Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 568 Gambit

It was as if Deirdre had been submerged in freezing water.

Not getting any response, the voice continued. “Bren? Are you there?”

Still as gentle and chummy as ever. The only thing that changed about his tone was a

slight hint of confusion caused by Deirdre’s prolonged silence.

She felt as though her chest had exploded. Her eyes were red.

It was Declan. It was Declan’s voice!

She thought she had mistaken his voice for another, but the second time he spoke

dispelled any of her uncertainty. Her brain blanked, and in a fit of anxiety, she

accidentally slid the screen and caused the call to end.

The heater was working in full force, yet she felt her body ravaged by jolts of chill. Her

teeth were chattering. Crouching low, she felt a nest of hornets being unleashed inside

her skull, buzzing.

What was going on!?

Hadn’t Declan said he was no longer talking to Brendan? Had he not claimed that they

even less familiar with one

Then what was with that call? What was with that… tone?

Had it not been for Brendan’s fever, Deirdre would have never been

been played for a

But that only brought out more questions. Why would Declan lie to her? Why

not to be friends

behind her

As confusion and panic seized her, the

grip loosened, and the phone fell onto the floor, still ringing.

the best she could, and

perplexed. ‘Why did you hang up, man? You still

grudge against me?”

A grudge?

lips and

was

to disguise, but he managed to calm down from it. “But

is Brighthall’s phone! Why are you

and opened them again. “It’s… complicated. I’ll explain

clean before that.

you sound

She could not possibly calm down. Charlene had revealed

but they were also very close, which was just the

knowledge that would fuel her

Charlene’s information was a directly contrasting account to the one Declan

after all. It completely flipped what Deirdre

two of you have been this close this whole time,