When Hannah saw that Kendrick was about to let go, her heart pounded, and her face was frightened pale.
Now, she started to tremble from the weightlessness. She did not want to die.
She regretted this the moment she leaped over the fence.
She did not truly want to die!
However, Kendrick did not seem to be joking. In the next second, Hannah’s eyes widened as she saw Kendrick letting go of his hand.
At this moment, Hannah’s body visibly plunged.
“Ah! “ Hannah yelled; she was terrified. “I don’t want to die! “
She screamed, and as she screamed, Kendrick quickly reached out and grabbed Hannah’s wrist again, lifting her plunging body upward.
Hannah was drenched in cold sweat from her fright; her face was pale as paper.
“Kendrick, stop fooling around. Pull her up now,“ Niamh said solemnly.
Kendrick looked at Hannah and he knew how scared Hannah was.
He did not want to waste any more time and energy, but at the same time, he listened to Niamh. As such, he applied force and pulled Hannah up from the fence.
Her feet were firmly planted on the ground again.
Hannah slumped on the ground. Her legs were weak and trembling, and she kept muttering to herself, “I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to just die like this…“
Niamh breathed a sigh of relief.
Without any concern whatsoever for Hannah, Kendrick immediately held Niamh and asked, “ Nia, are your arms sore?“
He asked with concern, his palm gently squeezing Niamh’s arm that had just overexerted.
Niamh’s heart warmed up when she felt Kendrick’s care and love. When she turned her head, she saw Hannah sitting on the ground quietly wiping away her tears. Niamh then glanced at Kendrick.
Kendrick understood what Niamh was trying to tell him. As such, he gently let go of his embrace and watched Niamh slowly walk toward Hannah.
Hannah looked at Niamh who approached her, and after a brief pause, she cried even harder now.
Niamh knelt slowly. “Don’t cry.“
Through Hannah’s misty and teary eyes, she saw a clean handkerchief appearing in front of her.
“Wipe your tears. Stop crying.“ Niamh comforted, “If someone who cares about you knows that you’re crying so hard now, they will definitely feel distressed.“
Upon hearing Niamh’s words, Hannah laughed self-mockingly and spoke slowly.
“I’ve been the apple of my family’s eyes since I was a child, and my parents regarded me as their treasure. Gradually, I became very proud and complacent. I went to Gray Manor to be a maid not because I wanted to be a maid, but to prove myself.“
As Hannah said that, she cried even harder.
Niamh squatted in front of Hannah, quietly and patiently listening to Hannah talk about the dissatisfaction and depression in her heart.
“Soon after that, I was able to prove myself because only exceptional girls could work as maids in Gray Manor. After being validated, I became more and more complacent.“
“So, when you met Kendrick, you were confident that he would have a good impression of you, but things didn’t go as you expected.“
Niamh stated what was in Hannah’s heart.
Hannah felt even more embarrassed; her pale face gradually showed a look of shame.
Somewhat annoyed, she clenched her fists. It was as if she resented what she had done all this time.
“Eveline, “ Hannah called Niamh’s name, lifted her eyes that had turned red from crying to look at Niamh. “Eveline, why did you save me?“
“Why do you ask such a silly question?“ Kendrick asked in a low voice. “No normal person would watch a life die in front of them and do nothing.“
Kendrick’s explanation made Hannah even more ashamed.
She lowered her head, and her cheeks were red and hot from shame.
“I’m so ashamed.“ She laughed at herself. “How could I do so many shameless things?“
“There will be times when people will obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way. It’s good that you thought it through.“ Niamh placed the handkerchief in Hannah’s hand. “Wipe your tears and look at the sky.“
Hannah was slightly stunned. She looked at the handkerchief in her hand and slowly lifted her hand to wipe her tears.
Without the tears blurring her vision, Hannah lifted her eyes to the sky.
The soft glow from the sunset fell on her warmly.
Suddenly, she felt that everything she had done before this was just a very humiliating farce.
“Eveline, you’re right. I should feel lucky.“ Hannah looked at Niamh. At this moment, there was no hatred that she previously had in her eyes. After she said that, she looked at Kendrick shamefully.
“Mr. Waldburg, you probably despise me, don’t you? I kept thinking that you’ll like me, and I thought something happened between us, but actually, nothing happened.“
The more Hannah said that, the more she felt ashamed to look at Kendrick. “I am so sorry, Mr. Waldburg.“
“You don’t need to overthink. I never had any feelings for you, and I never liked you. Plus, I won’t waste my emotions to hate you.“
Kendrick’s eyes looked sharp and overbearing. “You should instead apologize to my wife.“
When Hannah heard that, she was stunned. She looked at Niamh, but after a long time, she did not apologize.
Niamh did not expect her to apologize anyway. When she saw that Hannah had already calmed down, she stood up.
Niamh stood up and reached out to Hannah.
“Get up.”
After hearing Niamh’s urging, Hannah lifted her head and she dazedly stared at Niamh’s palm outstretched in front of her.
How could this be?
Was this not her hallucination?
“Even if we can’t be friends, we don’t have to be enemies, right?”
Niamh asked with a generous smile, and her palm moved closer to Hannah.
Hannah felt more ashamed in her heart when she saw Niamh’s warm smile.
“I’m sorry.”
Finally, those two words came out of Hannah’s mouth.
She did not have the slightest perfunctory or hypocrisy. This apology was entirely sincere.
Niamh curled her lips into a smile. “I accept your apology.”
As she said that, she shook her hand lightly.
Hannah instantly understood Niamh’s meaning, and she finally reached out her hand to gently hold Niamh’s hand.
At that moment, she felt her palm turning warm in the cold winter wind.
This warm touch slowly reached all the way to her heart.
“Thank you, Eveline.“
Hannah thanked Niamh again sincerely.
“I will use my name and post a notice online to clarify that the previous incident was just a farce I orchestrated and that it had nothing to do with you.“
“The everyday gossip in Glendale will never end, so there’s no need for you to do this unnecessary clarification, but you making a fuss back then have more or less affected Nia’s reputation. So, you, as the party involved, need to clarify this.“
Kendrick emphasized with a serious expression, but his eyes were not as harsh and cold as before.
Hannah understood what Kendrick was trying to say, and a touch of envy inevitably appeared in her eyes again.
“Mr. Waldburg is really considerate and thoughtful of Mrs. Waldburg.“
“It is a matter of course for a husband to be considerate of his wife.“ Kendrick looked at Niamh’s side profile gently. “Nia, let’s go back. Jack is still waiting for us.“
Niamh nodded. “Then, let’s go down quickly so that he won’t worry.“
“He won’t. Our son is smart.“ Kendrick looked proud when he said this.
However, before turning around, Niamh was still a little worried about Hannah, so she asked her to leave the rooftop with them.
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.