Those deep eyes of his stared at Niamh with intense displeasure.
Niamh panted as her heart beat anxiously. “Kendrick, what are you trying to do?”
“It’s only been three months,” he whispered, his gaze suddenly turning sharp. “It’s only been three months and you’re pregnant with his baby.”
Niamh could sense that he was dissatisfied. She glanced at the door of the escape corridor and saw someone listening outside. She laughed disdainfully. “Does me being pregnant with anybody’s child have anything to do with you? Why? Can it be you that you still love me?”
Kendrick furrowed his sharp eyebrows and stared at Niamh. His thin lips moved lightly as he said, “Felipe isn’t a good person.”
“If Felipe isn’t a good person, does that make you one?” Niamh chuckled disapprovingly. “In my eyes, you’re the heinous scumbag. Kendrick, stop following me. I really don’t want to see your face.”
Niamh pushed Kendrick away and hurried out of the corridor.
Felipe’s men were listening at the door, as expected.
She frowned and hurried away.
After getting into the car, Niamh felt her abdomen and thought about the look in Kendrick’s eyes.
‘Was it anger, jealousy, or heartache?’
Niamh could not tell.
What Niamh did not want Felipe to know, he soon learned from his men.
He seemed very happy. “Eveline, are you really pregnant with my baby?”
Niamh did not deny it. If she denied it, she was afraid that Felipe would use any method he could to get rid of the child.
She did not want to talk to Felipe about the child, so she changed the subject. “Tomorrow’s my grandfather’s death anniversary. I’m going to the cemetery to pay him a visit.”
Felipe immediately agreed to it. “Since the bidding for that piece of land has failed, I have something to deal with. I’ll get someone to send you there tomorrow.” He smiled softly. “Eveline, this is our first child. Don’t worry, even after we have this child, I’ll still treat Lilian as my own daughter.”
“If you really treat Lilian as your daughter, you wouldn’t have used her as a pawn.” Niamh bluntly exposed him.
Felipe’s face turned dark. As he looked at Niamh’s back, he inadvertently looked down and saw the hair band around his wrist.
As he stared at it, his mind drifted away.
…
Early the next morning, Niamh brought white chrysanthemums and candles to the cemetery.
The breeze in early spring was very gentle. It was accompanied by a light drizzle with a hint of coolness.
After Niamh got out of the car, she was displeased when she saw that the bodyguard was about to follow her again. “Don’t follow me. I want to sit with Grandpa alone for a while.”
The bodyguard stopped and did not dare to disobey Niamh. He could only stare at the sight of her back as she entered the cemetery from the parking lot.
A cool breeze blew by and he shuddered. He assumed that it would be fine if Niamh went alone to light some candles, so he turned around and got into the car. He scrolled his phone while he waited for her.
When Niamh walked to Len’s grave, she put down the white chrysanthemum and lit the candles.
The breeze and drizzle were not that big of a hassle, so she was able to light up the candles.
She cleared the weeds around the tomb, then walked to the tombstone and quietly stared at the name on the tombstone.
“Grandpa, it’s me, Little Eveline.
“Nevaeh was rescued by someone and is still alive, but you can rest assured that I won’t let her continue to get away with it.
“Grandpa, thank you for not giving up on me back then. Without you, I would have died a long time ago. Without you, I would not have met the man who taught me love and hatred…
“Grandpa…”
Niamh traced the lettering on the tombstone and suddenly noticed an extra figure in her peripheral view.
She looked up suddenly and saw Kendrick wearing black clothes and sunglasses. He was holding a bunch of white chrysanthemums and placed them in front of the tombstone. After that, he bowed and said a prayer.
Niamh looked at the pious man and put on a mask of indifference. “Kendrick, when are you going to stop following me?”
Kendrick curled up his lips and took off his sunglasses. His charming round eyes approached her with a smile. “Mrs. Waldburg, why do you say that I’m following you?”
“The hotel rooftop, the hospital, the cemetery. Do you take me as a fool? Is it really only due to pure coincidence that I meet you every time?”
