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?"

fear.She tried her best to weave a convincing excuse

B-Bren— I was coerced on that

She reeled in realization.

into an alley before I could notice him and then took these pictures to threaten me! I had no choice but to

like he

as though he was

doubled at

Brendan asked, "Why didn’t you tell me

"I...wouldn't dare!"

tears generously streamed down

wouldn’t want me anymore! What would happen then? I thought it’d be over if I just did what he wanted me

as if he believed

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

vanishing into the farthest end

unknown Charlene McKinney, who nobody cared about, to Charli Brighthall, the most important and treasured

this room—where the

Her ankles turned weak.

was about to put her clothes back on when she heard