Chapter 21 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

“Come to Delgado Manor. Now.”

The man’s tone sounded calm. However, Niamh knew that it was the calm before the storm.

After what happened that time, Niamh did not go back to Delgado Manor for a very long time.

When she stepped through the door, she saw Jon and Rose staring at her aggressively. It was as if they wanted to swallow her whole.

On the other hand, Kendrick sat on the sofa with cold air surrounding his entire body. Nevaeh was sitting next to him while sobbing sadly.

Niamh rolled her eyes in disgust after she saw Nevaeh’s hypocritical act. She walked over and said magnanimously. “I’m here, Mr. Waldburg. Are you going to lecture your legally wedded wife on behalf of your mistress?”

After she said that, Nevaeh stopped sobbing. Kendrick lifted his head as his deep eyes looked at her piercingly.

“Niamh, did you forget what I warned you about?” His tone was so cold that Niamh’s heart shivered.

“Kendrick, it’s fine. I don’t blame Niamh. It’s all my fault. You’re Niamh’s husband at the end of the day. I shouldn’t love you. However, Kendrick, I can’t stop myself from missing you.” Nevaeh reached out her hand pretentiously to stop the man who was about to lecture Niamh.

“Nevaeh, you dumb child. You’re still trying to help this thankless wench at this moment. Just look at how hard she hit you!” Jon walked over with anger and pity.

Niamh finally saw the exaggerated handprint on Nevaeh’s face. She had only hit her left cheek. However, both sides of Nevaeh’s cheeks were printed with deep red handprints. Plus, her face was swollen and there was blood on the corner of her lips.

It was apparent that someone did something to the woman’s wounds after she left.

Niamh scoffed without being able to control herself. “If you know you’re at fault, then why are you still pestering my husband? Are you not disgusted by yourself, Nevaeh?”

“…” Nevaeh’s face froze. There was dissatisfaction in her eyes.

Niamh felt slightly pleased with herself. However, after a few seconds, she received a hard slap across her face.

Slap!

Jon struck her and Niamh immediately started seeing stars. She could taste the metallic taste of blood on the corner of her lips. Before she could process this slap, she received another slap on the other side of her face. Then, someone kicked her on her ankles, forcing her to kneel.

Niamh staggered and fell on the floor without warning. When she was about to stand up, Jon stepped on her right hand.

“Was this the hand that you used to slap Nevaeh?”

Niamh grunted in pain instantly. Jon was using all of his might to torture her. It was as if he wanted so badly to crush her bones. Then, Niamh heard his pompous reasons.

“Kendrick, don’t think that I’m going too hard on her. I’m her father and I can’t stand seeing my own daughter being bullied like this! After Nevaeh gives birth to that child, you’ll know how it feels to be someone’s parents.”

As he said that, he rubbed his foot on the back of Niamh’s hand.

Niamh’s hand started to bleed again after getting stabbed by glass shards.

She did not yell out in pain nor did she beg for mercy.

Kendrick did not say anything. His handsome face was as cold as ice. To Niamh, he was tacitly agreeing to Jon’s actions.

“Kendrick, my face hurts. I’m so scared that my face will never recover.” Nevaeh sobbed gently at this moment.

Kendrick frowned and glanced at Niamh in disgust. “She deserves this.”

Then, he held Nevaeh and said, “You dummy, I promise that your face will be as beautiful as it was before. Come, I’ll go rest with you in your room.” His comforting words successfully made Nevaeh burst into laughter. At the same time, it successfully struck Niamh down.

“No, you should accompany Niamh. I’m worried that Niamh will be jealous.” Nevaeh pushed Kendrick away hypocritically.

“I won’t even care if this evil woman dies from jealousy.” Kendrick walked past Niamh with an unbothered look on his face.

He turned around as Jon lifted his foot. Then, he stomped down on Niamh’s wrist a few times.

Niamh gritted her teeth as her red and tearful eyes looked at Kendrick and Nevaeh’s backs as they went upstairs in each other’s arms. A pang of pain shot up in her heart.

After Kendrick walked into the room, Jon lifted his leg and kicked Niamh on the shoulder. He did not go easy on her at all.

“I went easy on you today! If you dare to bully Nevaeh again, I’ll ask someone to chop your hands off! Scram!”

Niamh gritted her teeth and climbed up from the floor challengingly. However, she did not submit to them. “If Nevaeh dares to provoke me again, I’ll still slap her.”

Jon did not expect Niamh to say that. When his brain registered what had happened, Niamh had already walked out of the door.

When she walked out of the house, she heard Rose grumble in an agitated voice, “Look at her arrogant face! Why didn’t you stomp on her more just now? Nevaeh said that b*tch is drafting designs for people to earn a living. I want to see how she’ll continue being so arrogant after her hand becomes useless! I want to see how she’ll make money!”

It started raining lightly on this pitch-black winter night.

Niamh came to the entrance of the psychiatric hospital in exhaustion.

Perhaps this was the only family member who could give her some comfort when she needed the warmth of a family the most.

However, today, she did not dare to face Len because she really had no ability to raise so much money for his surgery.

When she walked into the door, she saw the nurse who told her about Len’s condition running toward her. “I just want to tell you that your grandpa is nowhere to be seen!”

Niamh could feel her heart sink. “What do you mean by that?”

“Your grandpa’s missing!”

Niamh was stunned. Len was missing.

A mentally-ill patient was missing. She did not know what would happen to Len.

It would be fine if he ran into a kind person, but if he ran into bad guys…

She did not dare to overthink. She was about to call the cops when her phone rang. It was an unknown number.

Niamh’s heart skipped a beat. Her intuition told her that this was not an ordinary phone call. Indeed, after she answered it, a man’s threatening voice sounded from the other end of the phone, “Niamh Delgado, your grandpa’s with me. Prepare ten million dollars in exchange for him. If not, you can prepare for his funeral.”

“Don’t hurt my grandpa! I’ll give you the money, but I really don’t have ten million dollars!”

“You don’t, but your husband does, no?” The man did not give Niamh the chance to say anything before he hung up abruptly.

Niamh stood in the rainy winter night. Everything in front of her was pitch black.

Ten million was an astronomical number to her.

Despite being the madam of the number one rich family in Glendale, she never got any advantages from this identity of hers. On the contrary, she was battered and exhausted.

Niamh did not dare to call the cops hastily because she was concerned about Len’s safety.

She did not have a choice. She could only ask for Kendrick’s help.

However, perhaps Kendrick had blocked her number as she could not get through to him no matter how many times she called.

She thought about how her grandfather might be suffering now, so she went back to Delgado Manor.

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