Chapter 233 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

Kendrick was stumped for words after he heard that. The other man in the photo was the deceased Len Samuels.

“Back then, I brought you to the seaside villa to help you relax from the heavy school work. When I was there, I ran into my old buddy. He had a little girl with him too and that girl was Nia.”

“I joked with him and told him to marry his granddaughter to my grandson and he agreed with a grin. However, for some reason, he left without saying goodbye. I never saw him again after that. However, recently I was told that my buddy passed away…”

Kendrick’s hand that was holding the frame lowered slowly after he heard what the old master said. He felt an indescribable bitterness and pain in his chest.

He examined the innocent and adorable face in the photo as his vision slowly started to blur.

After a long while, Kendrick placed the photo down and left the room silently.

The sky had turned dark. Kendrick drove all the way to Niamh’s apartment.

When he saw the lights and the familiar figure through the window of the apartment, his gaze started to soften.

After a while, he saw Felipe appearing behind the french window.

The gentleness in his eyes disappeared instantly. What replaced it was intense dissatisfaction and jealousy.

He never thought that he would be jealous of another man.

However, at this moment, he indeed felt very uncomfortable.

He got out of the car and slammed the door shut in agitation. He wanted to go upstairs, but he did not have any valid reasons to get close to her.

In the end, he grabbed a bottle of wine from his trunk and stood in the cold snowy night. He downed his icy wine, his eyes never once leaving the apartment.

Unbeknownst to him, the snow and wind grew stronger. The cold winter penetrated every inch of his skin.

However, Kendrick was not cold. He only felt that time was passing too slowly.

It was almost the middle of the night but Felipe was still there.

Was he staying the night?

When he was contemplating about that, the lights in the apartment went off.

Kendrick felt his breath hitch as his mind started wandering.

He tossed the empty wine bottle to the bin and turned around without hesitating.

However, when he was about to go into the apartment, he saw Felipe walking out.

Some of Kendrick’s pent up frustration disappeared and he stopped walking. When he saw Felipe driving away with a grim expression on his face, he finally went into the building.

Kendrick went to Niamh’s unit with ease. He still remembered that she had invited him to her apartment before when she came back to his life as Vera.

At that moment, he discovered that she was not actually living with Felipe.

Now, Kendrick walked slowly to the door and stood there quietly.

The wind and snow fluttered into the building from the window. The bone-chilling coldness pierced through his skin like needles, but Kendrick was not bothered.

This was nothing compared to the hurt he had once caused Niamh.

He leaned against the wall and bent his knees. Then, he found a stool and sat down in front of her door quietly.

Niamh was a light sleeper. She heard a muffled thud coming from her door in her sleep. It sounded like someone was knocking but not entirely.

She was curious, so she walked out after putting on a coat.

She looked through the peephole cautiously and saw no one there. However, she could still hear some muffled noise coming from the door.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Niamh decided to open the door.

When the door was opened, to her surprise, she saw Kendrick leaning against the wall next to the door.

His head was lowered and his dense eyelashes cast two shadows under the incandescent light in the hallway.

He did not have his frigid and elegant aura anymore. He looked like a defenseless child in front of her as he slept peacefully.

Niamh looked at him in silence. Then, she turned around.

“Like…”

Suddenly, when Niamh was about to close the door, she heard Kendrick mutter that word.

She stopped in her tracks and looked at the sleeping man.

“Really like…”

Niamh scoffed sarcastically after she heard what he said.

“Kendrick, are you here just so you can put on an act for me?”

Kendrick woke up from his slumber all of a sudden after he heard the voice that he longed for day and night.

He lifted his hazy eyes and saw Niamh in front of him. Then, he got up slowly after the initial wave of surprise receded.

Niamh finally noticed that his face was abnormally red. Plus, there was a strong smell of wine on him. It was obvious that he had too much to drink.

“Nia,” Kendrick called out to her softly. His dazed eyes were filled with such an intense passion that Niamh had never seen before.

Niamh looked at him coldly. “Kendrick, stop coming to me. I don’t want to see you. Plus, don’t call me Nia. Your stupid and dumb ex-wife Niamh is dead.”

Her gaze was colder than the wind outside the window as she glanced at Kendrick. Then, she lifted her hand to slam the door.

Kendrick reached out his hand to stop the door. “Eveline.” He changed how he called her, his wine- stained eyes looking even more intense and gentle. “Don’t reject me. I have something to tell you.”

The man’s voice was soft and certain. However, it also sounded like he was begging her. His eyes were hazy and fazed. Though he looked sober, he also looked intoxicated at the same time.

Niamh looked at him indifferently and said, “I don’t want to listen to anything you say. I feel disgusted when I see you.”

Her words were a blatant show of her disdain toward him while her resentful eyes caused Kendrick to stand there feeling dumbfounded.

He felt as if his heart had plunged into a bottomless abyss where the bone-chilling coldness spread from his heart to his entire body.

He missed this so much. Back then, she would look at him with so much admiration and love in her twinkling eyes.

Now, she was looking at him with a gaze that was even colder than how one would look at a stranger.

When she saw Kendrick looking at her with a dazed look on his face, Niamh’s attitude was more firm than before. “Kendrick, if you don’t leave now, I’ll call the security.”

Hearing this, Kendrick quivered as he lifted his intoxicated eyes. “I’ll go. I just want to tell you something first.”

After he said that, a bone-chilling wind swept over them.

Niamh looked at Kendrick’s abnormally red face and released her hand that was on the doorknob. Then, she turned around and entered her house.

When Kendrick saw that Niamh was willing to take a step back, a smile appeared in his deep eyes.

He followed after her and closed the door.

The heat in the unit quickly evaporated the frost on his coat. However, what warmed Kendrick up more was Niamh’s tolerance.

“Spit it out. Don’t waste my time,” Niamh said coldly.

Kendrick looked at Niamh’s frigid face, his intoxicated eyes filled with passion. “Don’t get too close to Felipe. And you can’t marry him. He’s not as simple as you think he is.”

Niamh chuckled after she heard that, a hint of sarcasm appearing in her eyes. “Kendrick, who are you to interfere with my business? Who are you to me?”

Her tone was mocking while her eyes were filled with contempt.

“I don’t care what kind of person Felipe is. I only know that he genuinely likes me and he genuinely wants to make me happy. He won’t humiliate, hurt, and insult me like how you once treated me! At least when I’m with him, I get to keep my most basic dignity as a human and I’m trusted.”

Niamh’s words traveled into his ears as he looked at the figure that was standing in front of him, feeling at a loss. His eyes were filled with remorse and pain.

“Kendrick, if this is what you want to tell me, then you’re done. Please leave. I don’t want to see you again.”

When he saw Niamh walking into her room after giving him the cold shoulder, Kendrick could not help himself and ran up to her before hugging her from behind.

“Don’t go!”

He called out in a low voice. There were fear and terror in his voice. It was as if she would disappear from his world completely if he did not hold her now. Niamh stopped abruptly in her tracks when she was suddenly held from behind.

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