Although Adam did not provide the specifics, they could still feel his helplessness in this matter.
“She’s very smart. She has been smart since she was a child, and she’s able to learn everything in a snap. She’d said that her dream was to become a medical scientist like our parents. She is indeed very talented in medicine, so I thought that she would grow up to be an exceptional doctor, but in the end…”
Adam said with a sigh.
“She has achieved great attainments in this field, and the reagents she has studied on are avant-garde. I think I’d need to spend some time examining it.”
“Eveline, why don’t you stay here for the time being? That way, when your condition flares up again, I could simultaneously provide immediate help and get the sample from this test tube.”
Adam suggested, showing a genuine consideration for Niamh’s physical condition.
“In that case, apologies in advance for the bother.” Kendrick immediately agreed on Niamh’s behalf. “Nia, we’ll move here tomorrow and stay for a while.”
Niamh raised her eyes in surprise. “Are you going to live here with me too?”
“Of course, he’d want to be with you. You’re the one he cares about the most,” Adam jokingly answered before Kendrick could speak, but the smile on his face gradually faded. “If only I had someone who cares about me like this. I imagine that it must feel great.”
Adam’s statement immediately reminded Niamh of Cathy.
However, this large house was empty. It did not seem that Cathy was around. Moreover, the children were nowhere to be seen as well.
“She’d moved out,” Adam said suddenly, as though he had read Niamh’s mind. He seemed extremely down. “Actually, I knew this day would come. Her memories won’t remain lost forever, and she won’t stay forever in the false relationship I’d created for her. She’s still in love with that man the whole time.”
That man, as well they could tell, was Felipe.
However, Adam was not being bleak. He instead smiled in acceptance. “Perhaps the most special thing about a relationship is loving someone yet unable to have them.”
Niamh and Kendrick understood what this meant.
The most precious thing about a relationship was mutual love.
“I’ll walk you back.” Adam walked Niamh and Kendrick to the door.
When he was about to turn around, Adam saw an unexpected yet familiar figure appearing in his sight.
Niamh was similarly astonished, but she was also pleasantly surprised.
“Cathy.” She greeted her with a smile.
Cathy walked toward Niamh with a smile, saying, “Evie, it seems that you’ve gone back to your regular self. Has the hypnotism been broken?”
Niamh nodded. “It’s all thanks to you, Cathy. You and Adam have helped us a lot.”
Upon hearing this, Cathy looked at Adam. “Adam has also helped me a lot,” she said with sincere gratitude in her eyes.
Meeting Cathy’s gaze, Adam gave her a gentle and friendly smile.
“You’re here so late, is there anything I can help you with?”
“I left something here so I dropped by to get it back.”
Adam quickly understood. “Wait for me.”
As he said that, he turned around and entered the house. A moment later, he walked out with a teddy bear in his hand.
“You’re here for this, right?” Adam smiled and handed it over. “Juan likes to sleep with this doll the most. He’ll make a fuss if he doesn’t have this teddy bear with him.”
When Cathy heard Adam say that, she could not help but feel touched inside.
She walked up to Adam and took the teddy bear from his hand. “Thank you, Adam.”
“You don’t have to thank me. I should apologize to you instead. I took advantage of your amnesia to lie to you for so long,” Adam apologized as he felt guilty. “I shouldn’t have tampered with your memories, let alone create a false relationship between you and me. Also, you should be very clear now that Juan and Jan belong to you and Felipe.”
Although she already knew this a long time ago, Niamh was quite moved when she heard the words from Adam’s mouth.
However, Cathy did not have any complaints, nor did she blame anyone. Despite everything, she was still really grateful to Adam. Without Adam, she would not have had the chance to be reborn again. Without Adam, she would have indirectly died under Felipe’s gun.
“Adam, you didn’t take advantage of me. You only did that to me out of good intentions. I understand that I’ve let you down,” Cathy said with sincere gratitude, “I’ll bring Juan and Jan to see you. They’re reluctant to be apart from you too but I really can’t continue to live here and disturb you, Adam.”
“I understand. Take good care of yourself. If you need help, just ask me.” Adam was still so generous and friendly.
“I will. Well, I’ll leave now. I can’t be away for too long.”
