He gently walked over to the bed and saw Niamh lying on his side of the bed with her hand still on the pillow he used to sleep on. His eyes were bitter, and he gently pulled up the blanket to cover her.
When Kendrick lowered his head and kissed the corner of Niamh’s eyebrows, Kendrick found that there was medical tape on her neck.
Was she injured?
How was it possible that she got injured?
He felt distressed and puzzled, but he did not dare to stay too long for fear of awakening Niamh.
Kendrick left the room lightly, not wanting to keep the door completely closed. He then bumped into Karen who happened to be upstairs.
“Kendrick!” Karen was both surprised and delighted. “When did you come back?”
“Don’t wake Nia.” Kendrick reminded before turning around and going downstairs.
Karen followed him closely. “Kendrick, since you’re so reluctant to give up on Eveline, why did you still agree to the divorce?”
“I set fire to her home and killed her parents. Do you think it’s possible for Nia and I to get together again?” Kendrick asked, his eyes dimming. “Even if she forgives me, I won’t have a chance to ever give her happiness again.”
“What does this mean?” Karen was very confused.
Kendrick did not explain further and instead urged. “I’ll try my best to come back to see the baby these few nights, but don’t let Nia know about it. I have to leave now.”
Without giving Karen the opportunity to question him, Kendrick then drove away.
After thinking about it, Karen also felt helpless.
This was also the first time she deeply realized that Kendrick’s love for Niamh was indeed true.
Back then, however, she had not noticed it at all.
…
The next day, Lana woke up. Thinking of how she had spent another night with Kendrick, she happily lit a cigarette.
She was happily thinking back to last night’s events when she received a call.
Listening to the report from the person on the phone, Lana pinched the cigarette butt a little uncomfortably. She then looked up and saw Kendrick coming in. She hung up the phone while smiling.
“Kendrick,” she called out softly, her eyes full of admiration and love. “I wanted to go out on a date with you today, but I have something to deal with all of a sudden.”
“What’s the matter?” Kendrick asked casually.
“There’s a problem with the goods from half a month ago. The customer happens to be in Glendale now, so I’ll be meeting him.” Lana got up, then put on her clothes.
Kendrick looked away with a look of disgust and opened his mouth to say, “I’ll accompany you.”
“You want to accompany me?” Lana looked surprised. “Really?”
Kendrick nodded. “I’m your man now. Shouldn’t it only be right for me to accompany you to deal with trivial matters?”
Upon hearing this, Lana’s smile grew even wider. “Okay, you can come with me.”
The meeting place was a five-star restaurant, and Kendrick was walking beside Lana as they entered a private room.
The other party was a gentleman who did not seem to be someone who would be involved in illegal transactions, but appearances could be deceiving.
Kendrick listened indifferently as if he was just a trophy partner accompanying Lana.
It did not take long for matters to be discussed smoothly. When he left, the man even teased by saying, “Miss Johnson, your new boyfriend doesn’t look half bad. It seems that the Stygian Johnson Gang’s business will only grow bigger and bigger.”
Lana took out a cigarette smugly. “Of course. I’ll hand over part of the business to my boyfriend after this and will have to ask Mr. Xavier to look out for him.”
“Of course,” the man replied.
Lana walked out of the room happily and was about to stick herself to Kendrick, but suddenly, she received a call from Yorick.
“When did you secretly return to Glendale again?” Yorick asked, “I told you not to trouble Eveline Montgomery, yet there you’ve gone again. You will return to the villa immediately. I have something to ask you!”
Although Lana was dissatisfied, she had to go back.
Kendrick also said that he had something going on, and after sending Lana off to her car, he left alone.
He drove the car around the street for many laps before finally driving into an empty alley.
He glanced around and walked into it. Not far ahead, a man in a suit and leather shoes was waiting for him.
Kendrick threw a chip in a beautiful parabola over to the man. It contained the contents that had just been recorded in the private room.
