Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 315 He’s Just a Kid!

“Well, there you have it!” Deirdre chuckled. “He’s handsome and a friend of Mr. King, which means he’s also rich, isn’t he? Why would someone like that take a liking to a random blind woman in some

backwater village? It’s just weird! I mean, I doubt his disability hardly hurt his desirability. I wouldn’t meet his standard even if he lowered it!”

“Lord, I swear…” Madame Russell faltered. How was she supposed to tell her about Kyran’s stormy scowl the moment she emphasized on Deirdre being hers?

And which handsome, rich Prince Charming would deign himself with menial labor for a woman he just met? Aristocrats like these probably lived their entire lives without ever touching any kind of work tool!

“Come on, Madame Russell.” Deirdre cooed reassuringly. She wrapped her arm around the older woman’s. “Mr. Reed accidentally injured my forehead last night, so today, he came to apologize and help to make it up for me. He’s not interested in me, okay? And it’s impossible, too. My conditions and everything? So, let’s not think too much. Agree?”

“He hurt you? Oh, sweetie! Where?” Madame Russell felt a pang in her chest.

forehead. Don’t worry. It’s

woman had not noticed Deirdre’s injury in the darkness of the night, so it came as news to her. Still, knowing Mr. Reed’s intention made her relax. It made sense

Russell herself was being rather hostile instead of… some other reason. Nobody would

had their meal. Deirdre’s recovery was palpable-her appetite had returned, and she finished

with that, Dee Dee. Help me clean these potatoes. I’m gonna sell them in the market and buy you some nice, new winter

into the house. She had just started

Eilis, or so

the floor. “What’s the big idea? And to use Our Lord’s name in

opened the door, but before she could see who it was, the stranger’s hands broke in and shoved the older woman away. “Where is

Russell scowled. “What in

a scowl as though someone owed

you looking