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?”

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

Deirdre blanked and tacitly allowed him to

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

when it hurt. Brendan always caught it the moment her brows furrowed slightly and

‘The people who did this to you have all been punished… severely. From now on, nobody’s going

serious. It was no lie. Deirdre’s mind blanked, and she said, “The most important thing at the moment, Brendan, is finding out whether

she said under her breath. “What I want in the end is news of my mother, so don’t throw yourself in danger for my sake. If you’re

After a while, he asked, ‘You’re still worried about the company, aren’t

the best 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

had tried to frame her words to signal only tepid camaraderie at most, but Brendan could still detect genuine care and concern from her. His lips

happy,” he murmured. Deirdre was no longer the same woman who would detest him