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?”

falling silent. “She has experienced way too many hardships for me, so I

lived a perfectly satisfactory life after marrying him, yet she would still have died just so Ophelia could live one more

that Ophelia was more important

it would be shattering for her

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

not think of an excuse

long trip, in addition to the lingering fear of being on the brink of death. He lay down right

her leaning on his chest, her hair messy. Her face was no longer ghastly pale, but her cheeks were

daze for a moment upon witnessing

of occasions they had woken up together in the same bed during the past two years on his fingers, yet this feeling had actually aroused a sense of familiarity and

later, Deirdre opened her eyes in confusion. After sensing the man next to her, she said in an anxious tone without thinking twice,

face turned cold

in a cold, mocking tone, “Who else would want

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, you would have