After the meal, Felipe stood outside the door and was on the phone while Kendrick and Yvette sat on the sofa, flipping through a wedding magazine. They seemed to be discussing their wedding.
Niamh did not want to see Kendrick being loving with another woman, so when Old Master Waldburg asked her to go to the study, she went upstairs immediately.
The study.
Old Master Waldburg put on his reading glasses, picked up the photo on the desk, and sighed regretfully.
“After so many years, I still thought that Kendrick and you would have a happy ending like they did in the past. Little did I know, the two of you are still separated after all these years.”
Niamh felt as if her heart was being stabbed. She walked closer and saw the photo.
“Is this Grandpa Len?” Niamh recognized Len in the photo.
Old Master Waldburg nodded. “I took Kendrick to April Hill for a holiday and met my old comrade there. At that time, he had a little girl with him and that girl was you. This photo was taken at that time. We didn’t realize that Kendrick and you were also in the photo.”
Niamh looked at herself and Kendrick in the photo. In retrospect, time flew really fast, but now…
She lowered her eyes, the light in her gaze dimming. Suddenly, her eyes were attracted by a fuzzy figure in the upper left corner of the photo.
‘Is this boy Felipe?’
Niamh took a closer look and found that not far behind Felipe, there was a little girl with pigtail braids walking happily toward him.
Knock, knock.
Someone knocked on the study door.
Before Niamh had more time to observe the photo carefully, Kendrick opened the door and went in. “Grandpa, it’s time to take your medicine.”
Niamh glanced at Kendrick and put down the picture frame. “Grandpa, let me help you downstairs for your medicine.”
“I can go by myself.” Old Master Waldburg refused, as if deliberately trying to leave space for Kendrick and Niamh. He walked toward the door alone with his cane.
However, Felipe was still downstairs and it was risky for her to be alone with Kendrick.
Niamh decided to leave. She started to walk toward the door, but when she passed Kendrick, the man suddenly took her arm and closed the study door decisively with his other hand.
“Let go of me,” Niamh said in a harsh tone.
Kendrick’s deep eyes looked down at Niamh’s beautiful face. “What if I don’t?”
“Kendrick, you…”
Niamh glared at him and tried to break free, but the man suddenly pulled with his strength and drew her near him.
His round eyes were very close to her, and his warm breath that enveloped her carried traces of red wine.
“Kendrick, don’t mess around!”
Niamh saw a touch of aggressive dominance and strength in Kendrick’s eyes.
She was worried that he would go out of control and do something to the child in her womb.
“Kendrick, you said that we’ve cleared everything up between the two of us. Since you don’t love me anymore, stop pestering me.” Niamh reminded him and struggled to break free from his grasp at the same time.
However, the man curled his thin lips into a wide and handsome smile.
“Why are you so afraid of me? Are you afraid that I’ll eat you up?”
The scent of wine that he carried on him blew toward her cheeks, making Niamh’s ears become hot as she put her hand on her chest.
She was a little flustered but tried very hard to calm her emotions to face him with a cold front.
“Kendrick, please remember who you are to me. I’m your uncle’s wife, which makes me your aunt…”
“Shut your lips, Eveline Montgomery.” He suddenly interrupted in a cold tone as he referred her to her full name.
“Eveline, what’s the matter with you? Have you forgotten what Felipe did? Have you forgotten how he killed Lillian? How can you register for marriage with him? How can you sleep in the same bed with him and even get pregnant with his child?! Have you gone mad?!”
His emotions were all over the place, and Niamh got a headache from his recurring loud questions.
In a panic, she raised her hand and hit Kendrick in his face.
With a slap, the man was stunned.
“You’re the one who has gone mad, Kendrick.” Niamh suppressed the pain in her heart and stared at him coldly. “Kendrick, you said you don’t love me anymore. Since you don’t love me anymore, just leave me alone!”
