Nevaeh could neither accept the exquisite candlelight dinner in front of her nor the scene of Kendrick holding Vera’s hand nervously whilst trying to deal with her wound.
“It’s just a small wound. There’s no need for you to worry, Mr. Waldburg,” Niamh said lightly, retracting her hand.
“Even if it’s a small wound, it can get infected if it’s not treated well. I’ll get the alcohol swabs,” Kendrick said softly and stood up. Seeing that Nevaeh had also followed him in, he just glanced at her before turning to get the medicine box.
“Thank you.” Niamh thanked him before slowly getting up.
She raised her eyes, as if only just seeing Nevaeh with her gloomy and wet face. “Miss Delgado, we meet again.”
Nevaeh’s heart burned as she walked over with a strong smile on her face. “Miss Quinn, why are you in my fiancé’s house?”
“Fiancé?” Niamh smiled upon hearing her words. “If I remember correctly, Mr. Waldburg has already deemed your engagement invalid.”
“You… Vera Quinn, what do you mean by that?” The hypocritical smile on Nevaeh’s face instantly disappeared as her eyes stared at Niamh viciously. “Vera, I’ve seen through you. You just want to use your face to seduce Kendrick!”
“So what?” Niamh gave a carefree smile. “It’s really hard not to be affected by a man like Mr. Waldburg.”
“You…” Hearing Niamh’s answer, Nevaeh instantly exploded. She raised her hand angrily, moving to slap Niamh’s face. “B*tch!”
Niamh calmly reached out to grab Nevaeh’s outstretched hand, and at the same time, she raised her other hand to unceremoniously slap Nevaeh’s face.
The sound of it was particularly crisp.
Nevaeh was stunned and her eyes widened in astonishment. “You… You dare hit me? Vera Quinn, do you know what will happen when I’m offended? Let me tell you this, no one who wants to fight me will have a good death. Neither Niamh nor you!”
After giving a vicious warning, she immediately raised her hand to cover her red cheek when she saw Kendrick returning. She ran over crying, “Kendrick…”
“Mr. Waldburg, I think I’d better leave, lest I offend people who shouldn’t be offended here.”
Nevaeh had only uttered his name while complaining when she was interrupted by Niamh’s clear and melodious voice.
Upon hearing this, Kendrick glanced at Nevaeh before walking straight to Niamh.
“I’ll help you treat the wound first.”
“No need.” Niamh frowned. “Although I look almost exactly the same as that Niamh, I don’t want to end up like her at all. I really can’t afford to offend your fiancée this time. It’s just a slap now, but I don’t know what it’ll be next time.”
“…” Upon hearing this, Nevaeh’s eyes widened. “Vera Quinn, what are you talking about? Are you saying that I slapped you?”
Niamh looked at Nevaeh who was about to explode from anger and sighed aggrievedly. “Miss Delgado, you should learn to take accountability. It’s the same thing. Sooner or later, people will know that you’re the mastermind behind it all.”
“…” Nevaeh’s face was blue and white. She was already full of anger but was feeling so suffocated that she could not strike out with even a word!
She had always been the instigator!
She had never been the one instigated against!
Nevaeh clenched her fists and strode toward Niamh but was blocked by Kendrick just as she started to move.
He was guarding Niamh, his cold and frosty face covered with gloom. “Are you still going to continue hitting people?”
“Kendrick, I didn’t hit her! She hit me! She also admitted to me that she deliberately wants to use this face of hers to seduce you! Kendrick, please, believe me. I really didn’t hit her. It was this b*tch who—”
“Why don’t you leave?” Kendrick interrupted coldly.
Nevaeh stared at this stern face, dumbfounded. “Kendrick, what did you say?”
“Why don’t you leave?” He had lowered his tone, sounding as if he still had feelings for Nevaeh.
Nevaeh was so angry that she gritted her teeth. When she saw Niamh with her lips curled into a smile as Kendrick protected her behind his back, she felt furious.
Just when Niamh thought that Nevaeh would explode from anger, Nevaeh instead seemed to have turned into a different person all of a sudden. She let go of her fist and her anger disappeared. Then, she approached Kendrick and spoke slowly…
“Kendrick.”
