Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 809 stay With Me, Keep Me Company

“You’re wrong. You can help me.” Brendan’s lips began to loom close. His face seemed to be zooming in on her eyes. She still could not make out much of his features, but she could feel his breath washing over her.

She instinctively froze. “How was I supposed to help?”

“Kiss me to relieve me of my pain.”

Deirdre’s expression darkened. ‘This cr*p again?” she snapped and ignored him altogether, rising to her feet as though she was going.

Brendan reached out and caught her in the wrist, and the pain of something being torn open flared on his arm.

He took a shaky breath, and his fingers quivered. Still, he refused to let go.

“Brendan? Are you okay?”

He fixed his eyes on her alarmed expression and reacted with a helpless grimace. “I know you hate my guts, Deirdre, but my injury came from rescuing your friend. Can’t you at least be a little nicer to me while I’m recovering?”

found herself having no counterargument. She would freely admit to loathing Brendan with every fiber of her body, so much so that staying with him for more than ten minutes could

and lowered her eyes to the floor. “What do

hand to pull her in. “Sit with me and keep

She frowned. “That’s it?”

“You mean I can ask for

I sit with you! If all you need is a companion, why not just ask Charlene? She’s the

a surge of disgust in his eyes. “Who the h*ll told

You’re going to tell

“She’s not.”

certainty in his denial startled her a

was a sore, cheerless topic, especially when they

to her spot on the couch and decided to ignore Brendan as much as she could, so she turned on the TV. Unfortunately, she could feel the man’s unsteady breath and noticed how irregular its rhythms were, as though he was suffering great pain. It was a far cry from last night.

doctor use the wrong medicine?” she asked. She could no

in quiet joy. Deirdre showed

deeper than we thought. Maybe it was infected from last

had raced to their mansion as soon as his