Resent, Reject, Regret

Resent Reject, Regret By Aqua Summers Chapter 311

Chapter 311 Are You Willing to Go to Eastgene?

Deirdre was moved into silence. Her tongue failed her, and it took her minutes to recover her voice finally. “Tobey, I… I’m not worth it.”

She did not deserve his concern. She was a hideous, blind, formerly-incarcerated ticking time bomb whose very presence could spell trouble at any time. She did not deserve to be with a man whose life was

on the ascent.

Tobey’s tone darkened. “Don’t you dare look down on yourself, Deirdre. Or was that a dig at my romantic preferences?”

Deirdre fell silent.

“You want me to tell you the ugly truth? Okay,” he added. “Truth is, I’m taking advantage of the current you. You’re at your most vulnerable, a lonely soul crying out for companionship and a place to belong. I’m merely seizing this moment. You know why? Because I know that even now, even when it seems like I’m at the height of my life, I don’t measure up to even a fragment of the blinding splendor you used to

emanate.”

to stop her academic excellence. She could have easily gotten a place among the nation’s most elite schools

belle to so many

misty. “No, Tobey, you’re wrong! I’m not half as good as you seem to think I am. I

is half as

long beat of silence later, he asked, “Would you be willing to come to

city now. All I need is the right time to get my mother over here so she can stay with me. If you like, you can come and join me. too. This will make it easy

he asking her to come to a city she had never

now that he laid it out in the open, Deirdre could not help but recognize its merits. This could be a new beginning. A new, unfamiliar place- so pristine

anything you don’t want, Dee. All I’m trying to do is to show

I

day, too! Gotta hit the

“Yes. Good night.”

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