Nevaeh’s eyes were red as she looked sadly at the man before her who maintained his cold expression.
“I know I did something wrong and that has disappointed you, but I didn’t betray my conscience. Everything I’ve done is for Jack and you. I’ve never hurt innocent people.”
While she was speaking, she teared up as well. Her pitiful appearance was really well performed.
“Kendrick, I know it’s useless for me to say anything now, but I am innocent. I’ll keep waiting until you believe me.”
Without waiting for Kendrick’s response, Nevaeh turned away and walked out of the house looking lonely.
Through the window, Niamh could clearly see Nevaeh standing right in front of the gate. She was soaked in the rain, but she had a stubborn and resolute expression on her face.
History was truly so shockingly similar.
Niamh thought of her previous experience of having been wrongly accused by Nevaeh. After she had come out of prison, she was locked outside of the door by Kendrick. Her pregnant self had knelt on the ground under the rain with much difficulty while waiting for his trust. Yet, after all of it, it was only a heart-shattering ending that she got in return for her wait.
Niamh swept her indifferent gaze over Nevaeh and from the corner of her eyes, she saw Kendrick looking at Nevaeh who was outside through the window with a solemn expression.
‘Kendrick, does your heart still ache for her?
‘After all, she’s the love of your life who you cared about for so many years.’
Within a few seconds, however, Kendrick turned his gaze away and suddenly reached out to hold Niamh’s injured hand to stop it from being stabbed further by the glass shards. After wiping it with alcohol cotton pads, he then carefully put a band-aid on her as well.
“Let’s continue our dinner.” He curled the corner of his lips, but it did not turn into a smile. It was merely just a movement of his facial muscles.
He was starting to feel sorry for Nevaeh, as expected.
“I think it’s better to forget it.” Niamh refused with a smile. “If I remain here still, I’m afraid my life in Glendale will be even more difficult afterward.”
“I’m here. No one will dare to do anything to you.” Kendrick made such a guarantee to Niamh with almost no hesitation.
Niamh looked at him with a surprised expression on her face, but her heart was filled entirely with ridicule and irony.
‘Kendrick Waldburg, during the time when I was married to you as your wife…
‘Have you ever treated me so protectively like this?
‘You and Nevaeh both brutally hurt me again and again.
‘Yet, what are you telling me now? That you’re here for me?
‘Was it not entirely because of you that I was tortured till I was all bloody back then?’
Outside, Nevaeh was drenched in the rain and was really considering going all out.
She could not think of any other methods at present and so, she could only use this bitter trick.
She now hoped that the rain would get worse, drenching her till she caught a cold that would then make her faint. That way, she could definitely attract Kendrick’s attention.
She still had her trump card in hand, after all.
Kendrick did not let Niamh go but still kept her for dinner.
Since Niamh was sitting at the dining table, she could see Nevaeh standing at the same spot in the rain from where she was. Nevaeh remained stationary, and the scene truly looked pitiful.
Yet, Niamh knew in her heart that this was simply Nevaeh’s bitter trick.
‘With a decade’s fate now taking its turn, Nevaeh, you will also have to face the same fate today.
‘Have you tasted what it’s like to be wrongly accused?
‘Does it feel good?’
Niamh curled her lips secretly and finished the contents in the wine glass in one sip, feeling very satisfied.
“Miss Vera, it seems that you can take your alcohol.” Kendrick praised.
Niamh smiled and replied, “Yes, even Felipe is no opponent to me.”
“Is that so?” Kendrick smiled, but he could not help but compare her to Niamh in his heart.
In his memory, Niamh did not know how to drink.
That one time she drank alcohol, she had gotten so drunk that she hugged him while being muddled, then saying such sweet lovey-dovey words.
Thinking about it now, those lovey-dovey words were really beautiful.
However, it was now an unattainable memory.
“Miss Vera, can we be friends from today onward?”
“As long as you no longer regard me as your ex-wife Niamh, we can be friends.”
“Don’t worry, there won’t be a next time.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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