Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 608 You Were Smoking?

The room was unusually cold, too. Someone had opened the window, or the stench would have been even starker. Deirdre was silent for a bit before she asked, ‘You were smoking?”

"Mm." Brendan coughed and cleared his throat. Once his voice regained clarity, he ordered, "The clothes are on your bed. Change into them. We should get going."

There was no stylist with them. After changing into her getup, Deirdre let her hair free, where it dangled around her shoulders. Before stepping outside, she put on some lipstick on her lips to look a little more alive.

Brendan stared at her. "Did you put on lipstick?”

"Yes." She brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear and dodged his gaze. "I can't possibly see them without makeup, but I don't know what else to do. Why? Something wrong?”

“Everything's wrong,” he replied brusquely. Stepping forward, he pressed his finger on her supple lips and wiped her effort away.

"You did a crappy job."

all offended. "Sorry. I was literally

to the

and tipped it higher before grazing her lips with its rouge tip. Steadily, he worked with the precision of a surgeon until a gradient of

his phone rang that she had the opening to move, opting to

‘Yes.

waiting for them downstairs. Seeing Brendan and Deirdre, he eagerly stepped forward and greeted them. "Mr. Brigthall! Miss McKinnon! I'm Mr. Cillian King's assistant, Wynne. The weather's too cold to stay out here for long.

seat. Wynne started the engine and added, "Sorry for keeping the two

road the car took for a while, he asked, "Aren't we

there anymore, sir. Mrs. King said the family should stay somewhere new and fresh, so they bought a new place in

"I'm sorry?"

"She believed a house that old would only be haunted

knew it ran much deeper than that. An old mansion was the pride of many long-standing elite families, a symbol of their longevity and

was not too far from the hotel Brendan and Deirdre were staying at. Half an hour later, they arrived at their destination. Even before Brendan

Gillian's upstairs, choosing our wine for the day. Welcome to our home,