Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 644 Who Is She to Him, Then?

Deirdre released her grip, and Glenna rubbed on the sore spots.

Too sheepish to look directly at Declan, she gave an awkward laugh and replied, "R-Right! We were… b-both too excited to show off our c-cooking skills."

Declan snickered.

"God, what did I do to deserve having two attractive women dying to feed me good food? It’s not even my birthday yet!"

Hearing Declan call her "attractive" caused Glenna’s brain to eject everything that had happened between herself and Deirdre just seconds ago.

Sheepishly, she announced, "I’ll be in the kitchen!"

She brought the bags to the kitchen while Deirdre stood still on her spot, unmoving.

Declan considered her as he hung his coat and asked tentatively, "Miss McKinnon?"

She raised her head, and he smiled.

"What’s the matter? Didn’t you have a good rest last night? You’ve been wearing a long face since I got here."

have a good rest,

deep breath and forced herself to calm down, but

fingers, she asked, "Where were you,

"Me?"

it was better to tell the truth or fib.It was Deirdre who went straight to the

"Is Brendan awake?"

seemed to have

somehow made

the best of health these days.This fever he had

eyes and

two of you had a falling-out.If you hate him so much,

water and mulled her question

not wrong.I really don’t like Brendan, and we haven’t been friends for along time now.But he’s alone here and was only here because he helped me.His fever is at least a little tangible connected to me.I could be a cold-hearted man if I wanted to, but I can’t find it in me to abandon him at this hour.If! did that...wouldn’t that make me the

He made sense.

come to Eastgene for

the same vein, Declan could not possibly

none of that dispelled

in her head as whispers,

the whole falling-out was just a hoax, then who was she to Declan? Who was Kyran to him?