“Isn’t it because we’re destined to meet each other?”
Niamh laughed after hearing what he said. “Kendrick, my fate with you was over long ago. Stop trying to put meanings into things. If you want to stay here, then I’ll go. You’d better stop following me!”
After warning him, she turned and left.
Kendrick stared at her back as a strong possessiveness enveloped his eyes. “Eveline, you dropped something.”
Niamh paused and looked down at her feet suspiciously, but she did not see anything that she might have dropped.
She suspected that Kendrick was playing tricks on her. When she turned her head back, the man suddenly walked toward her with a solemn expression.
Niamh watched the man walking toward her and her heart started racing.
She was pregnant and was worried that Kendrick would behave irrationally, so she took a step back out of vigilance.
When Kendrick saw Niamh’s evasive behavior, he curled the corner of his lips and said sarcastically, “Mrs. Waldburg, are you worried that I’ll do something to you? Are you afraid that I’ll hurt Felipe’s child?”
“…”
She was indeed worried that the child inside of her would get hurt, even though the child was Kendrick’s.
Niamh swallowed the secret down and said indifferently, “You’re right. The child inside of me is very important to me. So, Mr. Waldburg, please act appropriately.”
As soon as she said that, Niamh saw Kendrick’s eyes sink as they instantly looked colder.
“Since you’re so worried, take this umbrella so that you won’t catch a cold.”
As he said that, he handed the umbrella in his palm to Niamh and took something out of his pocket.
Niamh looked intently at it. Amidst the drizzle, she saw Kendrick holding a faded colorful seashell.
“Last time, you told me that you wanted to give everything back to me so that we won’t owe each other anything anymore. So, I’m giving you what I owe you.” It was obvious what Kendrick meant. It was just that Niamh had not expected it at all.
She gave that seashell to him more than ten years ago and he had always cherished it, but now he was telling her that he wanted to return it to her.
‘So, is this what he meant when he said that I dropped something?’
When Kendrick saw that Niamh was confused, he pursed his thin lips and laughed. “What are you thinking about, Mrs. Waldburg? Don’t you want to clear everything up between us?”
When Niamh heard what he said, she looked at him with a pretense of calmness. “You’re right. Since we want to clear everything up between us, we don’t need to keep any memorabilia of our past.”
She took out the bookmark that she had kept carefully from the compartment of her bag.
“I’ll give this back to you as well then, Mr. Waldburg.” She handed it over.
Kendrick looked down at the bookmark. “Mrs. Waldburg, have you been carrying this bookmark around with you? Is it because you still have a little nostalgia for a scumbag like me?”
“You’re wrong. I bring it around so that I can return it to you anytime and anywhere,” Niamh said nonchalantly, “Here, take it.”
Kendrick stretched out his hand and took the bookmark. “Since that’s the case, this bookmark is useless to you, right? You won’t mind what I do with it?”
“Of course,” Niamh said with disdain.
After she finished speaking, she saw Kendrick turning around and throwing the bookmark into the burning brazier next to the tombstone.
Niamh’s heart felt as if it was torn abruptly. She felt an unexplainable pain.
He actually burned the bookmark.
“Now this is actually clearing everything up,” Kendrick said, turned around, and looked back.
Niamh pretended to be indifferent and looked at Kendrick coldly.
He walked toward her and handed the seashell over. “Here, this is yours.”
Niamh stretched out her palm at Kendrick. As he reached out to place the seashell, their fingertips touched for a second. The very next second, he let go.
“Eveline, from now on, there are no more ties between us. Don’t worry, I won’t follow you again, nor will I love you again.” His low and deep voice echoed in her ears.
Kendrick brushed against Niamh’s shoulder when he walked past her.
The seashell fell on Niamh’s feet with a clink as he left.
Niamh suppressed the painful emotions that she was feeling at that moment. When she could tell that Kendrick had walked away, she cautiously squatted down and picked up the seashell.
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.