She glared at Niamh overbearingly. Then, she scoffed all of a sudden.
“Vera, why are you doing this? I know you like Kendrick, but he’s my fiancé. Plus, we’ll be married in two days, then we’ll be husband and wife. What you’re doing right now is exactly what a mistress would do, do you know that? You’re a failure as Miss L.ady’s founder and designer!”
Nevaeh deliberately increased the volume of her voice to let the staff hear her.
However, Niamh smiled calmly. “Speaking of mistresses, how can I compare to you, Miss Delgado?”
Nevaeh’s face fell when she heard that. When she was about to fight back, she heard Niamh say, “The entire Glendale knows that Kendrick divorced his ex-wife, Niamh, three years ago. However, you already have a two-year-old child with Kendrick. Isn’t this the solid evidence of you being a shameless mistress?”
After she finished saying that, Nevaeh’s face fell. Then, she saw the staff around her gossiping about her. She could not contain her emotions anymore.
“You! Vera, shut up! I want you to take that dress off right now! Immediately!”
Nevaeh changed the topic angrily and barked out her orders.
“You lot! Go and get that dress off of her now! You should know that Kendrick was the one who ordered this dress for me and this b*tch has no business wearing it!”
The staff looked at each other and frowned in awkwardness.
“Miss Delgado, actually, this dress…”
“You useless good-for-nothings! I’m asking you to do something and you’re being so finicky. If you’re not going to do it, then I will!”
Nevaeh reached out her hand in anger, wanting to rip the dress away from Niamh’s body.
However, the moment she reached out her hand, Niamh grabbed her wrist.
Nevaeh was taken aback. Then, her eyes met Niamh’s arrogant eyes. She was grinning!
“Nevaeh Delgado, be careful with your words. If you dare to call me names again, I won’t go easy on you.” Niamh warned before pushing Nevaeh’s wrist away forcefully.
Nevaeh stumbled backward and widened her eyes in anger. “Vera Quinn, you…”
“If I remember correctly, you intentionally called me yesterday to tell me that Kendrick will come to the fitting with you. You even said that he ordered a wedding dress that cost seven digits for you.”
Niamh interrupted with a smile, quirking her brows in arrogance.
“However, I’ve been here for so long. Not only have I yet to see Kendrick here with you, but there’s no dress that belongs to you here either. You keep saying that I’m not worthy, but I think you’re the one who’s not worthy of this, Nevaeh Delgado.”
“You…”
Nevaeh was speechless after what Niamh said. Her face was green and she wanted to attack Niamh.
However, at this moment, Nevaeh felt a cold breeze coming from one side.
“Stop.”
Kendrick’s icy voice was like the cold air in a hot summer—it came crashing down all of a sudden. Nevaeh retracted her hand and was beyond shocked.
After recomposing herself, Nevaeh put on a weak and sad mask before turning around.
When she turned around, she saw Kendrick in an English-style tuxedo.
His elegant and self-restraining aura was emitting from every pore on his body. His flawless face was even more handsome now.
Nevaeh finally came back to her senses after a few seconds of staring.
“Kendrick, you’re here!” Nevaeh exclaimed happily while smiling victoriously. “I knew you’d come. How could you let me try on the wedding dresses myself?”
As she said that, she looked at Nevaeh provokingly.
“Miss Quinn, do you see this? Kendrick’s here to accompany me to try on my wedding gown! Can you take off the wedding dress that doesn’t belong to you now? I can stop pursuing this matter for Kendrick’s sake.”
Niamh smiled sweetly when she saw Nevaeh’s pleased grin.
“Miss Delgado, are you delusional? Kendrick’s here for me.”
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Nevaeh’s expression froze, and there were a lot of question marks above her head.
However, at this moment, she saw Vera reaching out to Kendrick with a smile on her face. The man she loved walked over to Vera as he held her hand.
“Kendrick?” Nevaeh could not believe what she was seeing. She felt as if there was a rock on her chest that made her unable to breathe.
Niamh smiled bashfully and reached out to tidy Kendrick’s collar.
“Kendrick, you look so charming today. No wonder Miss Delgado here was willing to climb into your bed even though she’d become the mistress.”
“You! Vera Quinn, what did you say?” Nevaeh’s pretentious expression cracked. “You’re the one who seduced my fiancé, you b*tch!”
She lifted her hand angrily to slap Niamh.
Niamh faked being scared and leaned against Kendrick, her frightened expression eliciting Kendrick’s anger and urge to protect her.
He grabbed Niamh’s wrist, his eyes looking frigid. “You even dare to bully Vera in front of me, so just how many times did you threaten Vera when I wasn’t around?”
Nevaeh was stunned. She was unconvinced no matter what.
“Kendrick, I didn’t! I’ve never bullied her. She gave me no choice. Ever since her appearance, she’s been targeting me. She even wants to steal you from me. Now, she stole the dress that’s rightfully mine. How can I just let this happen?”
“I’m not an object. No one can steal me away just as they wish.”
These icy words escaped his thin lips. Then, he spread out his arms.
“I bought this dress for Vera. I didn’t even know you’d be coming today. Stop making a fuss.”
“What? Kendrick, what did you say? You gave her this dress?”
Nevaeh was completely dumbfounded, and at the same time, she could feel a fire burning in her chest.
She looked at the woman in Kendrick’s arms in resentment. However, she saw Vera smiling at her.
Nevaeh took a deep breath. She was going to explode!
“Kendrick, don’t be mad. You said we’ll take our wedding photo happily today. Stop caring about irrelevant people.” Niamh smiled and grabbed Kendrick’s arm. Her arrogant eyes scanned across Nevaeh who was about to vomit blood from anger.
“Alright, let’s go take our photos.” Kendrick nodded. His gaze softened when it landed on Niamh’s face.
He let Niamh grab his arm as they then turned around at the same time. The staff quickly went over to carry the dress for Niamh.
“Miss Delgado, so what now? There are so many journalists out there waiting for your fitting, but now…”
Nevaeh’s assistant, Amy, reminded her worriedly.
Nevaeh’s pupils constricted. There were so many journalists out there. If Kendrick walked out with Vera, she would become the joke of the century!
She clenched her fists and narrowed her eyes. It was as if she was bracing herself.
“Kendrick!”
Nevaeh chased after them and stopped in front of Niamh and Kendrick.
Kendrick knitted his brows together. “Don’t force me to get someone to pull you away.”
He sounded impatient.
Niamh smiled and watched. She wanted to see what Nevaeh had up her sleeves.
However, Nevaeh only glared at Niamh furiously. Then, she looked into Kendrick’s cold eyes.
“Kendrick, I won’t allow you to take wedding pictures with this b*tch!” Nevaeh’s tone was firm. She was not begging at all.
Kendrick looked at her coldly. Then, he grabbed Niamh’s hand and walked past her.
When Nevaeh realized that she was being ignored, she was frantic.
“Kendrick, if you walk out with this woman right now, then don’t even think about finding Niamh’s ashes!”
Nevaeh yelled at the two figures in front of her.
Niamh almost stopped walking at the same time as Kendrick.
What did she just hear?
‘Ashes?
‘My ashes?’
She was taken aback as her mind wandered.
Back then, she had already lost her eyesight when she went to Kendrick and Nevaeh’s engagement party.
In order to cut all ties with him and to let go of her obsession with him, she consented to giving everything back to him—including her ashes.
Even though she did not die in the end, her ‘ashes’ was still there.
However, did Kendrick not destroy those ‘ashes’ way back then?
She stopped reminiscing when she felt Kendrick’s grip tightening.
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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