Resent, Reject, Regret

Resent, Reject, Regret By Aqua Summers Chapter 46

Chapter 46 It’s All Because of Her

Deirdre’s situation was critical. It took the emergency staff hours of grueling effort and focus to operate on her. Everyone was working with bated breath, and no one dared to relax. When it was finally over, they breathed a collective sigh of relief.

She was sent back to the mansion after that. Or to be more accurate, she was quarantined. Brendan hired more watchers to mind her, and now, she was a blind woman who had lost even the privilege to walk outside.

Brendan himself seemed to have vanished from her life.

She asked one of the bodyguards where he was, and all she received was a dismissive, “No idea.”

A few days later, while Deirdre was on her way down the stairs, she overheard the bodyguards chatting among themselves. “No kidding. This sh*t is still boggling to me -why is Mr. Brighthall keeping Mrs. Quasimodo in his bell tower, man? I almost think he’s planning to have her replace Miss McKinney as his babe!… If it weren’t for the fact that he’s been on these non-stop vacations abroad with Miss McKinney, that is.”

“Are you tripping? That’s the most preposterous theory I’ve ever heard! You know Mr. Brighthall loves Miss McKinney the most, right? How else would you explain him casting his business aside and taking her on

just because the lady said she’s feeling a little

her. It was because Charlene had been sick lately, prompting him to drop everything just to keep the

must have redirected all the focus Brendan would have dedicated to making Sterling miserable, right? Not that she could call him to confirm this. Her phone was gone-Brendan had smashed it in

Then, a voice said,

was on one of his scheduled visits. Her bandage, the doctor had said, needed to be redressed every three days so it would not leave a

Why would someone whose face was already ruined care about a

time,” she answered. She could not opt

for the handrail and descended the stairs before feeling around for the couch.

snickered nonchalantly. “Another one got exposed. It’s like a rite of passage to do something dirty before you become a star entrepreneur at this age, yeah?”

committed manslaughter? Brr. Heard the kid’s a doctor, too, but that career’s crashed and burned now. No hospital

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