Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 741 I’ll Take You Away From Here!

“Tobey? Is that you? How?! I thought you had returned to Eastgene!” Deirdre still remembered just how glum and dejected Tobey was when he left—that happened merely a week ago! She really thought she would never get to talk to him again.

Tobey looked at her in pity. “Silly girl. How could I possibly abandon you and return to Eastgene on my own? My departure was a feint. The clue was the words you used. I understood immediately that you were just saying them because you had no choice, and for that, I’m sorry.

“I was such a reckless idiot! I thought things could be solved by laying things bare, but I underestimated Brendan’s power! Think about it. This is a guy who has the power to make me lose my job and my employability through his influence. How easy must it be for him to control you? God. If you didn’t remind me of that with what you said, I would have put you in so much harm!”

Deirdre shut her eyes tightly and felt a sob building up. She dared not let it out-lest Fionn noticed her puffy eyes later. “D-Don’t say that, Tobey. I know you o-only did all that because you wanted the best for me. You would do all kinds of things just for me,” she said, smiling painfully.

that you are today, are fruits of your honest, earnest labor. Someone who belongs to all that is good about the world doesn’t know how bad things

either if it were not for that fateful incident. She could have lived her whole life never encountering

that you don’t hate me for what happened, and now that I know, I’m happy. Please, go home. Return to Eastgene and

head. “Not going to happen,” he declared firmly. “If I knew nothing, I would have no problem leaving you to suffer by his side, Dee. But this is different. I know now, Dee.

me away?” Deirdre’s breath hitched for a moment. Then, raspily, she warned, “Do you know what that means, Tobey? Your career. Your future. Your

know how much you care for me, but I can’t be more selfish than that.

what my biggest regret is? Not coming home to bring you with me to Eastgene as soon as I got my first pay. Had I done