Chapter 218 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

“I didn’t expect that to happen the last time I brought you here. However, you must be curious about something, right?”

After he said that, they got to their destination.

This was the grave that was destroyed last time, but now, it had been cleaned up.

Niamh looked at the empty grave. She smiled softly and asked, “Who was buried here before?”

“My ex-wife, Niamh.”

Even though Niamh could guess this from Nevaeh’s replies, when Kendrick gave her an affirmative answer, she was still stunned all the same.

The cold wind from the early winter caressed her face. That bone-chilling coldness made Niamh recall the man’s cruelness back then.

She could never forget about his cruel and cold-blooded actions as well as his gaze.

After a while, Niamh curled her lips superficially. “You hate Niamh so much, so why did you even erect a tombstone for her? You’re even giving her roses. I don’t understand this,” she smiled as she said. She could not accept this reality.

He hated her so much that he wanted to crush her into dust, so why was he commemorating her passing?

Kendrick smiled when he heard that. His gentle gaze landed on Niamh’s face. “I know you won’t believe me because even I’ve lied to myself a few times.”

Niamh turned her head. “Lied to yourself?”

Kendrick smiled and looked at Niamh. “I lied to myself that her passing is just a lie and I lied to myself that… I didn’t love her.”

“…”

After he said that, Niamh felt as if her heart had been ripped out from her chest. A sarcastic smile spread across her face.

What an emotional speech. However, she could not feel any arousal of emotions or sweetness from his words. There was only pathetic hypocrisy.

She laughed as she turned around. She said slowly, “You brought me all the way here just to tell me you love Niamh?”

After she asked this question, Niamh chuckled lowly.

“I don’t know what happened between you two, but I know if a man truly loves a woman, he wouldn’t let her cry. If you really cared and was concerned about her, she wouldn’t have died just like that.”

Niamh clenched her fists that were hiding in her sleeves. She controlled the hatred in her heart as she looked at Kendrick coldly.

“Kendrick, you don’t love Niamh. You love Nevaeh. Everyone in Glendale knows that.”

She denied everything. The man in front of her looked straight at her without arguing.

“I got it. After Niamh died and you learned about the truth during this period, you’ve started feeling that you’re indebted to Niamh, so that’s why you erected a tombstone for her. You also give her flowers as an apology, right?”

Niamh explained why Kendrick was doing that. This was also the most reasonable reason she could think of.

However, Kendrick only smiled at Niamh while keeping silent.

…

After they went home, Niamh went to the kitchen to make dinner.

Of course, she did not have the mood to make dinner for Kendrick anymore. However, she was more than happy to make a delicious meal for Jackson.

Niamh made three different kinds of dishes and some soup. It was a simple family meal.

Back then, she had spent so many evenings making dinner for Kendrick and yet, he never even tried her food before.

Now, looking at him devouring her food, a hint of sarcasm appeared in Niamh’s eyes.

‘Kendrick, if you weren’t blind back then and did not believe everything Nevaeh said, this would’ve been a harmonious moment for the four of us as a family.

‘However, you’ve destroyed everything.

‘We made a promise when we were young and also made a vow on our wedding day, but in the end, it became my one-sided wishful thinking. Eventually, you even destroyed my last ounce of yearning.

‘It was the best moment of my life and yet you gave me the darkest and most painful memories.

‘Back then on that snowy day, I told you that if you didn’t kill me, I’d definitely seek revenge.’

Ding!

At this moment, Niamh’s phone chimed with the notification sound.

Niamh gathered her thoughts and looked at the screen. It was from Felipe.

Felipe was hoping that Niamh would send him the documents on the USB drive.

“Daddy, is Vera going to be my mommy from now on? Can I tell the other kids that my mommy is Vera Quinn when they ask me?” Jackson asked in a childish and innocent voice.

Niamh looked over and saw Kendrick spooning some food into Jackson’s plate. Then, he smiled warmly and nodded. “Jack, no matter in the past or the future, you only have one mommy and she’s sitting in front of you.”

After he said that, Jackson smiled naively at Niamh.

There was a glint in Jackson’s eyes that instantly healed Niamh’s wounded heart.

Suddenly, she felt an ache in her heart. Then, she felt reluctant.

She was reluctant to make Jackson’s smile disappear in the future.

The moment Kendrick’s reputation was ruined and the Waldburgs fell from grace, Jackson would not be happy again.

…

The next morning, Niamh went to the shop. She organized the files on the USB drive and deliberately deleted some important documents before sending them to Felipe.

However, when Felipe saw the documents, he immediately went to look for Niamh.

Niamh was about to go to Waldburg Corporation. When she saw Felipe, she could predict the reason why he had come over in such a hurry.

Felipe was a smart man, so he was able to tell that the documents that were sent over were of no use to him.

The inside of the office was quiet.

Not only did Felipe not question her or feel dissatisfied with her, he only looked at her with a disappointed look on his face.

“Vera, are you regretting this?” His tone was calm. “You don’t want to see him fall from grace. You still love him.”

“I stopped loving him a long time ago.” Niamh denied without hesitating, and there was sarcasm in her eyes. “I just don’t want to go all out. After all, Jackson is innocent.”

“I don’t think you’re going all out. Just think about how he treated you back then.”

Felipe walked in front of Niamh, his eyes as bright as onyxes. Yet, they were looking at her with pity.

“Niamh, please allow me to call you this. I think you won’t forget about how he abandoned and ignored you in the rain so cruelly. And remember how he allowed Nevaeh to frame you, causing you to be wrongfully imprisoned for three years?

“Remember how they tortured you during the three years of your imprisonment and how they stole your child? What did he do to force you to divorce him? He asked Nevaeh to remove your corneas and even treated your life with contempt. You’re already very benevolent to him by doing this.”

There was a hint of rage in Felipe’s usually calm and warm eyes.

“Stop hesitating. He has already committed so many crimes. You don’t have to go easy on him.”

After Niamh heard those words, tears welled up in her eyes.

What happened in the past had built up into a mountain of indestructible hatred. Her gaze was determined.

‘Yes, I can’t hesitate anymore. I can’t continue being so soft-hearted.”

Niamh made her final decision, but she still could not hand all of the documents in the USB drive to Felipe. It was because she remembered the old master’s reminder all of a sudden.

Monday morning, Niamh and Kendrick walked into Waldburg Corporation’s door and saw the employees in bad moods. However, the employees still smiled and greeted them because of Kendrick’s aura.

Even though Kendrick did not show any emotions, Niamh could detect that he felt that something was amiss. She knew clearly what was the reason behind his strange expression.

When they got to the office, Kendrick’s assistant, Ken, walked in with a solemn expression. “Mr. Waldburg, something’s wrong.”

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