Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 884 I Won’t Let You Down

The sudden weightlessness bewildered Deirdre. She instinctively grabbed his collar as she grimaced in panic. She could feel him opening a door, and then, silently-she found herself gently plopping on the softness of her bed.

Her surroundings were too quiet, and she could hear her heart racing.

Helplessly, she cried out, “B-Brendan? B-Brendan!”

The man in question planted a gentle kiss on her forehead. “I’m here.”

She withdrew her fingers into fists. “Please, don’t…”

The nervous dread on her face annoyed him enough that he snorted.

Please don’t’? Really?”

parted her lips, but Brendan continued before she could explain herself further. “I’m not an animal, Dee. I’m not going to take advantage of you when you’re still injured. I’m only

movement was so gentle that Deirdre blanked and tacitly allowed him to

exactly what he said he would. He gently poured some ointment on her

her teeth and braved through the process, though she would occasionally frown when it hurt. Brendan always caught it the moment her brows furrowed slightly and tweaked

to you

serious. It was no lie. Deirdre’s mind blanked, and she said, “The most

like that,” she said under her breath. “What I want in the end is news of my mother,

After a while, he asked, ‘You’re still worried about the

reparation you can ever give me is telling me, with certainty, if my mother’s still alive. I don’t want you to lose everything you have or become some image everyone

only tepid camaraderie at most, but Brendan could still detect genuine care and concern from her.

he murmured. Deirdre was no longer the same woman who would detest