Chapter 88 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

His heart was beating uneasily all of a sudden for some reason.

He put Lily down and she ran straight to Niamh’s side. “Mommy, this aunty wanted to hit me just now, but she fell down. Luckily, this big brother saved me.”

Lily raised her eyes in a serious manner before explaining the situation earlier to Niamh.

Niamh smiled gently and hugged Lily. “Mr. Waldburg, thank you, but please don’t come to me again in the future, lest your noble fiancée thinks I have something going on with you. It doesn’t matter if something were to happen to me, but if my daughter gets hurt, I will fight you,”

Niamh said before turning her sharp gaze to Niamh. “I will verify the price of the glass window and send it directly to the finance department of Waldburg Corporation. Don’t forget to pay for it, Miss Delgado.”

“What?” Nevaeh’s eyes widened, but then she saw Niamh turning around and leaving.

“Vera Quinn, you…”

“Have you not caused enough trouble?” Kendrick’s voice sounded coldly with a reproach.

Nevaeh looked over at him, feeling at a loss. When she saw that Kendrick had turned around with a cold expression, she could hardly be bothered by her barefooted state as she hurried to catch up with him.

“Kendrick, Kendrick, wait for me. You’ve misunderstood me, Kendrick. Listen to me!”

She chased after Kendrick and shouted, but he completely ignored her.

Nevaeh’s heart was anxious. When she saw a piece of glass shard in the middle of the road, she steadied herself and stepped directly on it.

“Ah!” she screamed out in pain and fell to the ground. “Kendrick, it hurts…”

Kendrick stopped and saw that Nevaeh had fallen to the ground sideways. There was a piece of glass stuck in the sole of her right foot and blood was flowing from the wound.

His thoughts all drifted away at once. She had also accidentally gotten glass pierced in the soles of her feet that year, that month, and that day.

He had ended up carrying her nervously, walking a mile. She was curled on his back at the time, saying sweetly, “Ken, I want to be with you forever.”

He had promised without hesitation that he would marry her and protect her forever.

However, he did not know when it began that he no longer wanted to fulfill this promise at all.

Maybe it was the moment he realized that he was in love with Niamh…

“Kendrick, it hurts. There’s a lot of blood…”

Nevaeh pulled Kendrick back from his memories with her crying voice.

Despite some resistance, he still walked over and crouched down whilst still thinking of that year.

Niamh had walked to the door again and she saw Nevaeh sitting on the ground while bleeding from the soles of her feet. She was crying and holding onto Kendrick’s hand.

“Kendrick, what did I do wrong? Why are you so indifferent to me now? Have you forgotten what you’ve promised me? You said you’d take care of me forever.”

Listening to these words, Niamh felt disgusted. She was already turning around to leave when she heard Nevaeh say, “Don’t you see, Kendrick? I injured the sole of my foot the same way that year. I was so scared, but you walked such a long distance with me on your back. You said that you’d protect me forever and never let harm befall me. Did you forget…”

Niamh could not help but halt her steps. She looked at Nevaeh who said these words as a layer of doubt gradually appeared in her heart.

Why was Nevaeh and Kendrick’s past so similar to her own experience with Kendrick back then?

Moreover, was April Hill the place where they first met as well?

“Kendrick, I don’t need anything, but I really can’t lose you. Please don’t leave me, okay?”

Nevaeh’s soft voice pulled Niamh’s thoughts back.

She saw Nevaeh’s eyes that were filled with tears while she looked at Kendrick with an expectant gaze.

Although Kendrick had not responded, he took out a handkerchief to bandage Nevaeh’s wound. He still cared for Nevaeh so much.

“Kendrick…”

“Stop talking. I’ll take you to the hospital.”

Nevaeh looked at Kendrick affectionately “Kendrick, with you accompanying me, I won’t be in as much pain. I know that you’ll protect me forever.”

Niamh could hear these words from where she was standing.

While watching Kendrick help Nevaeh up, Nevaeh had then turned her head to cast a triumphant and provoking look at her as she was getting into the car. It was as if she was saying, ‘Vera Quinn, you’re not qualified to steal my man!’

Niamh looked at this scene indifferently and smiled softly.

