At that instant, Niamh’s horrific scars invaded her vision. The woman’s anger immediately went away, and now, she was utterly stunned.
She thought she would see a gorgeous and flawless face, but unexpectedly, what she saw was a horrifying face that was covered with red and swollen scars.
‘This isn’t Eveline Montgomery.’
The woman widened her eyes in astonishment. Suddenly, she felt like she had acted too impulsively.
Niamh looked at the shocked expression on the imposter’s face and curled the corners of her lips into a small smile. “Do you see now, Mrs. Waldburg? Do you see whether I’m lying or not?”
“…” The imposter stared at Niamh’s face, confused.
“Mrs. Waldburg, I really don’t understand what you were talking about just now. You said I came back to this family to expose you? However, what’s there for me to expose?”
Niamh purposely asked in curiosity. She even lifted her eyebrows.
“Do you have a secret that you can’t let other people know, Mrs. Waldburg? Or perhaps you thought I was someone who knows your secret?”
“…” The woman shifted her gaze away from Niamh when she heard those questions. A few seconds later, she furrowed her brows together to look like she was feeling troubled. “What happened to me just now? Quinny, I’m so sorry. I thought you were that horrible woman who had hurt me before. I’m so sorry.”
She found an excuse to apologize repeatedly. Her tone also instantly softened a great deal.
“I’m so sorry. I really thought you were… Oh!” The woman sighed, looking apologetically and melancholically at Niamh’s face. However, when she glanced at her, she was obviously shocked again.
Niamh’s face indeed looked pretty scary after she got hurt.
“Quinny, I didn’t expect your face to be hurt like this. I know a great doctor friend. I’ll ask him to see if your face can still be fixed or not.”
“Thank you for your kindness, Mrs. Waldburg, but there’s no need.” Niamh rejected coldly. When she was about to put her mask back on, she realized the strap was broken. As such, she could only walk back like this without a choice.
The woman turned to look at Niamh’s back. She frowned in agitation. “Is it really such a coincidence that only her eyes look like Eveline’s?”
Niamh could feel the stare behind her. She sped up and started mumbling to herself in her heart.
The woman was right. She was indeed Eveline Montgomery, but she would not let her know this.
Niamh held her clothes and walked back to her room quickly. However, coincidentally, she ran into Kendrick who was walking up the stairs.
The lights in the house were back on, and when Kendrick was making his way upstairs, he saw Niamh’s unmasked face. At that moment, he felt as if he was frozen. He stood there motionlessly like a statue.
Niamh did not expect to see Kendrick face to face like this.
He saw her. He saw her current face clearly.
Niamh felt her heart turn cold. An unknown pain started slowly seeping into her bone marrow.
She did not hide from him. On the other hand, she turned her head calmly and walked into the guest bedroom before closing the door.
Niamh leaned against the door. After a while, she heard the imposter’s simpering voice from the other side of the door. “Kendrick, I was so scared when the power went out just now.”
“Don’t be scared. It’s fine now. Go back to the room and rest.” Kendrick’s comforting voice glided past her ears. However, when they landed in Niamh’s ears, they were as piercing as sharp knives.
‘Kendrick, are you comforting the woman before going back to the room to sleep with her?
‘Will you hold her to sleep and whisper sweet nothings into her ears like how you used to do to me back then?’
Time passed slowly, and the more Niamh thought about this, the more frustrated she felt and the more she was unable to bear this.
She suddenly opened the door and walked to the door of the room that used to belong to her and Kendrick.
Back then, this woman impersonated her to stay in this house. She did not have the power to do anything and could not expose her. However, now that she was back, she could not watch while this woman dominated her husband and lied to her family!
Besides, Niamh now knew who this woman was.
Naomi Lionel!
It was that Naomi Lionel!
That Naomi Lionel who was packaged into a fake socialite by Lana and still could not forget about Ryan!
Yes, even if she was hideous, wretched, and horrifying, she could not allow that woman to behave unscrupulously.
Kendrick. She would not allow that woman to pollute her Kendrick!
