Felipe went back to Cathy’s room and stood by the French windows. Seeing Niamh’s retreating figure, he wrapped Cathy’s hair band around his distinct jointed fingers as his gaze gradually deepened.
“Didn’t you ask me to make Eveline and Kendrick whole? I won’t. If you want to stop me, then come stop me, you hear me?”
He looked at the hair band and ordered, but what responded to him was only his uneasy heartbeat.
It started to snow again on the winter night.
Niamh lay on the bed silently after taking a bath.
Her head was full of the real-time video that she had seen at Felipe’s place as well as his threatening words.
She closed her eyes but could not sleep peacefully no matter what.
Felipe, why did he become like this?
Niamh was very sad. She did not notice that Kendrick was laying down next to her until he gently kissed the corner of her lip. Only then did she suddenly open her eyes.
The man’s charming eyes looked at her affectionately from a short distance.
Niamh wanted to say something but stopped herself, only staring at Kendrick quietly.
How could she break it off cleanly with this man again?
She could not do it anymore.
The silence in the air and their intertwined breathing gradually made Niamh’s heartbeat a little messy.
“What are you thinking of?” Kendrick suddenly opened his mouth, his husky voice flicking past her ears sultrily.
“It’s nothing,” Niamh said nonchalantly, “I have to send Jack to school tomorrow, so let’s sleep early.”
She turned her face away and did not look at him again.
“I’ll send Jack to school tomorrow morning, so you don’t have to get up early. Moreover, I’m afraid that you can’t get up.”
Niamh opened her eyes dubiously. “Why can’t I get up?”
“Because…” Kendrick said halfway before landing his thin lips on Niamh’s.
After this kiss, he gradually sank in.
After so many years, he had never slept with her this dotingly and tenderly. This was a regret he carried in the bottom of his heart.
His thoughts about her had already run rampant over the years. He was rational, but at this moment, he could no longer hold back himself.
Niamh felt the change in Kendrick’s body. His increasingly hot body temperature ignited her heart that had been frozen for many years.
His fluttering touches were like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water, creating ripples in the lake of her heart.
She thought she hated him so much in these years that she had even wished he would not be at peace for the rest of his life. She also thought that she no longer loved him, but her body still throbbed only for him.
“Nia, let’s have another baby.”
His seductive tone circled her ears numbly. Niamh was stunned for a moment as Kendrick’s kiss fell on her again.
He turned her over against the duvet and hugged her tightly. He enveloped her in his embrace and surrounded her with endless tenderness…
Niamh did not resist anymore. Thinking that this might be the only joy and happiness that could be given to Kendrick before their parting, she slowly raised her arms to hug him tightly and took the initiative to kiss his lips…
The next day.
Niamh woke up from a long and deep dream. Kendrick was no longer in bed and his remaining warmth had gone, but his scent still lingered in her nose.
She reached out and gently stroked the pillow that he had slept on.
‘Kendrick, I believe that if you were me, you would also make the same decision.
‘There’s nothing more important than the safety and health of our children.’
After Niamh had washed up and changed her clothes, she saw Karen walking toward her as soon as she left the room.
Karen groaned angrily as soon as she saw Niamh. “Kendrick got up three hours ago and made breakfast for Jack. He even sent the child to kindergarten after eating and has to go to work now. How can you, as a wife, sleep so peacefully?”
Niamh adjusted her coat leisurely. “Is my son only mine? Is there any law that stipulates that the wives must get up early to make breakfast and send their children to school every day?”
“There’s no law that stipulates it, but this tradition has been passed down for thousands of years,” Karen said confidently.
Niamh chuckled. “The 17th century has long passed, Mother-in-law. Are you still living in the past?”
“You…”
“When have I not made breakfast and dinner for Kendrick when I got married to him six years ago? But did he care? It’s time to take turns.”
“What do you mean by taking turns? Do you want Kendrick to serve you for the rest of his life?”
Niamh had not wanted to argue with Karen anymore at first, but she thought of Felipe’s threats and demands.
