Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 226 Please Continue Loving Me

Failing to answer her own question, Deirdre laughed mirthlessly to herself. “Don’t tell me this is all about atonement, Brendan. You never opened yourself up to me over the course of our two years together, but even I know you’re not the type to suffer through anything in the name of atonement.”

The real Brendan Brighthall would always use money to get out of things-even his own moral failings and irreparable wrongs. He would never care to use any other method. Why would he? Why squander his precious time and effort?

Brendan was nonplussed. Even he did not know why.

Was it because he did not want Deirdre to lose that one last hope she clung to? That one last thing that stopped her from stepping over another ledge? Was it because he could not bear the thought of her hating him? Was it because he would not be able to stomach seeing Deirdre writhing in hellish anguish after discovering her mother’s death?

It was all of that.

That was why he had to make Deirdre fall in love with him. He had to succeed Ophelia as Deirdre’s tether to the world of the living….

But he could not say any of those things aloud.

sense his hesitance and lowered her eyes to the ground. “Is it out of pity,

“atonement”? Was it just sympathy-the same one people felt for a stray animal or a homeless beggar

kind of life I’ve been given. Besides, the fact that you’re bringing my mother to me is the greatest

It’s not enough at all!” Brendan retorted. He

say something again when Brendan suddenly stepped closer.” You asked me why,

cupped her chin and pressed his lips against hers,

said in her ear. “I want us to

her pupils seemed to be quivering. She panted,

at all. She could not distinguish the nature of these events. Was it just a whim in his head? Was it a design that would serve a greater scheme? Charlene was still around, after all.

did not continue their trip around the amusement park. As Deirdre buckled up in his car, she asked,”

drank a few sips of water. “Since you’re obviously not going to look any less emaciated for the time being, we could at least make you look a bit more

the owner herself walked to the door to greet her most important customer. She quickly observed the woman next

both of them a winning smile, she asked, “Here to get a new look, Mr. Brighthall? Or can