Under the dim moonlight, their eyes reflected their genuine love for each other.
Kendrick looked at Niamh’s cold, dull eyes. He moved his lips to say something. “I asked you that day if you’d still love me even when I’ve changed and become different. You said you would. But now you look like you really hate me,” he said.
“Hate you?” Niamh laughed sarcastically as she heard these words.
Nevertheless, her eyes turned red with tears as she smiled.
Calmly, she stared into his eyes.
“When you thought that there was no way for you to continue staying alive and avoided me at all costs, do you know how badly that hurt me?
“When you set fire to Montgomery Manor under Lana’s influence and killed my parents, do you know much I suffered?”
“When I knew that you’d be leaving me forever and disappearing from my world, I didn’t want to resent you anymore. I wasn’t afraid anymore. I was just afraid that I wouldn’t get to be with you anymore.”
As he listened to every word Niamh said, Kendrick’s eyes glinted with a sense of deep apology and appreciation.
“Ryan and I are just married on the surface. He has never forced me into anything. I have never been able to convince myself to act like a married couple with him either. That’s because there has always been a man called Kendrick Waldburg in the deepest corner of my heart.”
This sentence alone touched his heart. Not long after, he heard her tear up.
“I never imagined that this man would return to my side. However, I don’t want him to continue hurting me using these methods after returning to my side.
“Kendrick, is it too much for me to want to have a simple love and lead a quiet life with you? Or are we just not compatible as lovers?”
Tears spilled out of her eyes as she questioned him.
At this moment, Kendrick felt his heart breaking.
He wrapped her in his arms. “I’m sorry, Nia. I made you cry again,” he said.
More tears flowed down her face. “Do you know? You’ve never called me Nia ever since you came back,” she said.
Listening to her cry, Kendrick’s heart tightened.
He caressed her hair and comforted her. However, it seemed to be useless.
Kendrick loosened his hold on her, attempting to brush away the tears wetting her face. However, she only pushed him away.
She still seemed to be fuming as she reached out to open the car door.
Kendrick pulled Niamh into his embrace dominantly. He then lowered his head and kissed her.
Niamh struggled in his grasp. Nevertheless, soon enough, she got lost in his gentle kiss.
Her hands, which were struggling at first, were now wrapped around the man’s torso instinctively. She could not help herself from burying into the warmth of his body.
“I won’t let you leave me ever again. I won’t hand you over to another man again either,” Kendrick promised her. He caressed her long hair gently. “I’ll control myself and try my best not to look for Ryan,” he said.
“I didn’t say that you can’t look for Ryan, but you can’t treat him like that. He helped you and me before, right?” she asked.
“He helped me?” Kendrick questioned her. However, he did not say anything else and continued to hug her tightly. A knowing smile appeared on his handsome face.
Although he had not told her what happened to him in the past six months, at least he did not seem to be acting weirdly toward her anymore.
The next day, to prevent Kendrick from being jealous again, Niamh told him that she would be going to the hospital to visit Ryan.
Kendrick did not object and even said that he wanted to go with her. “I crossed the line yesterday. I’ll apologize to him,” he said.
He seemed sincere, but Niamh stopped him. She was worried that an unwarranted conflict would occur again.
Kendrick did not insist on following anymore and let Niamh go to the hospital alone.
After arriving at the hospital, she saw Mrs. Jones packing up. Once she saw her, she reprimanded her in anger, “Eveline Montgomery, has Rye ever mistreated you? He’s kind enough to not mind a divorced woman with three children like you. But what did you do instead?
“You got involved with your ex-husband again and even let the paparazzi catch you. Everything is just great now. A bunch of reporters is in front of our house. Ryan can’t even go home to rest. He can only go to a hotel to prevent getting photographed by those annoying reporters. Does Ryan owe you anything?” she asked.
After scolding her angrily, Mrs. Jones grabbed her handbag and left.
Niamh knew that she was in the wrong. She did not take it to heart and called Ryan immediately. The tone of his voice was still gentle. “I’m alright. Don’t mind my mother’s words. I’m fine being at the hotel by myself,” he said.
The more Ryan acted this generously toward her, the more she felt like she owed him something.
She asked which hotel he was in and brought over some daily necessities.
When she arrived, she saw that the room door was open.
She thought that Ryan had opened the door for her. However, when she entered, she saw that he was lying on the bed and seemed to be asleep.
Niamh put down the bag and thought of leaving so that she would not disturb him. However, once she turned around, a wave of dizziness encompassed her as her vision spun around. Soon enough, she fell onto the ground helplessly…
Niamh felt like she was dreaming while caught in a drowsy haze. Someone kept calling out to her in her dream.
“Eveline, Eveline, wake up.”
The gentle yet worried voice of a man rang out in her ears continuously.
Eveline frowned and gradually opened her eyes. Ryan’s face slowly came into view amidst her blurred vision.
“Eveline, are you awake?” he asked.
“Ryan?”
“It’s me,” Ryan said as he looked at her in worry. “Are you alright?” he asked.
Alright?
Clarity returned to her thoughts at once. She recalled what happened before she fainted just now. She then realized that she was lying on the bed.
She sat up at once, the covers sliding down from her shoulders. She realized in shock that her clothes had been removed. She was only wearing a camisole.
This entire situation made her feel oddly weirded out.
She pulled up the covers and wrapped them around herself immediately.
“How did this happen?” she asked in confusion. She had no idea what just happened. Upon catching sight of the clothes on the floor, she immediately bent down to pick them up.
Ryan turned over at once. “Wear your clothes first,” he told her.
Niamh did not say anything. She put on her clothes hurriedly after Ryan limped away.
She could not remember what happened in between at all.
She only remembered bringing daily necessities over for Ryan. After she entered the room, she saw him fast asleep and proceeded to leave. However, she lost consciousness just as she was about to leave.
She put on her clothes and looked at the bed. A sense of heaviness weighed on her mind.
A thought arose in her mind, but she did not dare to dwell on it.
Ryan was seated on the sofa in the living room. He tried to stand up when he saw that Niamh was dressed, but he could not do so due to his leg injury.
“Sit down,” Niamh said. She looked at him and cut straight to the point, asking, “Ryan, what happened? Why was I on the bed?” she asked.
Ryan looked at her serious expression, his eyes glinting apologetically. “Eveline, I think something happened between us,” he said.
“…”
Ryan’s words came upon her like a bucket of cold water. The revelation shocked her from head to toe.
“What… What did you say?” she asked in disbelief.
Ryan frowned and continued speaking, “Before you came over, I heard someone knocking on the door. I thought it was you, but I didn’t see anyone after opening the door. I went back in and fell asleep drowsily. After I woke up, you were beside me and…”
He paused. The look in his eyes turned heavier. “And we weren’t dressed properly,” he added.
“…”
A chilling sensation crept up Niamh’s spine.
Just as she was about to deny the entire situation, her phone rang.
That customized ringtone belonged to Kendrick’s number.
She picked up Kendrick’s phone call at once without hesitation. His husky, low voice resonated from the phone. “Why didn’t you pick up my call just now?” he asked in a gentle voice.
Just now?
Kendrick must have looked for her while she was unconscious just now.
She did not want to lie to Kendrick, but she had no other choice right now.
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.