“Get lost.”
“…”
Yvonne was not happy about it, but she saw the employees whispering on the side while looking at her. She suddenly felt her cheeks heating up immensely. She glared at Niamh angrily before running off.
Kendrick walked toward Niamh, the coldness in his eyes dispersing immediately. “Did she hurt you?”
Niamh shook her head and smiled calmly. “I’m okay.”
Kendrick seemed to be more relieved after hearing this. He gently held her hand and walked to the elevator. “Are you tired after working all morning?”
“All my fatigue went away when I saw you.” Niamh smiled with curved eyes.
Kendrick looked at her bright, smiling face, and a warm shade covered his cold face.
He even hoped that he could see this smile in front of him for a little longer.
The employees who had not yet dispersed could not help but feel surprised upon seeing this scene before them.
“It turns out that Mr. Waldburg can smile.”
“Nonsense. Of course, he can. It just depends on who he’s with.”
“This Vera actually looks almost exactly like Mr. Waldburg’s ex-wife, but why did Mr. Waldburg hate Niamh so much yet pampers Vera?”
As the voices sounded, nobody could solve this puzzle.
…
Kendrick took Niamh to a nearby restaurant for lunch, but as soon as they sat down, he received a call.
The tone of the person on the other end of the call was a little pressing. Niamh could vaguely hear their conversation. It seemed to be work-related.
“Vera, I can’t accompany you for lunch anymore. There’s something I have to deal with immediately.”
“Work is important. You should go.”
“See you later,” Kendrick said and left a black card before leaving.
Niamh looked at Kendrick’s figure indifferently, her lips curling up.
Compared to having lunch with him and being forced to smile, she enjoyed her time alone more.
She ordered a bottle of red wine, and as the waiter poured the wine for her thoughtfully, she looked at the burgundy liquid. Her thoughts wandered away once again.
She thought of Kendrick’s start-up password as well as the graveyard and ashes. Niamh suddenly got up, left the restaurant hurriedly without taking a bite nor a sip, and went back to Waldburg Corporation.
As expected, Kendrick had left due to an emergency, so he was not in the office.
Niamh entered his office freely. As there was a surveillance camera, she walked toward Kendrick’s office desk calmly and naturally.
Niamh then pretended to accidentally knock over a glass of water. She hurriedly took some tissues to wipe the desktop, then picked up the wet laptop and walked to the side. It looked like she wanted to wipe it down, but she had just taken the laptop to a place where the surveillance camera could not see.
Niamh wasted no time to turn on the laptop and enter the password that Jackson cracked last night. After keying in the familiar eight-digit number, the laptop easily switched on.
The password once again disoriented her for a few seconds.
Last night, she had heard Kendrick’s footsteps and immediately switched off the computer. She left the study without seeing anything. Now, she had plenty of time.
Niamh took out a USB flash drive from her bag decisively and began to copy the data.
It took about 20 minutes.
Niamh erased all her traces, then put the laptop back in place.
She held the light USB flash drive in her hand, but it felt heavy for some reason.
Although she had not been educated by her parents since she was a child, her grandpa always taught her to be a kind-hearted and honest person.
She always had a clear conscience and never did anything that caused harm.
However, at this moment, she actually felt hesitant.
‘Is this considered dishonest?
‘No, it’s not.
‘Kendrick Waldburg, back then, you worked with Nevaeh to ruin me completely. Even on the day of my ‘death’, I still had to bear the cruel, critical attacks from you two.
‘Those non-existent sins, the harm from your tyrannical methods, the pain from three years of unjust charges, and the separation of flesh and blood are all vivid to me.
‘You’ve bestowed me such misfortune, so don’t blame me for fighting back now.
‘Kendrick, you owe me.’
Niamh held the USB flash drive tightly. She then turned around and left the office.
Felipe’s company was on the other side of the street, so Niamh reached there in no time.
It was lunch break, and Felipe had happened to come out. He was surprised and delighted upon seeing Niamh. “Are you looking for me?”
Niamh nodded. “I have something important to tell you.”
Felipe smiled faintly. “Let’s go to a restaurant. We’ll eat while we talk.”
“Okay.” Niamh nodded and followed Felipe to a Western restaurant nearby.
Not far behind, someone saw this scene and quietly followed.
In the restaurant, Felipe ordered Niamh’s favorite dishes and a bottle of red wine.
He poured the wine for her, his graceful, handsome face carrying a gentleman’s smile. “What’s the matter that you were looking for me in such a hurry? Shouldn’t you be accompanying Kendrick to lunch at this time?”
“He left to take care of an emergency.”
Felipe’s obsidian eyes sparkled with a golden light upon hearing this. “I’m happy that you came looking for me as soon as he left.”
Niamh froze a little. “Felipe, I really have an urgent matter.”
“Okay, go on.” Felipe smiled slightly and nodded. There was always an elegant demeanor in his gestures.
“I know the start-up password to Kendrick’s computer,” Niamh said softly.
Felipe’s eyes looked up. “How do you suddenly know his password?”
She thought of how Jackson had cracked the password last night and changed the topic. “How I know is not important. What’s important is this.”
She took out the USB flash drive from her bag. “I’ve copied all the information on his computer.”
Looking at the USB flash drive in Niamh’s hand, Felipe’s eyes seemed to have sunk. A strong sense of aggression suddenly appeared in his usually calm and gentle eyes.
He stretched out his hand slowly. “Give it to me.”
Niamh glanced at the USB flash drive, and suddenly, there was a trace of hesitation. At the same time, she also thought of Kendrick’s cruel and tyrannical treatment toward her in the past. In the wind and snow, he had used the ashes of her grandfather and her child as threats to torture her to the brink of death.
He then let Nevaeh destroy her face and take her corneas. He denied their vows and even disregarded her life until her very last moment.
‘Eveline Montgomery, if he can be so cruel to you, why do you still need to be merciful?’ Niamh asked herself. Her gaze narrowed and she passed the USB flash drive over without hesitation.
Felipe noticed Niamh’s struggle and hesitation, but he was happy when she finally handed the USB flash drive to him.
It was just that during the handover, someone suddenly rushed over and grabbed Niamh’s wrist.
Niamh’s outstretched hand was suddenly hauled up and Felipe was immediately interrupted right when he touched the corner of the thumb drive.
He looked up unhappily with his cold eyes and saw an angry face.
“Vera Quinn, how could you be so shameless?!”
Yvonne yelled, “As soon as Cousin Kendrick walked away, you immediately came to have a sweet lunch with another man. Both of you are even holding hands publicly. You’re so cheap, you don’t deserve to be my cousin-in-law! I’m going to tell Cousin Kendrick about this right away!”
Niamh really did not expect Yvonne to have tailed her. As she was listening to Yvonne’s slanderous words, she withdrew her hand unhappily and said, “Speak with your respect. This ‘other man’ you’re talking about is Kendrick’s uncle.”
“What?” Shocked, Yvonne looked at Felipe who had a cold facial expression. It was only then she noticed that this man not only looked handsome and extraordinary, but his facial features were indeed somewhat similar looking to Kendrick’s.
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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