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."

didn’t have a good

herself to calm down, but Glenna’s words haunted her

trembling fingers, she asked, "Where

"Me?"

to tell the

"Is Brendan awake?"

to have

made him feel

hasn’t been in the best of health these days.This fever he had was really bad, too.It only

her eyes and opened

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

a cup of water and

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 exact kind of person

He made sense.

come to Eastgene for

Declan could not possibly respond to that

dispelled what Glenna

swirled in her head as whispers, haunting

falling-out was just a hoax, then who was she to Declan? Who was Kyran to him? Deirdre shook her head.Her chest still felt