Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 251 Courtesy Demands Reciprocity

She answered, “He’s my cousin.”

The waitress found Deirdre’s answer reasonable. She wrapped her arm around

Deirdre’s arm and said, “Does this cousin of yours have a girlfriend? Do set me up with him.”

“He does,” Deirdre answered smilingly, afraid that a different answer would cause Sam trouble.

The waitress was disappointed. “The piano is here. Someone will tell you when to start performing. I’ll get a move on if there’s nothing else.”

Deirdre did not notice the waitress’ coldness because she was distracted by her love for playing the piano. The piano was much better than the one at the cafe, and she attempted to play it. She received quite a number of compliments after a day.

She smiled more, and her expression became lively. Sam was distracted by the sight of her and only recovered from the surprise after a while and took Deirdre back to the villa.

She asked before she headed upstairs, “Sam, is the light in Brendan’s study still on?”

“Yes, it’s on.”

her fists tightly in secret. She felt grateful that Brendan

his mind about letting her get a job, no matter the reason he had, so she still needed to

the door opened up. It was not shut or locked,

with her face

had been waiting there since Sam had parked the car in the yard. He did not answer Deirdre’s question, but she could hear him. breathing. A

no idea what made you

she did not show it on

felt in his chest the whole day

feel her way around the room. Brendan grasped her hand instinctively and refrained from pulling her into his arms. Instead,

“What is this?”

She touched the book in her hand. cautiously, and her entire body turned

as Deirdre’s fingers felt the braille cells, the musical

found it at an auction today and figured that you’d

emotions. She bit her lower lip tightly, but before she could say thank

I told you that you

and opened them again. The wood-carved book suddenly felt extremely heavy. “You