There was also an inherent silent air of nobility and elegance in his aura.
Niamh’s instinct told her that this man was not a young master from an ordinary wealthy family.
She grabbed the handkerchief the man left her, and at that moment, her mind was clear.
She should not be so pessimistic.
“Where am I?” Niamh parted her lips and asked the man who had his back toward her.
The man slowed down and turned his face slightly. His resolute and perfect jaw looked even more exceptional under the light.
“It’s not important where you are. If you still want to go home, then stop your tears.” His voice was also as cold as his aura.
Niamh clutched the handkerchief tightly. “Were you the one who saved me?”
“I was just passing by.” His answer was straightforward.
Niamh remembered that she did see another yacht heading toward her before the yacht Ryan was on exploded.
Perhaps this man was on that yacht and coincidentally, he witnessed the yacht exploding so he saved her.
“Thank you.” Niamh looked at the man’s back and thanked him. At the same time, she remembered Ryan who was still on the yacht. “Did you save my friend too?”
“Friend?” The man sounded puzzled. Then, he turned around. “Do you mean the man who was chasing you on the other yacht?”
When she heard this, Niamh was stunned. Then, she answered softly, “Yeah.”
The man looked at Niamh with no expression on his face. After two seconds, he answered, “You should take care of yourself.”
Niamh did not know how to feel when she heard that.
She was hurt so badly, so Ryan must also be horribly hurt as well. However, Niamh had no idea about Ryan’s condition right now.
She picked up the handkerchief to softly wipe away the tears in the corners of her eyes.
That was right, she could not cry.
She had seen everything, so what was she afraid of?
Niamh tried to comfort herself this way, but when night fell, she could not help but overthink again.
She did not know how badly hurt her face was. Would she be able to restore it to the way she looked before?
She started to have nightmares. She dreamed that she went back to Kendrick with a battered face and he pushed her away before walking away with a woman who looked the same as she previously looked.
Her children did not want to pay attention to her and her parents did not know her. She was like an ugly duckling who had been abandoned. She could only walk away in disappointment.
This dream kept on repeating, and in the end, it became a nightmare that pestered her to no end.
After much struggle, Niamh woke up from her nightmare and realized that she was covered in a cold sweat. In addition to that, her face was so unbearably dry and itchy. She wanted to scratch it, but she knew she could not do that. The only thing she could do right now was to endure this and power through it.
Niamh was counting the days. She waited for the day when she could finally remove the gauze as she desperately wanted to know how badly injured she was.
She also had the urge to call Kendrick. However, when she remembered her condition right now, she got rid of that idea.
It was so difficult for her to even speak a full sentence. If Kendrick knew about her condition right now, how would he be able to take this?
Niamh thought about it and decided to send a message to Kendrick to at least tell him that the Niamh next to him right now was not the real her.
Then, she saw the maid who came in with her breakfast. Niamh wanted to borrow a phone from her. Just then, the man who the maids called ‘sir’ walked in.
He still looked cold and elegant. He never had much of an expression on his face. When he saw that Niamh was able to get out of the bed to walk around, he said flatly, “You’re recovering pretty well.”
“Thank you for saving me, and please relay my thanks to your doctor and maids too. They’ve been taking really good care of me. Thank you.” Niamh thanked him sincerely but was not used to her current voice.
The man did not say anything. His eyes that were as cold as night glanced at Niamh. “What’s your name?”
“Eveline Montgomery.”
“Eveline Montgomery,” the man repeated like he was chewing on something. After a while, he said, “Didn’t you want to know the condition of your friend on the yacht? I can take you to see him now, but you’d better be prepared.”
Niamh had a bad feeling in her heart when she heard that.
However, when she remembered what had happened to Kendrick after the yacht exploded, she found a glimmer of hope amidst the restless beating of her heart.
“What are you thinking about? If you want to know, then follow me. Stop dilly-dallying.” The man urged coldly and impatiently.
Niamh took a step forward sluggishly. Due to the impact of the yacht explosion that day, she was still weak and feeble all over.
She walked slowly while the two maids followed behind her considerately as they were worried that she would fall all of a sudden.
Niamh was touched by this meticulous care. She felt that she was extremely lucky to have been saved.
The place was huge, and the decorations and renovations all had English influences. Everything here exuded a low profile yet elegant sentiment, from the small trinkets to the tables and chairs.
Niamh felt that the man who saved her had an extraordinary status. However, she could not figure out what this man’s background was.
Plus, he had just passed by and saved her out of good intentions. She did not need to dig into this person’s background and family.
Niamh followed behind the man without making a noise. The main reason was that she did not have the energy to speak.
The place was gigantic, and Niamh felt as if they had been walking for a few minutes before they reached a door. After they passed through the path in the garden, Niamh spotted a modern-looking single-story house.
When they were at the door, the man stopped suddenly.
“Your friend is inside. Go in yourself,” he turned around to say to Niamh.
Niamh looked straight at the man for two seconds before shifting her gaze to the single-story house in front of her.
‘Is Ryan inside?’ she thought to herself and started walking forward.
When she entered the house, the decorations inside that were all in tones of gray felt stifling and oppressive for some reason.
The house was not big, and everything could be seen in one glance.
Niamh spotted a square white urn in front of the clean black coffee table in front of her.
Niamh suddenly realized something when she looked at the urn and the empty house.
Ryan.
Niamh walked in front of the coffee table and stared at the white urn. The more she looked at it, the tighter her heartstrings felt.
She could guess what urn it was, but she was still hopeful.
She heard footsteps from behind her and Niamh turned her face around grimly.
The tall and handsome man looked into her clear, wide eyes. Then, he said, “He couldn’t be saved anymore when we pulled him out of the water. 90% of his body was burnt and this is the last honorable ending that we could do for your friend.”
Niamh felt her heart sink when she heard that. Then, she looked at the white urn. She felt extremely heavy and conflicted. She wanted to cry but there were no tears.
When she recalled what had happened back then, she pondered for a short while.
‘Ryan, you made your decision back then to face death and end your life, right?
‘You said you wanted to thank me because my one dollar fulfilled your dream when you were 18, right?’
Niamh did not know how to describe her feelings right now.
Ryan’s death was giving her some kind of invisible pressure.
If he had not insisted on spending the last days of his life with her, he would not have ended up like this.
However, he was the one who chose this ending.
Niamh looked at the urn silently. Then, she heard the man’s cold voice behind her.
“Feeling sad is the most useless thing. Swallow back your tears and properly tend to your wounds.”
Niamh turned around and lifted her clear, beautiful eyes. “Did you see me cry?” she asked calmly and looked quietly at the urn that was placed on the coffee table. “This is the path he chose.”
After she said that, Niamh went back the way she came from.
The man did not expect Niamh to answer him so calmly and carefreely. For a moment, the man seemed to be lost in thought while absent-minded.
He lifted his head to see Niamh who had already decisively left. Suddenly, he was curious. With that pair of eyes filled with determination and stubbornness, what would this woman’s personality be like? Plus, how did she look before she disfigured her face?
Niamh went back to her room and sat on the bed quietly. She would be lying if she said that she did not feel anything. Her emotions were more or less stirred up by Ryan leaving the world in this way.
Niamh closed her eyes. When she recalled the explosion, that loud noise felt as if it was penetrating her brain. Then, the debilitating pain started to overwhelm her again.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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