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?"

Charlene’s visage.Her lips were quivering in fear.She tried her best to weave

was coerced on that

She reeled in realization.

That b*stard pulled me into an alley before I could notice him and then took these pictures to threaten me! I had no choice but to sleep with

like he coerced you,

though

panic doubled at

asked, "Why didn’t you

"I...wouldn't dare!"

tears generously streamed down

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

then that Sam whispered something in his ears,

the farthest end of the corridor

attacking her.She was supposed to be Brendan's bride today! She was supposed to turn from an unknown Charlene McKinney, who nobody cared about, to Charli Brighthall, the most important and treasured elite in all

to this room—where the

Her ankles turned weak.

to put her clothes back on when she