Adam had nothing to say so he nodded. “Be careful on the way back.”
They had been living with each other for hundreds of days and nights, but at the end of the day, she did not belong to him.
“Cathy, Nia and I are about to leave too. Let us send you back.” Kendrick offered courteously.
Cathy looked at Kendrick and Niamh, seemingly pondering for a moment before she finally answered, “Okay.”
Adam suddenly lowered his eyelids after he watched the familiar figure turn around.
There was still some lingering warmth in his palm but it was not a warmth that he could hold.
The car slowly drove onto the road and Cathy sat in the backseat with Niamh. She was holding the teddy bear Adam had bought for her son back then in her hand.
She knew she had let down a man who wanted to love her and care for her, but she had no choice.
She could continue to stay with Adam and live like how they used to, but this would be very unfair to Adam. She believed that Adam would not want her to thank him like this.
As such, the best thing for both of them was for her to leave.
After staying silent for a while, Cathy lifted her head to look at Kendrick who was driving and said, “Do you have anything to ask me and is that why you offered to give me a ride back, Kendrick?”
Kendrick looked in the rear-view mirror and saw Cathy looking at him calmly.
“Have you visited Felipe?” he asked.
“Yeah, I’ve gone to meet him,” Cathy said, her eyes darkening slightly. “He has also figured that the two children belong to him.”
“Does he already know?” Kendrick and Niamh were both surprised at her words.
Cathy did not nod or shake her head, merely whispering, “Although I didn’t admit it, I think he must already know.”
“I know it’s very selfish of me to say this, but Cathy, those two children are Felipe’s only hope for appealing and commutation.” Kendrick’s tone was soft, even carrying a hint of a plea.
Although he and Felipe had a lot of friction between them, blood was thicker than water and he was still Felipe’s nephew. Plus, those things in the past were over. They had already moved on from those things.
Cathy lowered her head and fiddled with the teddy bear in her hand. She was still speaking softly, “He should take responsibility for all the things he has done. He’s still at fault no matter how you look at it.”
“But—”
“Kendrick, focus on driving,” Niamh parted her lips to stop Kendrick from trying to change Cathy’s mind.
Kendrick looked at Niamh and did not say anything more.
After sending Cathy back to the apartment she was currently staying in, Kendrick contemplated for a while before getting out of the car and chasing up to Cathy who had already walked away.
Niamh was sitting in the car. Due to the distance, she could not hear what Kendrick said after he called out to Cathy, but she saw Cathy nodding.
After a while, Kendrick was back in the car and Cathy had already walked into the entrance of the apartment.
The car started again and Niamh wanted to ask what was going on out of curiosity, but just as she was just about to speak, Kendrick was one step ahead of her and spoke first.
“I asked Cathy to go to see Felipe again.”
“Did Cathy agree?” Niamh asked. She had only seen Cathy nodding.
However, Kendrick’s answer was not as she thought. “Cathy didn’t agree to it. Maybe Cathy finds it hard to forgive Felipe for what he had done. Maybe she doesn’t hate Felipe for hiring someone to kill her, but she’s just bothered about the illegal trades Felipe previously involved himself in.”
At once, everything became clear to Niamh when Kendrick said that.
If Niamh thought about it from another angle, it would be hard for her as well to forgive Kendrick if he had involved himself in something like that—let alone accept him despite it all.
“Since Cathy refused, why did she nod her head just now?”
“I told her that I would go to see Felipe and tell him honestly that they have two children together. She didn’t object to that.”
Niamh looked at the bleak winter night outside of the car window with a thoughtful look. “Will Felipe appeal to have his sentence reduced because of this?”
“I don’t know.” Kendrick sighed silently. When they stopped at the red light, he reached out and held Niamh’s hand tightly.
Niamh looked back at him suspiciously, and coincidentally, her eyes met Kendrick’s soft and gentle almond eyes.
“Nia, I think I’m really lucky. I hurt you so much back then yet you’re still willing to give me a chance.”
Niamh pursed her lips and smiled. “Maybe I owed you in my previous life, or maybe we have a very strong bond.”
Kendrick smiled as well. “I hope the bond between Cathy and Felipe is as strong as ours.”
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.