Chapter 74 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

He fought with Kendrick’s bodyguards for a while. Then, the door opened and Kendrick walked out.

When he saw Kendrick, Daniel escaped from the bodyguards and ran toward the man.

“Kendrick, you murderer! You killed Niamh!” he yelled as he was about to punch Kendrick.

Kendrick grabbed Daniel’s hand indifferently, lifting his head to look at him with red eyes. “I said, no one’s allowed to come and disturb my wife. Scram!”

“Your wife?” Daniel was amused. “Kendrick, just ask yourself, when have you ever treated Niamh like she was your wife? Now that you’ve tortured her to death, you’re here pretending like you have such deep love for her. Don’t you think you’re being hypocritical and ridiculous?”

It seemed as if Daniel’s words had triggered the other man because dark clouds started appearing in Kendrick’s eyes and on his face.

He pushed Daniel away, overwhelmed by anger. However, in the end, he only said one word. “Scram!”

He shut the door of the operating theatre and once again, he locked himself and Niamh in the same enclosed space.

It was not real.

Niamh had to be pretending.

Then, he should put on this act with her. She would not be able to keep this up after some time.

However, he could not handle this anymore. No normal human could be able to withstand this for so long.

He reached out his trembling hands, his fingers landing softly on her face. The coldness traveled from his fingertips to his heart.

Kendrick felt a sting in the corner of his eyes. He could not control himself before holding Niamh’s shoulder and placing her against his chest. While caressing her cheek, his first tear dropped on her face that had already lost its temperature. However, no matter how hot his tears were, it would never be able to warm her body again.

‘Niamh, you said I’ll regret this. It’s true. I’m regretting this now. Can you wake up and look at my remorseful face?’

He hoped this was just an act. However, the passing time told him that the person in his arms was a dead person.

Kendrick did not think nor feel that he liked Niamh. Plus, he did not expect him to like her this much.

All this time, he thought a woman like Niamh was just an eyesore.

However, at this moment, the excruciating pain reminded him again and again that he liked Niamh. He liked her so very much.

The news of Niamh’s death spread like wildfire. After Old Master Waldburg knew about this, he was hospitalized from being too heartbroken.

Niamh was dead, and it was an undeniable truth. Of course, Nevaeh was the happiest person. Even though she did not get to enjoy the party that day, now everyone in Glendale knew that she was Kendrick’s fiancée.

From now on, Niamh—the obstacle in her way—would be no more. No one would be able to threaten her position anymore!

As per Kendrick’s request, Niamh’s body was frozen and preserved.

Kendrick went back to the house for a while, but when he came back, he noticed that Niamh’s body was gone.

He looked all over for her like he was crazy. He even hoped that Niamh had run away because she could not keep up with her act anymore. However, in the end, he saw from the security footage that Ava had asked someone to take Niamh’s body away.

Kendrick went to the funeral parlor with the clues from the security footage.

When he was about to go in, he saw Ava walking out with an urn.

Kendrick was frozen in the snow. At this moment, he felt as if he was committing a sin from just breathing.

Ava was crying heavily, and when she saw Kendrick, she walked around him.

Kendrick’s eyes were red as he chased after Ava before stopping her. “Give it to me.”

The four words he said sounded light. It was as if he had used up all the energy in his body.

“Kendrick, I won’t give you Niamh anymore! Meeting you was the most unfortunate thing that ever happened to Niamh. Will you only be satisfied after you crush her bones into dust?”

When he listened to Ava’s accusations, Kendrick felt his temples throbbing furiously. He reached out his hand, his tone sounding firm. “Give her to me!”

“No! I’d rather die than give Niamh to you!”

When Kendrick saw that Ava was refusing to hand Niamh’s ashes to him, he felt like he was going to explode.

He reached out to snatch it from her, and of course, he got it.

He carried Niamh’s ashes and ran to the car. He heard Ava’s curses behind him, so he quickly stepped on the accelerator. Then, he left the scene like a thief.

Ever since he was young, Kendrick would get everything he wanted. No one had ever gone against him except for Niamh. However, he lost his reputation and image just to snatch over a dead person’s ashes.

He went to Niamh’s home when she was still alive. He lay on the bed she slept in and tried to look for any trace of her as well as the warmth she left behind.

He decided to read Niamh’s diary once again. After he opened it, he saw Niamh’s feelings detailed in fragments.

‘6th November. Sunny.

‘Why can’t I let go of him even until now? What’s the purpose of protecting a man who doesn’t even love me? He’s able to hurt me to this extent and was also able to crush our daughter to dust, so why should I still yearn for him? Niamh Delgado, you deserve this. You deserve to be tortured by him.

‘11th November. Gloomy with rain.

‘If there’s a next life, I don’t want to run into him again. I don’t want to be in so much pain and go through so much torture. If time can be paused, I really hope it’d be paused the moment I ran into Kendrick in university. At least at that moment, he had smiled at me sincerely.

‘20th November. Snowy with rain.

‘My body hurts so much. I think I don’t have much time left. I’ll be able to go find my grandpa and my baby soon. They must be missing me. I want to stop this once and for all. I want to see my baby so much. I want to look at her face and hold her tiny body. I want to tell her that mommy loves her and that daddy actually loves her too, but he was blinded by a bad person. He’ll be very remorseful and heartbroken when he finally finds out the truth.’

When Kendrick read that, his vision had started to become blurry.

What was he blinded by in all these years?

He slowly flipped through the pages, and in the end, he saw ten words. Her handwriting was still nice and clean, but they were not very tidy.

The time recorded was the day before his engagement to Nevaeh.

‘20th February. Sunny.

‘I hope I won’t meet him in my next life.’

The ten simple words caused tears to fall from Kendrick’s eyes immediately.

She truly did not love him anymore.

There was only contempt.

From that day on, Kendrick started having problems sleeping. He could only sleep with the help of sleeping pills.

However, when he finally fell asleep during those long nights, he would still see Niamh’s face in the middle of the night.

In the morning, Kendrick was focused on work and only work. It was as if he would not think about Niamh if he did that.

Nevaeh saw all of this happening in front of her eyes, so how would she be able to accept this?

She went to look for Kendrick. Sometimes, she would bring Jackson along to attract Kendrick’s attention. However, he ignored them and turned a deaf ear.

Nevaeh was so mad that she hired someone to get Niamh’s birthdate and star sign so that she could curse her a million times over.

She thought Kendrick was not concerned about Niamh at all, but she did not think that after she died, she would still occupy Kendrick’s thoughts.

She thought Kendrick was only feeling remorse and upset for the first few days. She thought that he definitely would not think about her anymore after some time had passed.

However, as the days went on, Kendrick had stopped paying her any attention. He even started to ignore Jackson now.

She had been thinking about marrying Kendrick every day so that she could become the real Mrs. Waldburg. However, it had been three years and their relationship did not change at all.

It had been three years and she could not wait anymore.

…

It was a bright and sunny summer afternoon. An adorable little girl was holding the skirt of a young woman in Glendale Airport.

“Mommy, Mommy, I’m hungry.”

The woman turned her head when she heard that. Her long wavy hair fluttered as she turned around. A benevolent smile was displayed on her stunning face. She picked up the adorable little girl who looked like an elf. “I’ll bring you to eat something yummy soon.”

She started walking after picking up the girl. An elegant and poised aura started following her like it was her shadow.

On the way, she attracted a lot of praise and glances for her beauty and figure.

After they found a place to stay, she took the little girl out.

“Mommy, I want a burger first.”

“Alright.” The woman agreed.

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