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?”

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 worried about you. Once I finish administering

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

out, Brendan did exactly what he said he would. He gently poured some ointment on her injuries and rubbed them carefully, his erstwhile

gnashed her teeth and braved through the process, though she would occasionally frown when it hurt. Brendan

‘The people who did this to you have all been punished… severely. From

lie. Deirdre’s mind blanked, and she said, “The most important thing at the moment, Brendan, is finding out whether

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

asked, ‘You’re still worried about the company,

with certainty, if my mother’s still alive. I don’t want you to lose everything you have or become some image everyone out there spits on for some grandiose reasons like ‘protecting me.’ You’re not some lowlife the board

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

murmured. Deirdre was no longer the same woman who