Chapter 238 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

“Eveline! Eveline, you’re really here!” Eloise walked over to Niamh in excitement.

Niamh looked at the bandages on Eloise’s leg subconsciously. When she saw that Eloise was still limping, she said flatly, “Mrs. Montgomery, you should sit down and rest in case your wound breaks open. I don’t want to owe you anything.”

When Eloise heard that, she looked at Niamh sadly. “All mothers would want their children to be safe and healthy. I’ll be happy as long as you’re fine. You don’t owe anything to any of us. We’re the ones who have wronged you.”

Sean nodded on one side. He was looking at Niamh with the same love and pain in his eyes. “Eveline, we’ve wronged you so much. If you don’t want to acknowledge us, then we won’t force you. Your mother and I are happy as long as we get to see you.”

After Niamh listened to that, she said with no emotions on her face, “Aren’t we celebrating Jack’s birthday?”

Eloise and Sean were taken aback. Then, they smiled and nodded.

“Yeah, we’re celebrating Jack’s birthday today. However, before the celebration, Kendrick has something to give you,” Eloise said as she looked at the man who was walking over with a cake.

Niamh knitted her eyebrows together. “I don’t want anything to do with this person anymore. If you asked me here just to speak well of him, then I’ll leave now.”

“Eveline! Don’t go!” Eloise stopped her. “Eveline, don’t be mad. If you don’t like it, then I won’t mention it anymore.”

When Niamh walked past him, Kendrick grabbed her wrist.

The warmth from his palm traveled to her skin, the heat spreading all over her body.

Niamh lifted her annoyed gaze at him slowly. “Let go.”

“Jack wants you to celebrate his birthday with him. As for my present, I trust that you’ll accept it one day.”

“Daddy, Mommy, what are you talking about? What present?” Jackson lifted his head to ask.

Niamh retracted her hand in silence and recomposed herself. Then, she turned around and smiled warmly at Jackson to change the topic. “Today is your birthday, so of course, it’s a present for you.”

She smiled and carried Jackson to the dining room.

Eloise and Sean looked at each other before sighing. “If Eveline knows that the present you want to give her is to tell her that Jack is her flesh and blood, she’ll be ecstatic. I really didn’t expect her to be opposed to it so much.”

Kendrick chuckled in self-mockery. “I’ve hurt her so much, so it’s only understandable that she hates and resists me. I can’t even forgive myself for what I’ve done to her,” he said softly. He knew himself what he had done.

Jackson’s sixth birthday should be grand, but it was unpredictably simple.

This time, Kendrick placed a number six candle on the cake and lit it up.

Jackson put his hands together and closed his eyes to make a wish. A few seconds later, he blew out the candle. Then, after he cut the cake, he handed the first slice to Niamh. “Mommy, thank you.”

He thanked her solemnly out of the blue.

Niamh looked at the innocent face in confusion. “Why are you thanking me?”

“This is the best birthday ever.”

Niamh and the other three people in the room fell silent after Jackson said that.

“My biological mommy doesn’t like me at all and I don’t like her. She only smiles at me when Daddy’s around. When Daddy’s not around, she’d hit me and yell at me. She would also lock me up in a dark room. However, you’re different, Mommy. No matter if Daddy is around or not, you’ll always smile at me and protect me.”

Jackson looked at Niamh, and there was an expectant glint in his eyes.

“Mommy, can you be my mommy forever? Can you protect me forever?”

After Kendrick heard what Jackson said, he furrowed his brows together tightly.

His eyes were filled with sadness for Jackson, but at the same time, there was more anger that stemmed from shock and horror.

He had no idea that Nevaeh was treating Jackson like that when he was not around.

No wonder Jackson would become so down and strange. It was all because of Nevaeh.

He clenched his fists, the veins on the back of his hands protruding.

“What? Nevaeh is so evil!” Eloise and Sean were seething. They were furious and heartbroken at the same time. “She’s not human!”

Niamh felt sorry for Jackson in her heart. Her chest was also filled with anger.

She clenched her fists and looked at the silent man with contempt in her eyes.

“Mr. Waldburg, the love of your life really is something else. However, do you think that’s the only thing she did to Jackson?”

Her tone was sarcastic as she told them what happened back then.

“Back then, she slashed Jack’s face with a fruit knife to frame me. She pushed the knife into my hand with a sinister smile as the child bled out and wailed.

“The funny thing was, Mr. Waldburg, your entire family believed Nevaeh’s lies. You all hit me, yelled at me, and punished me. I will never forget what happened that day as long as I’m alive.”

After she finished saying that, the room became tense.

Eloise and Sean fell into a deep state of self-blame. Even though they were not there back then, they too had berated her a lot after that.

Niamh glanced at Kendrick who had a solemn look on his face. Then, she turned around and smiled softly at Jackson. “Jack, I promise you that I’ll always protect and cherish you.”

“Really?” Jackson’s eyes shone with joy.

Niamh stuck out her finger. “Pinky promise.”

“Okay!” Jackson displayed his adorable canine teeth and reached his pinky out to Niamh.

Niamh finally saw an innocent smile that a child should have on Jackson’s face. Her lips curled into a relieved smile subconsciously.

After celebrating Jackson’s birthday, Niamh left.

Eloise and Sean wanted Niamh to stay. They had a million words stuck in their throats, but they did not have the courage to say them out loud.

Kendrick thought Niamh would leave without even paying attention to him. However, when he stepped out of the door, he saw Niamh standing there. She looked like she was waiting for him.

“Kendrick, where is my child?” she asked directly. Her hateful gaze scanned across his face. “Don’t think that I’ll forgive you because of this. I will never forgive you.”

Kendrick felt uneasy as he walked toward Niamh, his charming narrow eyes looking apologetic. “You’re right. Our child is not doing so well.”

Niamh frowned. “What are you talking about? How’s the child? Kendrick, hurry up—”

“I’m sorry.”

Suddenly, before Niamh could finish, Kendrick opened his arms and pulled her into his embrace.

Before this, he thought Jackson was leading a good life with him. However, he did not know that Nevaeh had been destroying his tiny body and soul behind his back.

Yet, he believed himself as infallible and promised Niamh that the child was doing well.

No.

That child was not doing well at all.

When Niamh saw Kendrick’s abnormal behavior, she pushed him away anxiously. “Kendrick, tell me now. Where’s the child?”

Kendrick grabbed Niamh’s shoulders and comforted her. He looked at her intensely. “I’ll take you to see the child tomorrow.”

Niamh’s eyes lit up. “Really?”

“Really.” Kendrick nodded. “Trust me.”

His voice was deep but gentle. Niamh looked at him like she was at a loss. After a while, she came back to her senses and pushed Kendrick’s hands away in dissatisfaction.

“Remember what you said. Don’t make me hate you more.” She turned around and walked away after saying that.

Kendrick watched as Niamh walked away. All of a sudden, he felt an excruciating pain in his heart. His mind was occupied with Niamh’s love for him and the admiration she had for him in her eyes. However, all those were in the past. They had become faded memories now…

That night, Niamh could not sleep.

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