Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 602 Why Is He So Important?

"Either you jump, or your family business is wiped out of the face of this city. Your call,” Brendan sneered. He pulled Deirdre even closer in his arms and smirked. “I bet someone who knows I'm a Brighthall would also know who I am, right? I can destroy a small-fry company with a snap of my finger, so maybe don't try my patience.”

"N-No, Mr. Brighthall! No!” Zinerva pleaded, alarmed.

Deirdre had almost died just now because nobody helped. Judging by Brendan's tone, nobody would dare to even rescue

Zinerva unless he allowed them to! "I can't swim, Mr. Brighthall- I'll die if I go down there! Please, show some mercy! It was just an accident!"

Brendan's tone was as frigid as permafrost. ‘Three. Two."

Zinerva’s lips trembled. Everything she had worked hard for-her image, her reputation, everything-was going to ruins. If news of this got out... she would become the joke of the circle. She could kiss her dream of becoming a socialite goodbye!

But Brendan would punish her family's company if she refused to jump!

had never been so devastated by regret in her life. Then, before Brendan counted to

keep herself afloat,

idiot tried to rat her

eyes. What a familiar name. It suddenly occurred to him that this was the name Declan had mentioned in their call earlier. While Ronan’s drunken intrusion into the women's washroom was made to look like an accident, Brendan later learned that someone had told him where the washroom

That someone? Joan Wood.

once. But the fact that she was here when the second incident was happening?

The staff only dared to rescue her after Brendan vanished from sight. By that point, the young woman

into the crowd, quietly shaken by the

hot water. He then quickly moved to

do

man sneak even an inch of a peek. He could only look away and murmur, “Be careful not to slip. There’s a clean towel on the rack...

to remove her wet clothes and submerge

out, put on a bathrobe, and stepped out of

phone models on the balcony to no avail. He heard the bathroom door opening and strode in from the balcony.