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?"

lips were quivering in fear.She tried her best to weave a convincing excuse

coerced on

She reeled in realization.

these pictures to threaten me! I had

he coerced

filled Brendan’s eyes as though he

doubled at the

you tell me

"I...wouldn't dare!"

let her tears generously streamed down

it’d be over if I just did what he wanted me to do that one time, but h-he showed up at

silence as if

whispered something in his ears,

the farthest end of

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

this room—where the trap was waiting.She felt a chill climbing up

Her ankles turned weak.

put her clothes back on when