Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 135 Promise

“Alright…” Suppressing the bitterness in her voice, Deirdre nodded strenuously. “I’ll wait.”

She was planning to return to her room when a song filled the entire room all of a sudden.

Deirdre was stunned. She knew the song like the back of her hand because it was her ringtone.

Brendan was rather surprised as well. He pulled the drawer with a long face and saw Sterling’s name displayed on the caller ID.

Sterling had attempted to call Deirdre previously but he had stopped calling after finding out that Brendan was holding the phone without any intention of passing it back to Deirdre

Brendan’s face turned green with rage now that Sterling was suddenly calling Deirdre for no apparent

reason.

Deirdre did not have the courage to act rashly. Her hands were tightly clenched, and she suppressed all hope as she asked, “Is my phone ringing?”

answering her question, “Whose call are you looking forward to picking

could sense it without seeing it. She bit her lower lip and subconsciously denied it by

a dead woman with her empty, dull gaze previously, yet her eyes lit

figured out who the caller is, right? Would you like to

to be conflicted but shook

white Unexpectedly, he pressed the accept

of the line at

heart racing. She kept her head lowered and did not utter a word. In fact, she did not

closely. “I’m sorry for disappointing you, Mr.

his disappointment, even though he had not thought that Deirdre would have access to her phone. “Can you please

at the moment, so she’s not

he felt and said, “Are you listening, Deirdre? I wasn’t planning on calling you but I called anyway. You told me you wanted me to go the other day, and I understand that my presence must have affected your life. That’s why I bought a bus ticket today and I’ll be moving to another location tonight. I hope you

ended the conversation after speaking

‘Promise?’

a gush of ineffable anger burning in his chest. He asked, “What kind of