‘Kendrick, it’s such a shame that a smart person like you with extremely high emotional and intelligence quotients who’s also able to expertly maneuver through the business world is still incapable of clearly seeing Nevaeh’s true character even after so many years.

‘Or perhaps, that’s what you like about this scheming b*tch.’

Niamh returned to the store, and not long after picking up the paintbrush, the phone rang.

She glanced sideways and saw that it was actually Kendrick who was calling.

However, she did not answer. Kendrick then called a second time.

Niamh picked up the phone and looked at the name on the screen with indifferent eyes as if she had seen herself from before.

How many times had she called Kendrick back then only to never receive a response? Her outgoing calls were either ended or blocked.

She knew that he had hated her so much, but still, she hoped that she could change her mind again and again.

Thinking about it now, Niamh felt that she was both ridiculous and sad.

How could she have so desperately fallen in love with such a cold and ruthless man?

Niamh did not answer the first two calls. Seeing that Kendrick was making a third call, Niamh then simply silenced the phone and threw it aside.

The rhythm of her heartbeat would never be moved for this man again.

Niamh was busy in the office the entire day. Finally, she was getting ready to bring Lily back to the apartment, but the moment she left, she saw a familiar car parked in front of the shop.

Kendrick got out of the car, and the afterglow of the setting sun was quietly scattered along his jade-like body. His natural and powerful aura shrouded him with every step he took. His charm was always bright and radiant.

Niamh looked at him and raised her knitted eyebrows. She was about to speak, but Kendrick beat her to it.

“Do me a favor of having a meal with me. After all, I saved your daughter today,” he said. He walked up to Lily with a rare smile on his handsome face. “Cutiepie, are you willing to have a meal together with Big Brother?”

Lily thought for a few seconds, then stretched out her pale and tender little arm to hug Niamh’s thigh. She raised her vivid eyes to look at Niamh.

“Mommy, are we having dinner with Big Brother?”

Niamh smiled and stooped down low to hug Lily. “Lily, we won’t be eating with Big Brother. Mommy will be taking you home.”

Of course, she could not give Kendrick and Lily the opportunity to make contact.

If Kendrick still suspected that she was Niamh, then Lily would become his breakthrough point. She would never let Kendrick discover the secret about Lily.

Never.

Seeing that Niamh was turning around to leave, Kendrick pulled the corners of his lips into a smile. “Miss Vera, you seem to want to draw a clear line with me?”

Niamh turned her head and chuckled. “Mr. Waldburg, you and I have always been just passersby. There’s no need to draw a clear line.”

She quickly brought Lily into the car and returned to the apartment.

Right after taking a shower, she prepared to put Lily to sleep when the phone rang again.

After looking at it, it turned out to be Nevaeh.

Niamh walked to the balcony to answer the phone, and Nevaeh’s questioning voice came from the other end, “Vera Quinn, where is Kendrick now? Are you with him?”

Niamh laughed in a low voice. “Miss Delgado, why would you come to me to ask if your fiancé is missing? You’re really interesting.”

“Vera Quinn, you don’t have to pretend! Isn’t your plastic surgery meant to look like Kendrick’s ex-wife just so you can attract his attention?” Nevaeh’s tone was full of resentment.

“Listen to me. Don’t think that you can attract Kendrick’s attention by doing this. What rights do you have to fight me for a man?!”

After Nevaeh arrogantly spat out these few words, she suddenly sneered proudly, “In terms of reputation and status, I’m a dignified and wealthy lady who has millions of fans on the internet! What about you? Don’t you just have some lousy money? The money may have also been obtained through some abnormal means! Vera, how can you compare with me? So, you’d better stay within your bounds or things won’t end well for you!”

Beep, beep.

Without giving Niamh any more chances to speak, Nevaeh hung up the phone. With this, it was as if it meant that she had won.

However, in Niamh’s view, Nevaeh’s anxious performance just revealed her inner worries and anxieties at the moment.

While imagining Nevaeh’s unhappy appearance at this moment, Niamh turned around and went back into the room.

Just as she walked in, the phone rang again.

The caller ID showed that it was Kendrick.

This was really interesting.

Thinking of Nevaeh’s call just a moment ago, Niamh decisively swiped the answer button.

Before she even spoke, the voice of a strange man sounded on the phone. The background noise was mixed with all kinds of music and voices.

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