Chapter 15 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

“Niamh, you’ve gone over the top. I can forgive you for pretending to be me and lying to Kendrick that you’re his childhood friend. However, how could you lie about being pregnant? Sigh!”

Nevaeh sighed and turned around. She lifted her head and saw Kendrick in the distance. Consequently, she let out a shocked expression.

She looked at Kendrick timidly. “J-Kendrick, when did you get here?”

Kendrick looked at Nevaeh who was so nervous that she was rubbing her hands together. He suppressed his anger. “You’re aware of that woman’s scheme, and you’re still trying to lie to me for her?”

Having heard Kendrick’s words, Nevaeh was stunned for a few seconds. Nevertheless, she looked at him with a puzzled look on her face and said, “Kendrick, I don’t know what you’re talking about? Who? Who did I help? You must have misheard me.”

When Kendrick saw that Nevaeh refused to tell him the truth, he frowned. “I heard what you said to the doctor, and you still want to lie to me?”

Nevaeh shook her head, and her eyes turned red from grievance. “Kendrick, I’m not lying to you. How could I lie to you?”

“Are you still not going to tell me the truth?”

“Kendrick…”

“Alright, if you don’t want to tell me the truth, I’ll ask her myself!” Kendrick turned around; his eyes were cold.

“Kendrick, no!” Nevaeh ran over and grabbed Kendrick’s arm. “Kendrick, don’t be angry. Please don’t be angry!”

She sobbed. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have lied to you. However, if I hadn’t lied for Niamh, you wouldn’t be able to forgive her. That’s why I…”

Nevaeh grabbed Kendrick’s arm and looked at him with tears in her eyes. “Kendrick, please don’t blame Niamh. She knows she’s at fault. I know she won’t do such a thing ever again!

“It’s my fault. It’s all my fault! I shouldn’t have stayed with you after your wedding. I caused Niamh to fake her pregnancy out of jealousy. I also shouldn’t have told Niamh about what happened when we first met and made her have that sinister idea. That’s why she lied and told you that she’s that little girl. It’s all my fault, Kendrick. Just put all the blame on me!”

Kendrick’s eyes were extremely dark when he heard this.

It was all fake!

She was only trying to make him pity her!

She was a pathological liar indeed. Why would he think that she was the little girl that he wanted to protect? That girl was Nevaeh!

Flames of wrath rose up in his chest as he recalled how gentle he had treated Niamh just now.

Consequently, he turned around and charged back toward her room. Nevaeh called out after him frantically. However, a smirk had already appeared on her lips.

Niamh had closed her eyes when Kendrick barged in with a dark expression on his face. Her heart skipped a beat. “Kendrick, what’s wrong?”

Kendrick did not say anything. He walked toward the side of the bed slowly.

Niamh felt the aura of death coming from him. However, just as she was about to speak, Kendrick reached out his hands and grabbed her by the neck.

“Kendrick…”

At that moment, Niamh could not breathe. Her pale face turned red.

“Niamh Delgado, you deserve to die.” Kendrick moved his lips frigidly. His dark eyes were staring at her as if he wanted to see through her. “It would’ve been fine if you had only pretended to be pregnant, but how dare you impersonate Nevaeh? Did you really think you’d be able to get away with it?”

What…

Niamh’s eyes widened in confusion, but she could not say anything as she was being choked.

She could only see Kendrick’s eyes. They looked like they were about to slice her with a knife a million times.

“Niamh, since you had the nerve to lie to me, you should know what the consequences you should suffer are!”

After he said that, he pushed Niamh away.

Niamh was like a broken doll that was being thrown away. She fell from the bed, and her head hit the corner of its frame. Additionally, the IV drip in the back of her hand was ripped out, and she trembled from the excruciating pain.

She placed her hand on her stomach subconsciously and got up despite being in pain. Subsequently, she sat on the floor and grabbed Kendrick’s pants. “Kendrick, I didn’t lie to you. I’m r-really pregnant. I have the doctor’s proof. You can take me for an ultrasound now. Kendrick, please trust me for once. Just once, Kendrick…”

“Heh.”

Kendrick scoffed lightly. He looked down at Niamh coldly with his dark eyes.

“Niamh, I underestimated you. You even managed to bribe the doctors here to make them lie to me about your pregnancy. Do you think I’m a fool? Do you think I’d be fooled so easily?”

Niamh lifted her head and sobbed sadly. “No! I haven’t lied to you, Kendrick! Why would I lie to you about something like that? I really am pregnant! Kendrick, you don’t believe me? Touch my stomach. The child really is here…”

Niamh stood up with all her might and grabbed Kendrick’s hand. She wanted him to believe her. She wanted him to feel the life that was already forming in her stomach.

However, Kendrick pushed away her hand.

“Get lost! Don’t touch me with your filthy hand!” Kendrick’s eyes were as sharp as knives. “You’re not pregnant. However, even if you really are, I’ll abort it because you do not deserve it! Niamh, a woman like you will never have the chance to have anything to do with me!”

“Kendrick!” When Niamh saw that Kendrick was about to leave, she chased after him while stumbling. She grabbed his arm. “Kendrick, don’t go. You told me you’d protect me forever! I am Linnie. Have you forgotten? Kendrick…”

Niamh begged for him to stay, but what she said triggered him. Almost instantly, she felt an intense aura of death. The next second, she was pushed to the ground by Kendrick. Consequently, Niamh clutched her stomach in pain. She could see the man’s terrifying gaze through her tears. “Niamh, you deserve to die.”

“Kendrick…” Cold sweat started to appear on Niamh’s body due to the pain. However, Kendrick left after he said those hurtful words. He was not concerned about her wellbeing at all.

Niamh got up from the ground and smiled bitterly. Her eyes were filled with tears.

‘Ken, you’re no longer the boy Linnie once knew…’

Throughout the next few days, Kendrick did not show up. There was no word of concern at all. It was as if he had forgotten about her.

Niamh laid on the bed but did not recover even after a few days. On the contrary, she felt herself getting weaker and weaker. So, she asked Ava to bring her to a specialized hospital for a check up.

When the results came out, Niamh was shocked.

“Miss Delgado, you don’t have much time. If you don’t abort the child, you don’t have a chance.”

The doctor did not beat around the bush. Perhaps she had seen too much of life and death and was already numb.

Niamh’s vision turned black for a while. If Ava were not there with her, she might have passed out.

She knew she could not delay treating the tumor. However, she had not expected misfortune to come so fast.

“Niamh, you can have a child again, while you only have one life,” Ava advised. She did not wait any longer before arranging the surgery for Niamh.

After a while, Ava came back with the receipt. Niamh held it in her hand with her face that was completely pale. All of a sudden, she crumpled it up and threw it into the bin.

Ava was stunned. “Niamh?”

Niamh’s eyes were wet. She looked oddly determined. “I won’t give up this child even if I die.”

The tumor would worsen even if she were to abort the child. It was just a matter of time.

Not to mention, it might be the only trammel she could leave for Kendrick.

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