Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 314 Love at First Sight

As for the man’s looks….

The anxiety bubbling within her mind made Madame Russell frown. She had always believed her son to be handsome, so much so that he could sit comfortably among typical male leads in a romantic drama. But this guy?

He looked like what happened when God decided to show her just how premature her conclusion was.

Madame Russell quickly took up Deirdre’s hand. “Mr. Reed?”

The man did not answer.

Deirdre spoke on his behalf. “He can’t speak, Madame Russell. He’s mute.”

“Mute?” The older woman parroted. A new hint of pity colored her gaze. She could not help herself-she had imagined a man who looked as gorgeous as this young one would speak with a dulcet voice.

“Yea. He helped me, Madame Russell. Some of the kids in the village threw rocks into the yard while I was walking, and it was Mr. Reed who chased them away. Then he helped me plow.”

At that moment, Madame Russell turned her attention away from Kyran to the bandage on her forehead. Her heart ached. “What the… What happened? Did those brats do this to you?”

to stress her out, so she fibbed smilingly, “Oh, no. This was an accident on my

get it this time! I’m telling the village head!” she snarled, gritting

Deirdre smiled.

a decorous grin. “Thank you for sticking up for

stranger would help Deirdre out of pure-hearted altruism, and since Tobey had gone away, she had to make sure her appointed future-daughter-in-law did not

furrowed despite himself. He thinned

the older woman. She nodded to Kyran and bid

pace was unnaturally

found herself struggling to keep up. “S-Slow down a bit, Madame Russell! Why are we going so fast? Did

oven. Right,” she muttered under her breath, distracted. A moment

on this Mr. Reed?”

widened her eyes, nonplussed. “Er, he’s a really

very well-mannered, ever-tempered guy, in fact. He was steadfastly gentle even in

Overreaction.

like that

was not