Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 804 In the End, You Can’t Bear to See Me in Pain, Too

Sam shot a worried glance at Deirdre and left. The door closed behind him, but Deirdre was still one step away from opening it again.

Brendan gritted through his pain and beckoned. “Come here, Deirdre.”

She did not move. Instead, she asked, “Doesn’t your wound need to be addressed?”

Brendan’s eyes glinted. “Are you concerned about me?”

Deirdre snickered. “Is that even possible?”

Brendan’s eyes dimmed. “No,” he remarked with a slight hint of self- deprecation.

Deirdre clenched her hands. “Glad we’re on the same page. Now, I’m going if there’s nothing else for me here.” “Where to? It’s late at night.” “Downstairs where I can sleep. Or maybe share a bed with Mrs. Engel.”

Brendan’s eyes turned cold. His tone turned firm, like an order. “Come here.”

interjected warningly, “You

there would be consequences. Deirdre had no idea what kind it could be, but she knew it was going to be unbearable. Casting

into the bed and pulled her into a cuddle,

woman’s scent hard until his nerves

to me, maybe?” He rested his head on

for a second or two and said, ‘Your wish almost came true, Deirdre.

he meant when he claimed it was her wish, but she was too disinterested to tell him

you sow. I have a hard time thinking you didn’t expect something like this to happen as

hint of

You won’t even spare me a neutral consolation even when I was injured

“I am not Charlene! If you want someone to kiss your wound, you should ask her. You should stop wasting your time trying to gain something impossible

go, but Brendan’s fingers were stubbornly locked between hers. She struggled for a while

She stopped.

mercy go unnoticed-even if it meant it could

up. “No, I can’t bear to be incarcerated over charges like injuring Mr. Brighthall again. But if you want to think that’s