Chapter 234 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

She was stuck in a daze for a few seconds before she started to reject him. “Kendrick, let me go.”

“No. I can’t let you go again. I can’t…” He tightened his arms, wanting so badly to keep her in his life. “I’m sorry, Nia. I’m sorry. I was wrong. I was wrong right from the start…”

He kept on apologizing, his deep mutters spreading warmth to her ear. There was also a hint of panic and shiver in his voice.

Niamh listened to Kendrick’s apologies in amusement. There was only sarcasm in her eyes.

“Nia, give me another chance. Please?”

His wet and hot breath fanned her face along with the faint smell of wine. The electrifying feeling penetrated her skin and into her heart.

However, it would never be able to strike the broken chord in her heart anymore.

Kendrick held Niamh dispiritedly. Even though he could never get her answer, this hug right now was enough to satisfy him.

Amidst the silence, Kendrick could hear Niamh chuckling lightly.

“Kendrick, everything’s too late. I won’t have any feelings for you no matter what you say now,” Niamh said coldly. She no longer had the same yearning for him any longer.

“Because I don’t love you anymore.”

Even though he knew that she did not love him, when he heard her saying it out loud, Kendrick finally felt what it was like to have a million arrows to his heart.

He felt like invisible knives were raining down on him, slicing away his flesh from his body. What was left of him now was just his bones.

Niamh lifted her hand suddenly and pushed away Kendrick’s lifeless arms.

She turned around and looked sarcastically at the dispirited man.

“Kendrick, I’m done with you. The moment you asked someone to break open my grandpa’s tombstone, I instantly regretted falling in love with a cold-blooded and heartless man like you.”

When he heard her saying this, Kendrick felt the cold wind taking over his body. The temperature of his heart plummeted into sub-zero temperature.

Niamh chuckled again when she saw Kendrick looking at her with a stunned look on his face. However, in an instant, her face turned solemn and even her gaze became sterner.

“When I loved you the most, you did everything to hurt and insult me to no end. You even forced me to sign the divorce papers before I died just for the sake of that demon Nevaeh.

“Do you know that even after you forced me to sign the papers, I still wished that you’d turn around to look at me even if it’s just a single glance?! But you didn’t. I watched you leave carefreely from my vision with the last ray of light that I had left. I could only lie on the floor and endure the excruciating pain. I could only wait for my eyes to completely lose their vision and my life to end.

“So, don’t tell me that you’re sorry or you’re wrong. Kendrick Waldburg, you’re not wrong! I’m the one who’s wrong because I loved the wrong person!”

Kendrick felt tears stinging at the corners of her eyes after he heard what Niamh said.

He sobbed soundlessly, his red eyes meeting Niamh’s determined gaze that was filled with hatred. At that moment, he felt so petty and despicable.

He had hurt her so deeply, but now, he was trying to get her forgiveness by apologizing to her.

Kendrick did not dare to look into Niamh’s eyes. He felt that he was not worthy to even look her in the eye.

“I got it.” He lowered his gaze, looking as if all life had been sucked out of him. “I’ll try to not disturb you,” he said before turning around slowly. After a few steps, he turned back around again.

“Is Lily our daughter?”

Niamh pressed her lips together. “No, Lily isn’t related to you. She doesn’t have such a cold-blooded father.”

After Kendrick got her concrete answer, the light in his eyes diminished completely.

At this moment, he finally realized the extent of the heartbreak Niamh had suffered back then. His heart sank like a rock as he was plagued with despair and pain.

Kendrick left the unit, his tall and slender body looking so desolate and bleak.

After he closed the door, Niamh looked in the direction where Kendrick left. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, her eyes were red.

‘Kendrick, back then, I had a fatal attraction toward you. Finally, I burned the innocent part of me to death. However, I won’t repeat the same mistakes again.’

Niamh went back to her room to lie down. Even after tossing and turning, sleep never came.

She lit up some incense and forced herself to sleep for a few hours.

She woke up again in the early morning. For some reason, she wanted to go for a morning jog. However, when she opened the door of her apartment, she was shocked when she saw Kendrick lying on the icy floor.

Maybe it was out of surprise, but Niamh’s heart skipped a beat.

She wanted to ignore the man on the floor at first, but when she saw Kendrick’s brows knitted together and the way he looked like he was in pain, she subconsciously squatted down before taking his temperature.

His cheek was cold, but his forehead was burning.

When she got closer to him, aside from his scent, there was also a strong smell of alcohol.

He had drunk a lot and even stayed out in the cold wind the entire night. It was likely he was suffering from a fever now.

Niamh did not want anything to do with Kendrick, so she thought of calling 911 so that the ambulance could take him away instead. When she turned around to do so, however, Kendrick grabbed her hand.

His hand was so cold, feeling as if it had been frozen into ice. The coldness from his hand penetrated her bones.

“Don’t go…” he muttered like he was still in a dream, his eyelashes moving slightly. Then, he slowly opened his narrow eyes.

“Don’t go, please?”

He closed his eyes again after he said that.

Niamh frowned in dissatisfaction. She tried to get him to let go of her, but the more she struggled, the tighter he held on to her.

“Kendrick, let go of me.”

“No. I won’t let you go again…”

He was still unconscious, but it was as if he was replying to her.

Niamh did not have a choice, so she could only put up with him. “Okay, I won’t go, but can you not hold onto me like that?”

Kendrick opened his eyes again drowsily when he heard Niamh’s voice. Her stunning face was reflected in his hazy eyes.

Even though she was not willing to do so, she could only help him into her house while he was half- conscious.

She was five foot five and dragging a six foot one man. Then, she threw him onto the bed of the guest room.

She wanted to give him an antipyretic, but when she turned around, the man grabbed her again.

“You said you won’t leave.” His eyes were half-closed. He sounded a little childish when he said that.

Niamh swung away his hand impatiently. “I won’t break a promise like you. When I say I won’t leave, it means that I won’t.”

She glared at him in disdain. Then, she fetched the antipyretic and a glass of warm water.

When she returned, Kendrick had already fallen into a deep slumber. He could not take the medicine nor drink the water.

Niamh took his temperature with a thermometer and he indeed had a fever.

In this situation, she could only cool Kendrick down physically so that he would feel better.

However, when she was wiping his body with alcohol, she clenched her fist and got up abruptly when she looked at his sleeping face.

‘Eveline Montgomery, what the hell are you doing?

‘Why are you taking care of him?

‘Even if his fever gets to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, it has nothing to do with you.

‘Did this man care about you when you were in debilitating pain? He didn’t. He ignored your life or death.’

Niamh glanced at the sleeping man coldly and ignored him.

Three to four hours later, Kendrick woke up from a pleasant dream while feeling muddleheaded.

He dreamt that he had fallen sick and Niamh was taking care of him considerately.

However, when he woke up and looked around him, Kendrick was certain that it was not a dream but reality.

His bitter heart was invaded with warmth. He looked at the antipyretic and water on the nightstand. He then downed the water along with the pill. The water had already turned cold, but to him, it was sweet and warm.

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Waldburg Corporation.

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