After listening to these words in silence, Niamh curled her lips.
“Are you trying to tell me that your ex-wife lives in your heart?”
Not only did she laugh, but her laughter was full of irony.
“Everyone knows that Niamh is the woman you hate most.”
“Everyone knows?” Kendrick chewed on these words as the irony in his faint smile became stronger than that of Niamh’s.
Yes, everyone knew. Everyone knew that Niamh had been madly in love with him.
However, nobody knew that he had also loved her.
Even he himself knew it too late.
It was also too late for him to say “I love you” back to her.
At Niamh’s request, Kendrick sent her back to her apartment.
Not long after, Niamh saw that someone had broken the news about what happened during Old Master Waldburg’s 80th birthday on the internet.
Many netizens went to Nevaeh’s Twitter to curse her.
The more powerful netizens dug out all of Nevaeh’s dark history, including photos from when she was a student in college and high school. Even her elementary school photos had been dug up.
Even though Nevaeh had immediately spent money to deal with these dark histories after she knew of it, parts of the content still got screenshotted.
Waldburg Corporation.
Kendrick received a push notification right after a morning meeting.
He seldom paid attention to these boring entertainment gossips, but seeing that the title had mentioned Vera and Nevaeh, he clicked into it and took a look.
He saw the photos of Nevaeh when she was a student, one of which was taken with him.
However, other than the photos with him, there were also a few photos of Nevaeh with other men. Two of which were intimate photos of her and Tanner Long.
In the photos, Nevaeh and Tanner were very close. There was even one of Nevaeh kissing Tanner’s cheek.
Kendrick was stunned when he saw that photo.
A burst of physical disgust that was accompanied by shock arose.
His finger quivered as his thoughts were suddenly pulled to a faraway place…
It was raining heavily that day. She was sitting in his car, telling him that Nevaeh had actually dated Tanner and that Nevaeh had a baby with him.
She also said that Nevaeh was not carrying his child at all and that her miscarriage was just an act plotted by herself.
Yet, at that time, he had strangled her neck and warned her not to slander Nevaeh again.
He still remembered that at the time, she did not even struggle at all but merely smiled with tears in her eyes before saying to him, “Kendrick Waldburg, if I told half a lie, then I might as well die.”
He cursed her mercilessly in response, saying, “Then go and die.”
In the end, he chased her out of the car and drove away, leaving her in the heavy rain, letting the wind blow and the rain fall…
After that, she really died.
He regretted it.
Kendrick opened his sore, red eyes, which were now on the brink of tears.
The heavy rain from that day seemed to be falling in his heart at this moment, drowning his heartbeat.
He laughed at himself and felt that both Niamh and Ava were right. He was deaf and blind.
Just because of a promise made when he was young, he protected a woman who had long gone bad like a fool. Meanwhile, he cut the flesh off the woman he loved piece by piece.
Kendrick picked up his phone again and saw the contents on the screen. There was a post that had photos of Nevaeh from when she was a child.
When he and Nevaeh reunited, he had asked to see photos of her from her childhood days. However, Nevaeh said that the photos were lost because she had moved houses.
Now, some netizens had actually dug up photos of her when she was a child.
Kendrick stretched out his fingers and tapped lightly at the title.
Thump, thump.
There was a knocking on the office glass door.
Kendrick looked up and saw that it was Ken Baker. “Come in.”
He put down his phone and hid his emotions from a moment ago. They would continue to remain unknown to anyone.
Ken walked toward the office desk and gave a straightforward report, saying, “Mr. Waldburg, I’ve kept a close eye on Felipe for a while now. He hasn’t been acting strange, but yesterday, he quietly met with two veterans from Waldburg Corporation’s board of directors.”
“Felipe has always gone his own way since young and never bothered to rely on the Waldburgs’ money and power. He’s not even willing to get involved with the Waldburg family, so why would he suddenly contact people from Waldburg Corporation’s board of directors?” Kendrick said lightly, pondering for a few seconds.
He always felt that Felipe definitely had a secret and that Old Master Waldburg knew this secret really well. Yet, Old Master Waldburg never wanted to bring it up.
He only knew that Old Master Waldburg was always avoiding Felipe.
Although Felipe always looked like a gentleman, underneath his gentle eyes, it was hard to guarantee that there would not be a torrent.
“This is the birth certificate of Vera’s daughter, Lilian, and the information of the local hospital. It took so long to get an answer because the investigation was a little difficult.” Ken handed over another folder.
Kendrick paused for two seconds before receiving the folder.
The DNA test was already done. This report came in too late.
“You can leave. Continue to keep an eye on Felipe.”
“Okay, I got it,” Ken responded and left.
Kendrick held the folder but did not open it.
He could not calm down. On the path of Niamh’s slow journey toward death, he had cruelly aggravated her physical and mental pain, catalyzing her withering.
He walked into a flower shop in a daze and bought a bouquet of red roses as usual.
Just as he was about to get in his car, he heard a sweet voice.
“What a coincidence.” Niamh walked over leisurely.
Kendrick hid away his sadness and grievance, smiling gracefully.
“Vera? Why are you here?”
“Just passing by.” Niamh smiled brightly before pointing to the large bouquet of roses in his hands. “But you, why did you buy such a large bouquet of roses? Is it for me?”
Kendrick glanced at the bouquet in his hands and laughed a little. “If you like it, I can buy one for you now. It’s just that this bouquet isn’t for you.”
Niamh raised her eyebrows, pretending to be displeased. “Don’t tell me this is for Nevaeh? Red roses represent love. You indeed still love her.”
“Are you jealous?” Kendrick smiled, locking his gaze on Niamh as it suddenly became serious. “Red roses represent love, but do you know what red roses and the number of them represent?”
Upon hearing this, Niamh looked uncertainly at the large bouquet of roses. ‘There are about 99 flowers here, right?
‘Don’t 99 red roses mean you want the love to last forever?
‘Hmph, Kendrick, you’re still laboriously in love with Nevaeh.’
While Niamh was silently thinking, Kendrick opened the door to the passenger seat. “Don’t you want to know who these roses are for? Get in then.”
Niamh was dumbfounded. With a generous smile, she got into the car nimbly.
After a 20 minutes’ drive, they finally arrived at the destination.
Niamh could not help but freeze while looking at the familiar scenery outside the window.
It turned out to be a cemetery.
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