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.

that imagery and decided against

he had

footsteps

to numbness,

joke she

had been under the impression she was manipulating him, but it turned out she almost fell for

this cursed relationship would continue the way it was, would she not? She

was still bright, but she was already too tired

managed to sleep at 4:00

seen Deirdre for four

was busy with work, or

latter because, knowing Brendan, the man would always

if he wanted

of her

no grasp of how far things had

she knew was that the air had returned to what it once

on her words just like it

to be the

some fresh air in

to have failed

days, Deirdre was reclining into an outdoor chair, her eyes closed,

someone drawing near and moved

Mrs.Engel! It’s getting a little colder

please grab

no answer, so she opened