Looking at the remorseful man, Niamh took a deep breath and pushed his hand away.
“Sign the papers as soon as possible. I don’t want to spend another day with you! Go back to Lana and protect her. She’s your woman now!”
“Nia…”
“Stop calling my name. I don’t want to see you,” Niamh interrupted him and wiped away her tears.
“I never blamed you for forgetting me. I know you only got hurt because you wanted to save me and that’s how Lana got the chance to manipulate you. However, it doesn’t excuse your lack of humanity that let you kill my parents!”
“Kendrick, I don’t know how to face you anymore. When I see you, I’ll think of my dead parents, but I can’t avenge them. Do you understand how I feel?”
Niamh took a deep breath and picked up the innocent baby from the sofa before leaving the lounge.
Kendrick knelt on the ground, his brain replaying what Niamh’s words. At this moment, he felt as if a thousand knives were slicing through his heart.
If possible, he really wanted to exchange his life with the lives of Eloise and Sean.
He would do anything to repent just to make her feel better.
‘But Nia, you won’t give me another chance to repent and apologize anymore.’
After Niamh left the lounge, she walked forward.
When she walked past the stairs, she heard Ryan’s voice. “Stop wasting my time on this kind of thing. Watch your people closely and don’t let this happen again.”
After Niamh heard that and wanted to walk away, Ryan finished his call and walked out from the staircase coincidentally.
When he saw Niamh, he was surprised. However, his smile was warm. When he saw her red and teary eyes, he asked in concern, “Are you okay, Mrs. Waldburg?”
Niamh shook her head. “I’m immune to everything now. I won’t allow myself to collapse for the sake of the children.”
“Okay.” Ryan seemed to admire Niamh’s strength. He looked at the baby in Niamh’s arms. “Can I hold him?”
“Of course.”
Niamh handed the baby over gently, but it was obvious Ryan had never held a baby before. After a while, he handed the baby back to Niamh.
“It’s better if you do it. I’m worried that I’ll hurt the baby.” Ryan smiled softly. “Right, what’s his name?”
When she heard this, Niamh felt an ache in her heart.
She had wanted to wait for Kendrick to remember so that he could name the child.
However…
“He doesn’t have a name yet.” Niamh smiled.
Ryan did not ask any more questions and only smiled. “I heard your eyes were affected when you got hurt that day. I was relieved when I saw you fight those women just now.”
“It’s true that I couldn’t see previously. Perhaps I was triggered in some ways, so I regained my vision a few days ago,” Niamh explained. She recalled how devastated and emotional she felt the day Kendrick came to the hospital to visit her.
After she threw the divorce papers at him, she left the room.
A while after she left, she realized she could see again.
Ryan nodded like he was in deep thought. Then, he said ruefully, “I really didn’t know that Lana’s Hans Zimmerman is your husband, Kendrick Waldburg. I know that Kendrick is well-known in Glendale, but I’ve never seen him before.”
He said and started reminiscing, “That summer after I graduated from high school, I went overseas to further my education and only came back not long ago. My parents hope that I’ll have a family soon so that I can inherit the family fortune and business. However, I much prefer painting.”
“Mrs. Waldburg is a well-known jewelry designer in the jewelry business, so you should know something about painting, right? If you have time, why don’t we exchange tips?”
Ryan had helped her before and was a polite gentleman, so Niamh did not reject him.
On the other side, Lana barged back into her house.
However, the moment she stepped inside, she received a heavy slap.
Her brain went blank and she was dumbfounded.
Then, she tasted blood in her mouth.
Naomi who was close behind Lana saw this and started shivering.
What the hell was going on today?
She was going to watch Niamh make a fool of herself, so why did things become like this instead?
Lana clutched her swollen face and yelled, “Yorick, are you insane? Why did you hit me again?”
“Ask yourself what you’ve done just now.” Yorick’s face was dark as if he was hiding angry emotions. “I told you to stop stirring sh*t and go back to F Country to be a spoiled princess. Why did you have to go and provoke Eveline?”
When Lana heard this, she understood what was going on. “Eveline Montgomery again! Yorick, do you have a crush on her? You’ve slapped me twice for that woman! I’m your sister!”
“If you weren’t my sister, I would’ve shot you to death!” Yorick could not stand this anymore, but he still had to endure it.
“…” Lana’s eyes flickered as she was seething. “Why are you helping her? Do you really have a crush on her?”
“Nonsense,” warned Yorick. He glanced at Naomi with the same sharp gaze. “Remember, stop provoking Eveline. If not, you’ll have to bear the consequences.”
“…” Lana was fuming as she slammed her fist on the table. Then, she wiped the blood from her mouth and watched Yorick leave with dissatisfaction in her eyes. “He slapped his own sister for that woman. I want to see how charming Eveline really is!”
Naomi looked in the direction where Yorick left timidly before instigating, “Lana, are we just gonna stop now? We lost our reputation at the event just now!”
“Reputation? Heh! Do you even have one? You lost all of yours after what happened in the private room!”
“…”
Naomi looked embarrassed, but she did not have the guts to talk back to Lana. On the contrary, she said, “Lana, why don’t we just stop here? Yorick is forbidding you from causing trouble for Eveline. If you still do it, he might slap you again.”
Lana clenched her fist and punched the wall. “I want to see if my brother will really kill me for that woman!”
Obviously, Lana was still determined. She would not be able to let this go no matter what.
Naomi chimed in after she heard that, “That’s right. You’re Yorick’s sister, so even if he does have a crush on Eveline, he can’t abandon you for her!”
“Hmph!” Lana’s eyes became fierce as she touched her hurting cheek. “I won’t let the people who crossed me live peacefully. Plus, I’ll definitely get my hands on Kendrick!”
…
After the event ended, Niamh went back to Waldburg Manor.
Jackson and Lillian were already asleep while Niamh was patiently coaxing the fussy baby to sleep.
After the baby fell asleep, she took a shower.
However, after she walked into the bathroom, the door of her room was pushed open. A figure walked slowly to the cot and picked up the sleeping baby.
The baby felt someone carrying him, so he opened his huge and round eyes instantly.
The man holding the baby was shocked. However, his heart melted when he saw those innocent and naive eyes.
“Are you Pudding?” Kendrick asked in a low voice as he caressed the adorable face with his fingers.
The baby looked at Kendrick and subconsciously parted his lips into a cute grin.
Kendrick felt his Adam’s apple bobbing when he saw his smile. He could not control his tears from falling.
The scene of Niamh painfully delivering the child prematurely was still fresh in his memory.
She supported her frail body through the pain by using her strong willpower. That was how she gave birth to this premature baby.
When that happened, her clothes and hair were drenched in sweat while her face was extremely pale. She had been longing to reach out her hand to him and call out to him.
However, he was like an emotionless robot and only reached out his hand to her at the last moment.
Then, he felt his heart tighten when he thought about how this child needed to stay in an incubator for almost a month before he could live like normal babies.
“Pudding, I’m sorry. I’m not a good father.” Kendrick leaned down and pressed a light kiss on the baby’s cheek.
This kiss contained a deep apology and a love that came from the deepest part of his heart.
The baby blinked his marble-like eyes and could not understand a word Kendrick said. He only smiled adorably and kicked Kendrick with his plump and fair feet.
“You’re so cute. You’re indeed my son,” Kendrick said proudly.
He did not know how much time had passed, but he was scared that Niamh would notice him.
He knew Niamh did not want to see him now because she did not know how to face the murderer who killed her parents.
He did not want to bring her any heartache, so he placed the baby down before leaving.
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.