Chapter 229 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

She did not think much of it though. She changed her clothes and drove to Montgomery Manor.

About ten minutes later, she arrived at the entrance of Montgomery Manor. What surprised her was that Sean and Eloise were waiting for her.

They looked like they were expecting her, and because of this, Niamh was certain about one thing.

She stopped the car but before she could open the door, Eloise and Sean were already standing by the side of her car. Through the rearview mirror, Niamh could see that Sean’s eyes were red from tears while Eloise had tears streaming down her face. She looked like she was in great sadness.

She stopped unbuckling her seatbelt.

Eloise and Sean were nervous when they saw that Niamh was not going to get out of the car.

Eloise wiped her tears away as she knocked on the window of the car with trembling hands. She looked at Niamh with a heartbroken and expectant gaze. She sobbed, saying, “Miss Vera, why aren’t you getting out?”

Even though the car window was closed, Niamh could clearly hear that Eloise’s voice was shaking.

Eloise was obviously trying to suppress some kind of emotions, and Niamh already knew what emotion that was.

Knock, knock, knock.

Eloise knocked on the window again lightly.

She did not dare to use too much force. She was scared that Niamh would be upset, but at the same time, she was scared that Niamh would ignore her.

“Miss Vera, Vera…”

Eloise called out to her. Suddenly, with a click, Niamh unbuckled her seatbelt.

When they saw that Niamh was finally getting out of the car, Eloise and Sean’s faces lit up with joy.

Niamh opened the door and finally got out.

Looking at their wet and longing eyes, Niamh looked at them calmly. “Is Jack in his room?” she asked flatly.

Eloise and Sean looked at her intensely and nodded. “He’s in his room!”

“Got it,” Niamh said and turned around without saying another word more.

When they saw Niamh walking in through the door, Eloise and Sean looked at her departing back while feeling dispirited. They started sobbing in devastation. “Eveline…”

Niamh could feel the heated eyes behind her back, but she walked away without turning back.

The physical and emotional pain from before resurfaced again in her mind.

She forced herself to not think about them, but she could not stop the pain that was slowly spreading all over her body.

Niamh arrived at Jackson’s room. The little guy was leaning against the headboard, holding a children’s book that he was attentively reading.

When he saw a familiar figure approaching him, Jackson lifted his head quickly.

Upon seeing Niamh, a joyous smile blossomed on his adorable face.

“Mommy,” he called out. It sounded so natural.

Niamh felt as if there was a dollop of honey sliding around her heart—the sweetness was mending her wounded heart.

“Jack, why are you still awake? It’s so late.” She walked to the side of the bed and sat down. After that, she caressed the little guy’s head.

“If I can get Mommy to come to see me by staying up late, then I can stay up the entire night.”

Niamh started laughing at his answer.

“Jack, you’re such a master of words. There’ll be a lot of girls after you when you grow up.”

“No matter how many girls are after me, my favorite girl in the world will only be you, Mommy.”

Jackson blinked his twinkling eyes and looked at Niamh seriously. Then, he picked up his handmade bunny-shaped mini self-defense device from his nightstand.

“This is for you, Mommy. I hope you can always have this with you. This bunny can help you defeat the bad guys who want to hurt you.”

Niamh was surprised. She slowly took over the DIY self-defense device and was stunned.

She did not expect to have such an important position in Jack’s heart. She also did not expect him to care about her so much.

She felt a pang of pain in her heart as she grabbed Jackson’s shoulder and pulled him into her embrace.

“Jack, even though you’re not my biological baby, I still love you very much. I will protect myself and also protect you, Jack.” Niamh pressed her lips together as tears wetted the corners of her eyes.

She could not help but remember her first child with Kendrick.

She wanted so much to hold her flesh and blood. She wanted to tell that child that her mommy loved her very much.

Eloise and Sean saw this scene when they were outside the room and their hearts were in excruciating pain.

They did not dare to go disturb them. At the same time, they did not dare to tell Niamh that Jackson was actually her biological son without careful consideration.

Eloise covered her mouth when she saw this. She swallowed her sobs and ran away quickly.

“Ellie!”

Sean called out to Eloise in a low voice. Then, he looked at Niamh longingly before chasing after his wife.

Eloise went back to her room and collapsed on her bed. She covered her face as she started bawling.

Even though Sean was also in debilitating sadness, as a husband and a man, he had to be stronger and more composed than Eloise at this moment.

“Ellie, stop crying. Don’t be like this.” Sean patted Eloise’s shoulder and comforted her. “No matter what, our daughter is still alive and she’s living her best life. We should be happy and proud of her.”

Eloise cried even harder after she heard that.

Of course, she knew she should feel happy about that.

However, everything from the past resurfaced in her brain. The scenes of her hitting and yelling at Niamh were replaying in her head, as well as the scene of Niamh vomiting blood and gasping for air because of her sickness.

When she thought about those, Eloise felt that it pained her just to breathe.

“Why am I such a failure as a mother? Even if she was just a stranger, I shouldn’t have hit or yelled at her…”

Eloise was blaming herself furiously. She lifted her red eyes and looked at Sean.

“Sean, do you know? I used this hand to hit our daughter so many times. I called her a vile woman and a b*tch. I even cursed that she’d go to hell. I told her that she deserved to be abandoned by her parents…

“How could I be so despicable? I even said that she was just pretending when she vomited blood from her illness. I said she only did that to get Kendrick’s attention!”

As Sean listened to Eloise, his eyes reddened as his Adam’s apple bobbed. “Eloise, stop talking. Please stop talking…” he muttered. He was also involved in the horrible memories that Eloise mentioned. He had also been heartless and cruel to their daughter.

Eloise was crying like she was a burst dam. She cried so hard that she could not breathe.

“Sean, how could I have treated my daughter like this? What blinded me back then? I didn’t even notice that she’s our flesh and blood. She looked at me again and again with those eyes. Why didn’t I notice that her eyes are almost the same as mine…”

“Same goes to me…” Sean lowered his head in remorse. “Every time I saw Eveline, she gave me such a familiar feeling. However, with Nevaeh misguiding us, I completely lost my sense of judgment and hurt our daughter so deeply. Ellie, my heart hurt as much as yours.”

“Sean, I’m so ashamed to acknowledge Eveline. We’ve wronged that child so much…” Eloise fell into Sean’s arms and was in a state of despair.

Sean held Eloise and took a deep breath after he closed his eyes. Then, he sighed long and hard.

“You’re right. We are too ashamed to acknowledge the child. We also have no right to ask her to come home.”

“Sean…”

“Ellie, let’s give the right to choose to our daughter.” Sean made a decision.

Eloise understood what he meant. She did not want to make this decision, but she was also scared that Niamh would refuse to acknowledge them after they exposed this secret.

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