Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 940 It’s All Deirdre’s Evil Plan!

Charlene regarded him as though he was her messiah.

Throwing her arms around his thigh, she launched a litany to explain why she was innocent despite the weight of evidence showing otherwise.

"Bren, you believe me, don’t you? Someone set me up! I don’t know who, but I know they’re trying to destroy me.You know I devote my heart and soul to you, Bren! How could I possibly want to be with any other guys!?" Brendan said nothing, even as Charlene tightened her arms around his legs.

He took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it up.

When white smoke started to swirl in the air around them, he finally looked down at her.

"How big of an idiot do you think I am, Charlene?"

Charlene considered the frigid look on his face and shivered.

"I’m willing to excuse your...orgy with the possibility that you’ve been drugged." He continued.

"But what about those pictures? How are you supposed to explain that away? Doctored? Deep fake?"

inquisitor’s tone bleached Charlene’s visage.Her lips were quivering in fear.She tried her best to weave a convincing

I was coerced on that

She reeled in realization.

took these pictures to threaten me! I had no choice but to sleep with him, Bren!

like he

filled Brendan’s eyes as though he was

doubled

asked, "Why didn’t you

"I...wouldn't dare!"

tears

scared you'd reject me ...by thinking I’m unclean! M-Maybe you wouldn’t want me anymore! What would happen then? I thought it’d be over if I just did what he wanted me to do that one time, but

silence as if he believed half of

Sam whispered something in his ears, prompting Brendan to extinguish his

into the farthest end of the corridor and

Brighthall, the most important and treasured elite in all of Neve! So why? Why did this happen?

was the reason Charlene had hurried to this room—where the trap

Her ankles turned weak.

put her clothes back on when she heard