“Mr. Waldburg, I’ve sent all of the information to you. I didn’t find much to be suspicious about after glancing through it, but there’s one thing that’s pretty suspicious.”
Kendrick stopped flipping through the information. “What is it?”
Ken hesitated. Then, he voiced his suspicion, saying, “Felipe’s company and business have been in Glendale this whole time, but for some reason, he left to go to F Country.
“Felipe has been staying in F Country for the past three years and rarely left. According to sources, he met Vera on the plane and fell in love with her at first sight.”
F Country.
Kendrick remembered that Vera was also from F Country. However, from her appearance, she was obviously not a native of F Country.
After he hung up the phone, Kendrick read through the information slowly.
Nothing about Vera’s information was suspicious. However, he saw a date that he would never forget from Felipe’s file.
That day three years ago, Niamh’s cold body had laid in his arms. She was no longer breathing nor did she have a pulse. She had left him forever.
However, it was that day Felipe left Glendale to go to F Country.
It was evident on Felipe’s entry and exit information.
Niamh died that night and Felipe left Glendale without any special reasons.
Was this a coincidence?
Kendrick woke Jackson up with this suspicion in mind. After cleaning Jackson up, he brought him to kindergarten.
Kendrick drove his car and looked at Jackson from the rearview mirror. He was silent in the backseat the entire time. Suddenly, he recalled what Niamh said to him last night, ‘I suggest that you take him to see a doctor.’
Her words kept repeating in his head after she said them.
“Jackson, are you feeling unwell?” Kendrick asked.
Jackson’s dark eyes shifted slightly after he heard that. He held his bag tightly with his head lowered and shook his head.
Kendrick frowned.
Jackson had never been this depressed in his memory. Back then, he would always follow behind him and call him ‘Daddy’. He used to be so cheerful and loving.
However, this child stopped calling him ‘Daddy’ after some time. In addition to that, he started drifting further and further away from this child.
Kendrick did not ask him anything anymore. He clearly knew the answer to this question.
When he realized just how much he liked Niamh, a lot of people and things changed…
Kendrick walked Jackson into the kindergarten. However, he did not leave immediately, but rather, he parked his car at the corner.
After a while, a familiar figure walked into his vision.
He looked at the woman who looked exactly like Niamh. She was walking Lillian into the kindergarten with a gentle smile on her face.
Kendrick narrowed his eyes and imprinted that beautiful smile into his mind.
His heart started beating faster as he grabbed the steering wheel. After Niamh got into the car and drove away, he drove to the entrance of the kindergarten. Then, he got out of the car and walked in.
Even though Lillian’s homeroom teacher was responsible for the older children, when she saw Kendrick, she knew he was not a stranger. Moreover, she also knew that he was Jackson’s father and was a VIP in Glendale.
Thus, when she saw Kendrick at the classroom door, she approached him with a smile.
“Mr. Waldburg, are you here for Jackson? He’s next door.”
“I’m looking for that child.” Kendrick pointed at Lillian who was playing with her classmates.
The teacher looked over to where he was pointing. “You mean Lillian Waldburg?”
Lillian Waldburg.
That was the child’s full name.
Kendrick nodded. His intense gaze was locked on Lillian’s fair and adorable face. “Yes, her.”
The teacher smiled when she realized what was going on. “Oh, so Lillian is also one of the Waldburgs. I was wondering why she’s so close with Jackson. As it turns out, they’re siblings!”
Siblings.
That word penetrated Kendrick’s heart.
His heart trembled, and he could not shake this complicated feeling away.
Lillian was brought out quickly. When she saw Kendrick, she smiled and displayed her dimples. “Hello, nice mister.”
She called out in a bright voice, her face looking almost exactly like Niamh.
Kendrick squatted and caressed the little girl’s head.
“Hello, Lily. I’m Jackson’s daddy.”
“I remember you.” The little girl blinked her bright eyes. “Are you here to play with me, nice mister?”
Kendrick smiled warmly before taking out a doll from his pocket.
“I sent Jackson here today, so I came to see you since I’m here. This is for you.”
“Wow, what a cute bunny!” Lillian was completely attracted to the delicate doll.
Using this opportunity, Kendrick plucked a single hair from Lillian’s head.
Looking at this innocent and adorable face in front of him, he had too many expectations and yearnings in his heart.
Kendrick then came to a DNA screening agency with an indescribable feeling in his heart. He pulled some strings and fast-tracked his test.
The staff told him it would take at least eight hours before he could know the result.
After he left the DNA screening agency, Kendrick drove to Felipe’s company.
After hesitating for a while, he eventually drove away.
If Felipe genuinely wanted to hide the situation about Niamh, he would not get an answer from him no matter how much he questioned him.
The eight hours were oddly tormenting.
At that moment, Niamh received a parcel from the company. She started to prepare for the commercial dinner party for the second anniversary of her jewelry brand. After working for the entire day, she was about to pick Lillian up from school. However, when she was at the entrance, she saw Kendrick’s car stopping in front of the shop.
She remembered what she said to Kendrick last night and quickly recomposed herself in a few seconds.
“Mr. Waldburg? Are you here for me? Don’t you have anything to do?” Niamh smiled and asked when she noticed Kendrick looking at her intensely. She looked into his eyes calmly and smiled. “Why are you looking at me like that, Mr. Waldburg? Is there something on my face?”
Kendrick walked toward her and a domineering air enveloped her in an instant. “I can’t move my eyes away because you’re so stunning, Miss Vera.”
“…” Niamh did not expect him to say something so amorous in a public setting. She was taken aback. “Mr. Waldburg, both of us are engaged to someone else. It’s easy to elicit misunderstandings if you say that.”
Kendrick ignored the looks from passersby and said, “Are you picking your daughter up from school?”
Niamh nodded. “So what if I am?”
“I’m going to pick up my son as well. Let’s go together.”
“…”
“Plus, I have something I want to ask you. It’s about my son.”
After Kendrick said that, Niamh did not want to reject him anymore.
Despite not knowing the reason, she did want to know more about Jackson.
She got into Kendrick’s car and the car started quickly. It started driving along the busy street.
Inside the quiet interior of the car, Kendrick said in a mocking tone “So, Future Aunt-in-law, how do you know my uncle?”
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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