Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 822 I Should Be Grateful to You, Right?

However, Brendan figured that it was good she had watched it as he would not need to put in a lot of effort to explain it to her.

"Where is she? Did she comment anything?"

Mrs. Engel's expression changed slightly as she said, "No. After watching the press conference, she grew too tired, so she returned to her room to rest."

Brendan knew something in his heart. He headed upstairs and opened the bedroom door.

Deirdre lay on the bed with her back facing the door, and half of her body was covered by the blanket.

Brendan walked over to find Deirdre awake. Her eyes were opened, and she was staring out the window absentmindedly. She did not respond to his presence.

Brendan expected that and took a seat in front of her.

‘You watched the press conference, huh?"

up briefly. "Hmm, I

cracked a mocking smile. ‘You truly deserve your reputation as the Brighthall Group's CEO. You're always capable of dealing with the information with the quickest

"How is this related to

expose yourself in public to protect Charlene willingly, and you tried to settle the situation as

stunned. Soon afterward, he felt rage and helplessness

held the press conference in an attempt to

prevent Charlene from pleading guilty, yet you wanted to deal with the situation quickly. Your act of exposing yourself in public yielded the best

other side when Brendan clutched her hands abruptly and pinned her arms up above her head. He looked

if I don't expose myself in public? I'm totally capable of letting the public opinion brew for a few days before I make an explanation later. If that

eyes widened. Even though she could not see clearly, she could still sense

"Do you know why I made

utter a word to those people if

rage. A moment later, she smiled

Brendan was stunned.

no smile in her eyes. "Thank you for your willingness to step forward and hold a press conference to clarify the situation for me. I shouldn't turn the cold shoulder on you, but on the contrary, I should be grateful and cry tears of joy from receiving