Chapter 73 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

Kendrick stood at one side in a daze. He was feeling extremely uneasy with the helplessness he was feeling right now.

His brain was occupied with the scenes of the first day Niamh went to university. She was like a frolicking deer that was running up and down doing the paperwork for admission. In the end, she had accidentally run into him. She lifted her head and said to him while blushing furiously, “I’m so sorry.”

Her voice sounded so sweet—as sweet as the spring water from the mountains.

Her face was so beautiful, looking youthful and energetic too. Her eyes were also shining brightly like stars in the sky.

Then, they got married. She was so stunning at their wedding. When she smiled, she had deep dimples on her face.

However, now…

Kendrick listened to all kinds of noises coming from the machines. Finally, he could not take this kind of torment anymore.

He was scared.

He ran away from the operating theater in fear.

This was the first time he was feeling such debilitating pain that he could not endure it any longer, and it was because he was afraid that Niamh would die.

How was this possible?

He did not care about her at all. He had never cared about her.

Kendrick kept on hypnotizing himself while suppressing his emotions. However, the intense pain in his heart forced him to accept the truth that he could not deny anymore.

He had fallen in love with Niamh.

He did not know when it started, but Niamh had slowly made a home inside his heart.

He remembered that he loved Nevaeh. He loved Nevaeh who he had made promises to when they were younger. Why had that person become Niamh instead?

Kendrick massaged his temples, feeling agitated. His eyes were staring at the light of the operating theatre that was still on. He felt as if he had lost something important in the quicksand of his memory and could not get it back anymore.

An entire day passed and the light of the operating theatre was still not switched off.

Nevaeh was already impatient, but Kendrick looked too horrifying at this moment, so she did not dare to act without thinking. She could only wait for the doctors to announce that they had failed to save Niamh and she died.

Eloise came after a while. When she saw Kendrick at the entrance of the operating theatre, she went over to seek justice for Nevaeh.

“Kendrick, why are you still here? How can you let Nevaeh waste her time accompanying you here? Based on my knowledge of that evil woman, she must be acting! She’s only trying to get your attention and ruin your engagement with Nevaeh!

“Come, Nevaeh. Take Kendrick back to the hotel with me,” Eloise said before trying to pull Kendrick up. When Nevaeh was about to help her, Kendrick mercilessly pushed away Eloise’s hand that was trying to grab him. His red eyes looked at her piercingly and there was a sinister glint in them.

“So what if she’s acting? Even if she is, she’s doing it for me. What does it have to do with you two? Get lost!”

Eloise did not expect Kendrick to answer her like this. She was so shocked that she was stunned momentarily. Then, she tried speaking up for Nevaeh again.

“Kendrick, you’re wrong. You’ve divorced Niamh and Nevaeh is your fiancée now…”

“So what? That won’t change the fact that she used to be my woman! It also won’t change the fact that her name is already registered in my family tree! Stop annoying me! If not, I’ll put all the blame on you if something happens to Niamh!”

Eloise and Nevaeh were silent after hearing what Kendrick said. They did not dare to say anything more.

His face looked terrifying right now, especially those eyes. It was as if they would penetrate through anyone who looked into them.

Nevaeh clenched her fists in secret. She could not accept how Kendrick was reacting to Niamh’s condition right now.

Actually, she already noticed the special treatment Kendrick was giving Niamh.

The best example was that he allowed her to get pregnant and give birth to his child.

What about her? Despite her downing him with alcohol and trying to get intimate with him, he would always fall asleep every time. She never once got her way.

The experts in the operating room changed shifts multiple times in one night.

Kendrick also contacted his best doctor to come to save Niamh.

As time went by, Kendrick felt as if the day was dragging on like a year. He never had this kind of feeling before and never felt that it was so difficult to make it through the night.

The next day, the light of the operating theatre was turned off when the sky was still grey.

Kendrick felt as if his nerves had been yanked by something. He stood up quickly and walked to the door. There was hope in his eyes. He was hoping to hear news of Niamh being successfully saved.

In just one night, stubble had grown around his chin. Furthermore, he looked wan and sallow.

The experts walked out of the room. When they saw Kendrick, they shook their heads in regret. “Mr. Waldburg, we’ve tried our best.”

Kendrick felt a dull ache in his heart instantly. His eyes were so wide that they looked like they were going to fall from his sockets. “What do you mean by you tried your best?” he questioned. Those were the words no family member would want to hear.

The doctor looked at him and sighed. “It’s a miracle that the patient was able to live until this day. My condolences.”

He would not accept this result no matter what.

He wanted Niamh to be alive.

He wanted her to be alive so that she would be able to hear him tell her the truth.

“I took a look at this patient three years ago. Back then, she was pregnant and I asked her to abort the child. However, she insisted on giving birth to the child. I think that child was more important to her than her own life. Now that she’s gone, the child would be able to live for her. I think that’s some kind of consolation.” A female doctor chimed in at one side. After Kendrick heard that, he almost could not breathe.

That child.

He had crushed that child into dust with his own hands.

That child was their own flesh and blood, but its soul was destroyed by him, the father.

Why was his heart hurting so much? Kendrick felt as if he was going to go crazy.

He ran to the operating theatre. Niamh was still on the operating table.

He walked toward her slowly. He felt his footsteps getting heavier as he approached her.

Finally, he got to the operating table. Niamh was in front of him, but he felt like they were separated by a never-ending stretch of mountains and seas.

Her face was pale. She was not breathing and she did not have a heartbeat. She was like a lifeless doll that had fallen asleep forever.

“Niamh…”

Kendrick called out Niamh’s name softly. His voice was trembling, but of course, she would never respond to him anymore.

Those expectant and longing eyes would never look at him anymore.

He felt like something in his body was broken and it could never be mended again.

Nevaeh walked in happily. When she saw Niamh who had lost all signs of life, she was delighted. However, she walked to Kendrick with a devastated look on her face.

“Kendrick, I guess Niamh was already sick three years ago. She must not have wanted you to see her like this. Just let her go peacefully. We should go home too.”

She wanted to pull him away after she said that, but before she could do anything, she could feel a gust of cold air around her.

“Kendrick?” Nevaeh called out probingly. However, she saw Kendrick looking at her sinisterly.

“Did you ask someone to blind her?”

Nevaeh quivered while blinking innocently. “Kendrick, what are you talking about? Why would I do such things? Was Niamh blind? How come?”

Kendrick’s pupils constricted as he looked at Nevaeh’s face while trying to explain.

“You’d better not know anything about this.”

“…”

Nevaeh felt a chill running down her spine when she heard Kendrick’s reply.

“Kendrick, how can you think of me that way? I won’t do such cruel things. I…”

“Get out.”

“Kendrick…”

“Everybody get out now!”

Kendrick yelled tyrannically, causing Nevaeh to quickly turn around and run out in fear.

No one dared to go into the room anymore. At the same time, no one understood why Kendrick was acting like this.

Everyone in Glendale knew that Kendrick loved Nevaeh, but now, he was reluctant to let go of his dead ex-wife’s body. What was going on?

Daniel knew about Niamh’s death from Adam. He ran over the moment he heard the news but was stopped outside the operating theatre.

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