He did not have more things to say, and neither did he intend to stay long, so he turned around and left.
“Mr. Waldburg, wait.”
The man stopped Kendrick. He walked over and handed a transparent bag packed with painkillers.
“According to the report from a few days ago, the toxins in your body have entered the second phase. This is what the professor asked me to pass on to you. It can temporarily alleviate the spread of toxins in your body.”
Kendrick took it. “He didn’t tell you how long I have?”
“This is a new type of toxin. No one can give you the answer, but we know that you’ll be put through torture soon. You must be psychologically prepared.”
Kendrick listened calmly and was relieved.
Back then, Niamh was pregnant while inflicted with a severe illness. She had been suffering from both physical and mental torture. She could only endure it silently, and now, he was finally experiencing her feelings at the time.
The corners of his slightly pale lips twitched.
“I’ll do what I should do and want to do before my life ends. Don’t look for me again in the short meanwhile.”
He left freely. After returning to the car, he unlocked and opened the photo album to see a photo of Niamh as well as the words she had written in her diary—all professions of her love for him. He pretended that she still loved him deeply.
“Nia, I hope that in our next life, we’ll meet again. And I hope that I can accompany you through more springs, summers, autumns, and winters.”
That night, after Kendrick used aromatherapy to induce hallucination in Lana, he went back to the manor and quietly went to see his son.
Every time Niamh came out of the shower the past few days, she always felt a peculiarity in the room. She could not say it was anything strange, but it just did not feel right.
It was another night, and Kendrick had appeared in Niamh’s room as usual. Hearing the sound of the shower running from the bathroom, he was relieved to play with the children.
However, just as he was just about to pick up the baby to feed him, Niamh suddenly came out of the bathroom and stood in front of him.
She had not even taken off her clothes, so obviously, she already guessed that he would be coming a long time ago.
When she saw Kendrick, however, Niamh was very calm. “I did say when I signed the divorce agreement that you can come and see your children any time and that I won’t stop you. You don’t have to be so sneaky.
“But you’ve come just at the right time. This will save me a trip from having to send it to you.”
Niamh smiled lightly, turned around, and picked up an invitation letter before handing it to Kendrick.
“My wedding with Ryan will be soon.”
Kendrick had not expected that Niamh would be marrying Ryan.
He thought Niamh was lying to him, but after he opened the invitation letter, he did indeed see her and Ryan’s names.
“A second marriage so soon?” Kendrick asked with a smile.
Niamh looked at him coldly. “No, you’re wrong, it’s the third.”
“…”
“I have split from and reunited with you so many times, even getting married twice and divorcing you twice. When I was desperate to get the divorce certificate with you the second time, I thought you would be my only support for the rest of my life, but the truth has proven that we will not come to fruition.”
Niamh looked at the man with a smile on her lips, shooting an indifferent glance over.
“I’m really tired. When I was young, I had hoped that my parents would love me and adore me. After nearly 30 years, I’ve finally gotten it, but they have now left me forever. When I grew up, I married the man I loved the most. I had hoped that this man could love me like how I loved him, but reality woke me up severely.”
She turned her back to Kendrick.
“From then on, the man I most love is called Ryan Jones. I’ll become his wife and live the quiet life I want to live.”
Kendrick’s hand that was holding the invitation letter trembled slightly. He looked at Niamh’s decisive silhouette, enduring the pain of a thousand arrows piercing his heart to force out a smile on his face. “I wish you happiness.”
“Of course, I’ll be happy. Leaving you is the first step to my happiness.”
“That’s good.” Kendrick’s throat moved slightly. He was choking on his emotions as he stopped the words he wanted to speak and swallowed them into his throat instead.
He turned around and walked out of the room. The moment he closed the door, he leaned against the wall in pain. He took the painkillers out of his pocket with his trembling hand and ate them.
However, there was still an indescribable pain in his heart.
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.