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?”

going to take advantage

so gentle that Deirdre blanked and tacitly allowed him to do whatever he wanted

poured some ointment on her injuries and

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 his motion to become even

over, Brendan told her gravely, ‘The people who did this to you have all been punished… severely. From now on, nobody’s going to harm you

said, “The most important thing at the moment, Brendan, is finding out

one of the prices I have to pay is this. I’m used to a life like that,” she said under her breath. “What I want in the end

gradually. After a while, he asked, ‘You’re

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

frame her words to signal only tepid camaraderie at most, but Brendan could still detect genuine care and concern from her. His lips curled upward, and he pulled her into his

Deirdre was no longer the same woman who would