‘Diana? She said she handed me to her sister to take care of me. But since I have my memories, it was Grandpa who took care of me. There was no one else.
‘Diana? Len Samuels? What’s their relationship?’
Niamh pondered intently, completely unaware of the approaching footsteps.
Kendrick looked at Niamh who was standing on the balcony with subtle eyes. He approached her step by step and lightly parted his thin lips. “Niamh.”
Niamh, who was deep in thought, suddenly heard someone calling her. She instinctively turned around to respond, “Hmm?”
When Niamh turned around and saw the man standing not far away, she realized she had unconsciously responded to him calling her ‘Nia’ just now.
Meeting Kendrick’s unfathomable eyes, Niamh very calmly put on a smile.
“Nia? Don’t tell me you’re just like Mrs. Montgomery, unable to disengage from the show earlier and are still treating me as Niamh?”
Her tone made it sound as if she was joking. She then stepped toward Kendrick with a deep smile.
“But I didn’t think you would call Niamh so intimately. She is, after all, the woman you abhor, no?”
Niamh smiled slightly. She passed by Kendrick and picked up a magazine. Then, she sat on the bed and spoke casually, “It was quite unexpected. As it turns out, Niamh was really Mrs. Montgomery’s biological daughter. Moreover, she was swapped by a servant in the family right after she was born.
“What a shame that Niamh is already dead. The truth came too late.”
Kendrick listened to Niamh quietly. He turned around and sat on the other side of the bed, his charming eyes falling onto Niamh’s beautiful side profile.
He parted his thin lips slightly and said, “Although the truth came late, it did come in the end.”
Niamh paused a little in the middle of turning the book, a hint of mockery in her beautiful eyes. “If so, while on this road that leads to the truth, who can make up for the harm caused to the person involved?”
She lifted up her palm-sized face and looked at the thoughtful man. Her gaze gradually cooled as her tone also became colder.
“Just look at Niamh. She was vilified at first, slandered and framed. Everyone had accused her, including you, the man she loved most. Now that the truth has surfaced, but so what? She’s already dead.”
The word ‘dead’ fell in Kendrick’s ears, feeling as though it had hit his heart directly.
He looked fixedly at the pair of star-like bright, beautiful eyes in front of him.
“But if she’s not dead, do you think she’ll give the people who had wronged her back then a chance to redeem themselves?”
Niamh smiled faintly and put down the magazine in her hands upon hearing this. “If there really is an ‘if’, if a human’s life can really be reset, I think the one thing she would wish for is to never have met you. Some wounds may never be healed once inflicted. Forgiveness is easy, but giving it is too difficult.”
Niamh’s answer filled Kendrick’s heart with coldness all of a sudden. The ache in the corners of his eyes seemed to suddenly swell uncomfortably.
He finally knew that sometimes, casual words could also be like an invisible, sharp weapon that could stab a person’s heart.
Thinking of the time that he could not go back to and of the many times he had heaped verbal violence onto her, how strong did she need to be so that she could still stand up again and smile at him after being hurt countless times over?
‘Forgive?
‘How does one forgive?
‘Kendrick Waldburg, you really deserve it.’
…
The next day after Niamh sent Jackson to the kindergarten, she was ready to look for clues about the child from back then.
As soon as she got into the car, she suddenly saw some popular news from her push notifications.
After watching the video, Niamh gripped the steering wheel in a daze. Her emotions were complicated.
It was a video of the press conference from Montgomery Enterprise.
She saw Eloise and Sean in the video. They had solemnly announced that Niamh was their biological daughter who was separated from them for almost 30 years. At the same time, they also emphasized that Nevaeh was just a despicable faker.
In the video, both Eloise and Sean’s eyes were red and they choked up a few times, but they restrained their emotions until the whole press conference ended.
After watching the entire video, Niamh had a smile on her face. However, her eyes were already soaked.
Felipe suddenly called and Niamh collected herself before answering the phone. The man’s gentle voice sounded magnetically in her ears. “Are you okay? Did you see the video?”
Niamh seemed to understand something clearly. “I just finished watching it. Thank you for your concern. I’m fine.”
“It seems that they really love you. It’s just that they were blinded back then.” Felipe explained on behalf of Eloise and Sean.
“Love…”
Niamh smiled while uttering the word, feeling strange all of a sudden. “Felipe, I’ll come to where you are now. Let’s talk about the plan.”
After hanging up the call, Niamh hurried to a single-family villa in the suburbs where Felipe now lived.
After Niamh arrived, Felipe brought the black tea that he had just brewed. He looked at the woman who was in front of him with a smile and tender eyes. “I really want this to end soon. I think of you having to stay with him every night and it’s very uncomfortable.”
Niamh sipped the black tea, feeling Felipe’s care and affection for her.
“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of myself properly. Kendrick may have married me and he may really have some affection for me, but in the end, this face of mine is one that he hates most. He won’t be interested in me that way.”
Felipe smiled superficially and nodded.
“He probably knew that you had been wronged and framed since before. And because he felt guilty and was unable to atone for a dead person, that’s why he found some comfort in you,” he said as he looked at the withered flowers in the yard, his eyes sinking.
“That’s human nature. You may think he’s really sorry, but sometimes, he might only be apologizing just to make himself feel better.
“I don’t care whether he feels guilty or sorry,” Niamh said lightly, “I just want to get my child back and crack his computer password as soon as possible to get the information we want.”
“Maybe it’s not necessary for us to go around such a big circle. I’ll think of a faster way to complete our plan.”
Felipe looked at Niamh with a mysterious smile. “I’m almost done with all the people on the board of directors. What we can be certain of now is that Kendrick holds nearly 70 percent of the shares of Waldburg Corporation. As long as we obtain these shares, Waldburg Corporation will no longer be his to rule.”
Niamh pondered thoughtfully for a moment. “I know what to do.”
Seeing the firmness in Niamh’s eyes, Felipe’s gaze softened. “Vera, will you regret doing this?”
Niamh smiled and shook her head. “What I regret the most is that I loved him too deeply and only realized it too late.”
After saying this, Niamh’s phone rang again.
She took a look and found that it was Eloise calling her.
Although Eloise and Sean did not know her identity, Niamh knew it clearly.
As for Eloise’s call, she could not heartlessly decline it.
She picked up the call and Eloise’s sentimental voice sounded as she made a request. “Miss Vera, are you free now? Sean and I have something to ask of you.”
“I have time.” Niamh agreed, then left Felipe’s villa.
After Niamh left, Felipe held the cup she had just drank tea from. The smile on his lips was just a tad distressed.
“You’ll probably hate me in the future, I suppose. But I won’t let you know that I’m actually not a qualified gentleman.”
…
Half an hour later, Niamh came to the place Eloise mentioned. As soon as she got out of the car, Eloise and Sean greeted her with a smile.
“Miss Vera, thank you for making this trip.” Eloise and Sean were very kind and friendly.
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