy in the first place?!”
Hiss.
When he brought up the events of that year and that day, Felipe’s face suddenly sank coldly. A touch of pain flowed between his eyebrows.
“If it weren’t for Cathy being lucky, do you think that you’ll still be able to see her now? She doesn’t remember all the unhappy things that happened before anymore, and she has forgotten you completely. She has started to live her life normally now, so why are you still showing up to bother her?”
Every word that Adam said was aimed at Felipe. He blamed him for everything. A moment later, he finally asked with a sigh.
“Felipe, do you really understand what love is? Have you ever actually loved Cathy? The love you think that you’re feeling now is nothing more than just regret and the atonement of what you’ve done.”
Felipe was stunned when he heard those words.
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