Unlike Brendan, Deirdre had a heart. She had a soul, too, and none of them were black. It would have been stranger if she had no emotional responses after hearing the truth. “Tomorrow.” She heaved a long, heavy sigh. “Please accompany me.”“No problem!” Glenna threw her arms around Deirdre’s and replied gregariously. “You get a good night’s sleep. I’ll drive tomorrow!”“Okay.”What Deirdre did not expect was that Brendan would call her first the next morning before she was even on her way to the hospital. “It’s just me.”She was stunned for a few seconds. “I… know.”The weakness in his voice was unmissable. He coughed and choked. “Please drop by the hospital. I’ll be heading back to Neve soon.”“Oh.”There was a pause. Then, he said, “Come with me. We’re getting… divorced.”The call ended.Deirdre sat on her bed, her mind blank. She thought this was the thing she wanted so much. Even the mere mention was enough to keep her feet dancing. She was the one who had proposed it,
“No, we wanted this. It was only dragged on by other things,” Deirdre replied flatly. The only thing that really bugged her was that she had misunderstood Brendan, but her feelings about him did not change. “We don’t like each other.”“Huh? Okay…” Glenna was baffled, but she respected it enough. “So… you’re going to leave with Brendan later?”“Yes, but I’ll be back soon.”“In that case, I’m taking you to the ward first.”Before she could even do what she said she would, Brendan emerged from the door in a coat. His face was sallow and sickly—it was clear just how ill he had become. He kept coughing, and his eyes were bloodshot. When he saw Deirdre, his eyes widened a little.Then, a look of mockery shadowed his face. “Time to go, Sam,” he ordered the guard next to him and ignored Deirdre altogether. He brushed past her. Deirdre shuddered. Glenna held her hand. “Dee?”“It’s okay.” This was well within her expectations, so she was not that shaken up either. “Thanks for bringing me
Deirdre suddenly understood. She quietly boarded the car and fastened her seat belt.While the car was moving, Brendan was continuously coughing. Sometimes, it became so intense that he seemed to be coughing his lungs out.Even Sam couldn’t stand it and suggested, “Mr. Brighthall, shall we get some medicine from the pharmacy?”“Just drive the car.” Brendan gave the most indifferent reply. “Don’t waste time. We have to go back as soon as possible.”Sam had no choice but to speed up.The moment they arrived at the airport, it was boarding time. Sam gave Deirdre a flight ticket and said, “Miss McKinnon, do talk to the flight attendants so that they will lead you to your first-class cabin.”What did Sam mean?Deirdre was startled. “What about you two? Are you not boarding the plane?”“Of course we are.” Sam hesitated before he added, “It’s just that the first class has the last seat available, and Mr. Brighthall and I are taking the business class.”What a coincidence!Deirdre fe
Fortunately Deirdre didn’t have to go in.After unfastening the safety belt, Sam asked, “Mr. Brighthall, may I know where the documents are?”“I’ll get them,” said Brendan.“I’ll go. It’s cold out there. Moreover, I’ll be faster.” Sam tried to stop Brendan.After a sudden pause, Brendan said, “The marriage certificate is under the pillow in the bedroom.”‘Under the pillow?’Deirdre fell into a daze and quickly recovered her senses, but she kept feeling numb in her chest.To think that Brendan actually kept the marriage certificate under the pillow.Why?Deirdre was very confused.When they registered, Deirdre carefully wrapped her marriage certificate with a cloth while Brendan simply threw his on the coffee table in the dining room and sneered so much that he didn’t even feel like taking a second look.He had been tolerating the marriage from the start. The marriage certificate was just a tool to divorce one day, so it stood to reason that Brendan should have put it away in
Brendan slightly moved his fingertips when Deirdre took a deep breath and said, “About the abduction—”“Mr. Brighthall, Miss McKinnon.”Sam came out of the mansion at some point, opened the car’s door, and said, “I’ve got them all.”“Alright.” Brendan threw the cigarette butt and said, “Let’s go.”Sam slightly hesitated, but not for long. He restarted the car’s engine.When they got to the courthouse, it was just noon.Deirdre recovered her senses and got out of the car together with Sam. She felt surprised and dazed when she stepped on the ground.She was finally about to get a divorce.Even though they had just been married for two years, it seemed that it had taken most of her life. Perhaps she might need a lot of time to get through it in the future, but it ended so simply now.Deirdre closed and opened her eyes while Brendan got out of the car behind her. Following that, the two entered the courthouse together.“Are you two here to register? Please go to the counter in f
“The door is not locked.”Deirdre pushed the door in and heard the sound of Brendan coughing more clearly.Brendan didn’t know it was Deirdre who knocked on the door, so he demanded after a moment, “Sam, go get me a glass of water.”Deirdre turned and went downstairs without much thought.There wasn’t any hot water, so Deirdre got a kettle to boil some hot water. When she went back to Brendan, she brought along a first-aid box.When Brendan stood up to take the glass of water, he saw a woman's slender and fair fingers and looked up to the owner."Why is it you?" Brendan took a deep breath before realizing that because Deirdre was sleeping in the mansion today, Sam should have left by now.Deirdre didn’t reply to Brendan but asked as she put the first-aid box on the bedside table, “Where’s the coughing medicine?”Brendan didn’t want to answer. He merely drank half a glass of water and lay back on the bed. “Get out.”Deirdre pursed her lips. “Brendan Brighthall, it’s not like yo
Sam was fast. He took only about ten minutes to come.As Sam was on his way up, Deirdre was applying a damp cloth to Brendan’s forehead.When Deirdre heard the noises, her flustered expression finally regained some composure. “Sam, take a look quickly! How’s Brendan?”Sam hurriedly went forward and saw Brendan was delirious and had fallen into a trance. He was flushing, and his bangs were wet, sticking on his frowning brows.He obviously knew about Brendan’s current situation. After all, the hospital had tried to stop them from going through the discharge procedures.“Miss McKinnon, he has to be sent to the hospital.” Without delay, Sam got a jacket for Brendan and carried him down the stairs.After taking a few steps, he asked, “Miss McKinnon, it’s late now. Would you like to take a rest first? I’ll take you to the airport tomorrow morning.”Clenching her fist tightly, Deirdre forced herself to calm down. “How can I just walk away at this moment? I-I’ll go with you to the hospi
“I won’t take your words seriously, so it's fine. However, please don’t let Brendan hear it, or you’ll enrage him.”Sam choked, but Deirdre didn’t wish to continue with the topic.“It’s very late now. You may just go back to rest. Just leave Brendan to me. I’ve slept enough to stay awake, so I can stay here to take care of him.”Sam frowned. “But you’ll have to take care of him throughout the night. What about calling my colleagues here so you can have a good night's sleep?”“No, thanks.” Deirdre rejected his offer. Looking at the ward, she said calmly, “This is what I owe him.”She didn’t want to be involved in the relationship that had ended. However, Brendan had come to rescue her when she was abducted, so it became a thorn in her heart. Hence, she wanted to try her best to pull it out.She wanted the wound to be completely healed so she wouldn’t feel any scab when touched.After Sam left, Deirdre felt around to sit on the bedside.Brendan was short of breath. When Deirdre h