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?”

has experienced way too many hardships for me, so I would die willingly for her if it

assumed that 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

was more important to her than her own

shattering for her to find

as a coward or a vile man, but he

of an excuse to keep this

the brink of death. He lay down right away and cuddled Deirdre before he shut his

would wake up the next afternoon. Brendan looked at 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

a daze for a moment

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

After sensing the man next to her, she said in an anxious tone without thinking

turned

clothes. He said in a cold, mocking tone, “Who else would want to lie on the

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 been in a morgue by now and Ophelia would be mourning her