She clenched her fists and suppressed the grievances she felt in her heart. “Have a good life with your fiancée. You have no say in whoever I end up with or whoever’s kids I bear. You can live a new life and start over. Why should you bother with which man I sleep with every night…”
Kendrick could not bear listening to what Niamh was saying at that moment. He suddenly lowered his head and his thin lips latched onto hers, forcefully pushing her to a corner.
Everything happened all of a sudden and Niamh was not prepared for it. She was then forcefully kissed by Kendrick.
He held her cheeks and released his lips slightly as he narrowed his magnetic eyes.
“Stop talking. I don’t want to hear it anymore,” he whispered softly as the scent of wine fell on her lips. “Eveline, if this is what you want as your revenge, you’ve succeeded.”
Kendrick’s bewitching round eyes looked at Niamh’s stubborn ones.
“Do you still hate me?”
Niamh sneered coldly, “Yes, I still hate you.”
“Do you hate me so much that you wish I was dead?”
Niamh put her foot down and said, “Yes, I can’t wait for you to die.”
“Heh.” Kendrick smiled bitterly as his eyes looked stern. He stared at Niamh’s contemptuous look for him. He kissed her on the lips again.
Niamh tried to push him, but her hands were held back by his hand.
His body pressed closer to hers. Niamh wanted to escape but was locked in his strong and warm embrace.
Niamh initially wanted to resist him, but Kendrick’s increasingly crazed push made her a little dazed— a little addicted. She almost forgot that she was surrounded by surveillance and could not express her true feelings.
However, Kendrick was already sinking and depraved. His palm slipped into her clothes and touched her skin. He felt as if every cell in his body was in flames.
On the other hand, his touch made Niamh tremble and shudder. She suddenly returned to her senses. She finally realized that Kendrick’s kiss was getting more and more wrong.
She pushed him away in a panic and slapped him again. “Kendrick! You’ve really gone mad! Don’t push me!”
Niamh hurriedly adjusted her clothes and tidied up her messy hair before quickly leaving the study.
Kendrick turned his face sideways and could not feel the pain on his face. The only pain he felt was in his heart.
Rain droplets were seen dropping from the sky outside the window, but to him, it was like a heavy downpour.
“I just got up here and saw her looking very down as she made her way out from here. Did something just happen?” Yvette set foot into the study room. Looking worried, she walked to Kendrick who was not speaking a single word. “Are you alright?”
“She said she hates me, to a point she wishes for me to be dead.” Kendrick raised his pair of orbs that were reddened. His eyes were brewing with dissatisfaction and sorrow as he said, “She’s pregnant with Felipe’s kid. It seems like she really doesn’t love me anymore.”
“Perhaps she has her hardship that she can’t speak off.” Yvette comforted.
“What sort of hardship will make her willing to order so many people to kill me?” Kendrick smirked. He then turned around and added, “That day in F Country, if it hadn’t been for you, I might already be dead.”
“I was saving myself while rescuing you at the same time.” Yvette let out a smile. “They might be leaving already. Do you want to see her off?”
“What’s the point of doing so? She doesn’t even want to take a glance at me.” Kendrick chuckled. “You should go. You might want to meet him.”
Speechless, Yvette stared at Kendrick before heading downstairs.
Seeing that Niamh and Felipe were about to leave, Yvette went over with a smile. “Kendrick is drunk and is resting in the room. I’ll take over his place and see you two off.”
Niamh had already spun around but quickly turned back when she heard Yvette’s voice.
Once again, she found the face very familiar but just could not figure out who she was.
Felipe looked at Yvette almost absentmindedly.
However, he did not comment. Instead, he grabbed onto Niamh’s waist and spun around.
Silently, Yvette watched as the towering silhouette left with her lips curled.
‘You’re right, Felipe. We have met each other before.
‘It turns out that you’re still able to sense some familiar feelings from this face of mine. Should I be grateful that I’m still living in your memories?’
…
Initially, Felipe thought of bringing Niamh over to Waldburg Manor, all just to anger Kendrick. However, he doubted himself whether he had accomplished what he intended to do.
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.