Niamh could not take everything lying down anymore. As such, she barged to the door of the bedroom in a sharp and imposing manner.
Looking at the tightly shut door, she did not hesitate before lifting her hand to knock on it.
However, after she clenched her fist and was about to touch the door, a hand grabbed her hand from behind.
The familiar warmth started spreading from the back of her hand to her heart. After Niamh was stunned, she turned around in surprise to see Kendrick standing in front of her.
‘Kendrick!’
Her heart was utterly shocked.
Niamh did not hide or avoid him anymore. Her uncontained grievance and hurt were overflowing from her twinkling eyes.
Kendrick looked at the ghastly sight that was Niamh’s face up close. For some reason, his heartstrings snapped painfully all of a sudden.
Looking at those teary wide eyes, he felt as if his heart was being sliced by a thousand knives.
He grabbed Niamh’s hand tightly and suddenly asked softly, “Actually, we know each other, right?”
Looking at those expectant and confused eyes, Niamh wanted so badly to pounce into the man’s arms to seek comfort and release her grievances.
However, when she thought about Carter and his mysteriousness, Niamh had to control herself.
She wanted to laugh, but a single tear escaped from the corner of her eye.
She removed her hand from Kendrick’s hand and wiped her tears away.
Niamh tried her best to force a smile. However, she knew the more good-looking and pleasant she used to look back then when she smiled, then the more hideous and unbearable she was to look at now.
“I’m sorry. Did I scare you, Mr. Waldburg?” Niamh lowered her eyes and said softly.
Kendrick knew that Niamh was talking about her face. He was indeed surprised, but not horrified.
“I know a good doctor and can take you to see him. Perhaps it’ll help you. Plus, aesthetic medicine is so advanced right now. It’s not difficult for you to restore your face if you want to.”
Niamh felt that Kendrick’s kindness came from the bottom of his heart when she heard that.
However, aside from declining him politely, Niamh did not know what else she could say. “Thank you, Mr. Waldburg. However, I don’t think I need it for the time being.”
When he saw Niamh rejecting him, Kendrick felt as if he was at a loss for some reason.
He wanted to look into Niamh’s eyes when he spoke to her, but Niamh never lifted her head to look at him.
“Right, do you need something from me? Why are you here?”
Niamh heard that and immediately tried to find an excuse. “I’m here for Mrs. Waldburg. I just want to ask what time Mrs. Montgomery wakes up. I’m worried that I’ll disturb Mrs. Montgomery if I wake up too early.”
“She usually wakes up around eight o’clock.”
“Alright, understood.” Niamh nodded. After hesitating for a few seconds, she said, “Mr. Waldburg, why aren’t you in the room with Mrs. Waldburg? It’s very late.”
“I’m reading some proposals in the study. I usually just sleep there when I’m tired so that I won’t disturb Nia when I go back to the room.”
When she heard Kendrick’s answer, Niamh did not know whether to feel joy or to be worried.
If he was resting in the study, then it would mean that he was not spending time with that woman.
However, the reason he slept in the study was to not disturb that imposter.
Niamh had mixed feelings in her heart. However, she had no choice but to comfort herself.
The person he cared about was not the imposter, but his Nia.
“Quinny, can you make a cup of coffee for me? I’m a little tired,” Kendrick suddenly requested.
Niamh wanted to tell him that she wanted to rest early because she was tired. However, after thinking about it, she changed her mind.
“Of course,” Niamh replied, “You should go back to the study now, Mr. Waldburg. I’ll be right over.”
“Okay.” Kendrick nodded lightly. When he lifted his head to see Niamh quickly going back to her room, he stood where he was motionless while deep in thought. A moment later, he looked at the closed door in front of him before turning to the study.
Niamh went back to the guest room to change and put on a mask. She stood in front of the mirror and looked at her current self.
She still had two light scars on her forehead even though they did not look as obvious anymore.
The mask covered the wretched scars on her face. Now, only her eyes and eyebrows were showing. She did not look much different from how she looked before.
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.