She needed to admit that she still had feelings and affection for Kendrick, so she could not find a reason to break it off with him cleanly again. Maybe Karen could help her find a reasonable excuse.
Niamh steeled herself, her gaze suddenly becoming sharp.
“That’s right. I want him to serve me for the rest of his life. What has he brought me in the past seven years? It was all pain!
“My son who I’ve carried for ten months was abused and hurt by Nevaeh while I, as his biological mother, still had to bear notoriety. The precious daughter who I took so much effort to give birth to died because of your son’s entanglement. Did you think I’d really let these things slide just like that?”
Karen was shocked by Niamh’s fierce vigor at the moment.
She froze for a few seconds, then turned angry and said, “Eveline Montogomery, if you really can’t let go of these things from the past, then why do you still want to marry Kendrick?”
She questioned, then said, “I know! You married Kendrick for revenge! You’re using Kendrick’s love for you to make him think that he’s happily married to you. Then you’ll dump him and make him sad, am I right?”
Niamh pretended to not care and showed a bright smile. “Mother-in-law, you’re rarely this smart. For once, yes, you’re absolutely right. I did it on purpose.”
She behaved indifferently, her gaze appearing cold and arrogant. “I just want him to be like me back in the beginning, thinking that he’s married to his most beloved and that the rest of his life would be filled with happiness and joy. When the time is right, I’ll dump him and have him thoroughly experience my sadness and pain from back then!
“Back then, he shattered all my fantasy and happiness toward marriage. Today, I will return it in double.”
“Eveline, you…”
“What do you mean by ‘you’? Do you, like your son, really think that I’d still have feelings for him, a scumbag who threw me to hell? Heh! I’m just fooling and playing around with him. I haven’t loved him for a long time. Even if there was a little liking previously, it’s all gone now,” Niamh said calmly and decisively before turning around gracefully.
However, as soon as her foot landed on the first step of the stairs, the sight of Kendrick, who was standing at the bottom of the stairs, was reflected in her pupils.
The man was holding a bouquet of pastel blue baby’s breath. His long and slender body was noble and elegant, but his handsome and resolute face was filled with complex and perturbed emotions.
Niamh was certain that Kendrick had heard what she said to Karen just now.
He had heard every single word.
Her heart was in pain, but her expression was indifferent and even dismissive.
‘It’s pretty good.
‘To have him hear this, it’s pretty good.’
“Kendrick, did you hear that? Did you see it? This is the true face of Eveline Montgomery! She deliberately approached you just to get revenge! Kendrick, be a little clear-headed. Don’t be fooled by this woman again!” Karen yelled at Kendrick angrily and anxiously.
Niamh stepped forward unhurriedly and continued walking downstairs.
When she passed by Kendrick, she paused. “Kendrick, I—”
“I know, you were just pissing my mom off on purpose,” he said while smiling faintly, handing the baby’s breath to her. “Nia, this is for you. I bought them from the flower shop I passed by when I came back.”
Niamh looked at the flower bouquet he handed over and her heart hurt more.
“Are you heading out? Where to? I’ll send you there.”
“No need.” Niamh opened her lips impassively, her gaze even more contemptuous. “I’m going to look for your Uncle Felipe now. Do you want to follow me? What for? To see me romancing him?”
“…” Kendrick looked at Niamh dumbfoundedly. “Nia, don’t joke with me like this.”
“I’m not joking with you. What I said to your mom just now is all true.” Niamh chuckled. “I’m lying to you, silly. My love for you disappeared as early as four years ago. I married you just to piss Felicity off, got it?” Niamh said brightly with a smile before turning around aloofly.
However, as soon as she turned around, the rim of her eyes turned red uncontrollably.
Just as she walked to the garage, Kendrick chased after her.
He held her with a nervous expression, his eyes full of confusion. “Did something happen? Nia, tell me. There’s no way you don’t love me. If you don’t love me, yesterday night, you wouldn’t have—”
“I was just in a moment of confusion last night, so don’t take it seriously.” Niamh pushed Kendrick away who was blocking her and knocked the flower bouquet in his hand to the ground.
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.