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

had to hasten his

footsteps as

numbness, though she could still

joke she

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

had not shown up, she would have slowly and gradually wished that this cursed relationship would

was still bright, but she was already too

to sleep at 4:00

for four days

was busy with work, or

the latter because, knowing Brendan, the man would always find a way

he

got bored of her

no grasp of how far things had

she knew was that the air had returned to what

a guard on her words just

be the most relaxed of them

every day or enjoy some fresh air in the yard as if that day had

it seemed to have failed to leave a

was reclining into an outdoor chair, her eyes

sensed someone drawing near and

getting a little

you please grab a blanket for

was no answer, so she