Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 850 Pregnancy Check-Up

"Mr.Brighthall, if I may?"

Mrs.Engel began worriedly.

"I don’t know what happened between you and Mrs.Brighthall, but I haven't been blind to how you’ve been treating her.I’m hard - pressed to believe anyone who says you don’t care about her, okay? I also don’t really understand why you had to lie to her, but if I may ...Mrs.Brighthall is a very sensitive person.She needs security, Mr.Brighthall.Lying to her once is enough.Please, don’t do it again...before her heart turns to stone."

A fog seemed to have dawned on Brendan’s eyes.

"I understand what you say, but I’m afraid this is more complicated than you might have imagined.For now, please focus on taking care of Deirdre."

Mrs.Engel raised her head.

"Are you leaving?"

Brendan remembered the things Charlene had said that day, his expression darkening.

"No, not leaving.I simply have something important I must settle."

He went upstairs.

Naturally, the door to Deirdre’s room was locked, so he knocked.

"Can I come in, Dee?"

There was no answer—just as he expected.

His first instinct was to forcibly open the door with a key, but his mind quickly conjured Deirdre’s sneering, snickering face and her comment about being denied the most basic of freedom and agency.

lost to that imagery and decided against his

also meant he had to

his retreating footsteps

chest gradually phased from agony to numbness, though she could still feel

joke

impression she was manipulating him, but it turned out she almost fell for his honey

up, she would have slowly and gradually wished that this cursed relationship would continue the way it was, would she

was still bright, but she was already too tired to live through the rest of the

to sleep at 4:00

for four days straight since

busy with work, or

believed the latter because, knowing Brendan, the man would always

if he wanted

her because he got bored of her or got bored

had no grasp of how far

knew was that the air had returned to what it

on her words just like it

the most relaxed

to audiobooks every day or enjoy some fresh air in the yard

to have failed to leave a

Deirdre was reclining into an outdoor

sensed someone drawing near and

Mrs.Engel! It’s getting a

please grab a blanket for

answer, so she