Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 186 Wish I Could Choke You to Death

It was all related to Ophelia.

Brendan had known how important Ophelia was to Deirdre for a long time.

Ophelia had been sick because of Deirdre, so she had carried the heavy burden of raising Deirdre by herself. She had refused to marry again and taken three laborious jobs to make a living.

Deirdre had once whispered to him, “Brendan, you’re the second most important person in my life.”

He had been agitated at the time and he had humored her by asking with a cold face, “Who’s the most important person then?”

“My mother!” Her tiny face had blushed scarlet because she had misunderstood his reaction for jealousy. She had explained herself in a panic, “Don’t misunderstand.”

“What’s there for me to misunderstand?”

for me, so I would die willingly for her if

she was the happiest girl in the world at the time. She had lived a perfectly satisfactory life after marrying him, yet she would still have died just so Ophelia could live one more

more

it would be shattering for her to find out about Ophelia’s

chest. One could describe him as a coward or a vile man, but he needed to

excuse to keep this up

addition to the lingering fear of being on the brink of death. He

the woman in her arms instinctively and found her leaning on his chest, her hair messy. Her face was no longer ghastly pale, but her cheeks were stained with a sickly blush. Her breathing was shallow, and she was clutching his clothes. restlessly in her

was caught in a daze for a moment

together in the same bed during the past two years on his fingers, yet this

Deirdre opened her eyes in confusion. After sensing the man next to her,

turned

He said in a cold, mocking tone, “Who else would want to lie

for a moment. Brendan put on his jacket and looked at Deirdre’s face with a cold gaze. He said through clenched teeth, “Deirdre, do you think you’re capable now? It’s fine that you had a death wish, but you actually jumped off the building. Had Sam not grabbed you in time,