“Brendan…”Brendan took a cold glance at her. “Julian, I know that it was you who saved Tobey. I don’t want to know the reason for your visit if you’re not here to bid farewell or for something else. However, my patience is limited, so don’t try to challenge me.”Julia trembled ferociously in fear. She suddenly came to realize why Deirdre was so afraid of Brendan. It was because Brendan had always been merciless from the start. As long as he was not feigning it, his presence was already oppressive enough to suffocate a person. However…At the thought of Tobey’s reminder, Julia gnashed her teeth to brace herself and turned to Deirdre. “Deirdre! Head to the place where you made wine during childhood if you have the chance. There’s something for you there!”“Shut up!” Brendan grew aggressive, and a bodyguard immediately came over to block Julia. Brendan shut the car door to cut off her voice.Julia was pulled to the side, and she was trembling in fear at the sight of Brendan ap
“Where is the place you made wine during your childhood?”Deirdre was forced to look up at the man’s facial outline. In the next moment, she turned her head. “Is that important? You won’t let me go there anyway.”Brendan loathed Deirdre’s close relationship with Tobey when they were young. It felt as if the closer Tobey and Deirdre were, the further the distance between him and her grew. They had secrets between them that he was unaware of. “It’s not important, but I would like to know what he left for you.”“Are you scared?” Deirdre sneered and looked at Brendan while she said, “Are you scared that the object hidden by Tobey will make me distance myself from you?”Brendan did not speak but stared at her closely. Deirdre shoved away his hands calmly. “You can set your mind at ease if that is your concern. If I could leave you, why would Tobey have only told me today?”She made sense. If there was a possibility for her to turn the tables, Tobey would not have waited until now
Perhaps it was due to Deirdre’s trouble in adapting to the turbulence that she was sick on the plane on multiple occasions. By the time they landed, she was weak and exhausted. She forced herself to get up from her seat with great effort, yet her knees buckled. She fell forward, and Brendan responded just in time to catch her by wrapping an arm around her. Deirdre’s face was ghastly pale, and she was having trouble catching a breath. She grabbed Brendan’s collar in a state of anxiety and only loosened her grip when she realized her action. Brendan did not loosen his grip over her at once, but his dark eyes were locked on Deirdre’s face without any reservation. There was concern and guilt in his gaze. He caressed the woman’s ghastly pale face with his fingertips and said weakly, “I’m sorry that I can’t help with anything.”He could only watch helplessly as Deirdre gagged and felt uneasy. His heart was ridden with anxiety, but there was nothing he could do in the presence of Dei
Mrs. Engel’s gaze dimmed when she remembered something and said, “Is it because of Ophe—”“Mrs. Engel.” Deirdre stopped Mrs. Engel in time by saying, “It’s already in the past, so we don’t have to bring it up again. Men are always moving forward.”“Yes, you’re right!” Mrs. Engel hastily nodded. She almost triggered Deirdre’s sadness but could not refrain from advising Deirdre in view of her past experience. “Mrs. Brighthall, perhaps I may not be right, but I know that Mr. Brighthall loves you now. He cares about you, and that is why he traveled far to look for me before finding me in a mountain valley. I broke a leg at the time, and he spent a lot of money to get me treatment. He told me that he didn’t want me to pay him back. Instead, he would like me to take care of you so that you’re happy.”‘So that I’m happy?’Deirdre’s gaze glistened with emotions. In the next moment, her gaze cooled down. Did Brendan not feel that he was going against his conscience when he lied to Mrs.
All of a sudden, Brendan’s dark eyes glistened for a brief moment before dimming again. “How did he die?”Sam was overwhelmed with emotions. “He got into a conflict with someone on the street, and he was…”Brendan furrowed his eyebrows and fell silent. Sam was a close acquaintance of Steven, so he was having trouble accepting the situation. “How did that happen so suddenly? Steven would never get into a fight so easily in view of his personality. In addition, he was living abroad, so he should be more vigilant and cautious. How did that…”Brendan did not speak, but his dark eyes were glistening with emotions. After a while, he said, “Noted. You may leave first.”Sam nodded and headed outside.Brendan continued to read the documents, but he was distracted. He lit a cigarette and then put it out again, his dark eyes tainted with shock.‘Dead… How did he die at such a coincidental time?’Steven was living well abroad initially, and when Brendan wanted to inquire him about the pri
“If I were to tell you that I was completely unaware of the things that happened to you in prison, would you still hate me so much?”Brendan’s dark eyes glistened while his voice was tainted with drunkenness and hope.It was as if he were hoping to hear an answer that he wanted from Deirdre. “No.”In the next moment, his enthusiasm was dampened by the woman’s cold tone. Deirdre’s expression was filled with hatred. “If you did those things that hurt me because you hated me, I could only convince myself that I deserved what I got even if I couldn’t make sense of it. However, if you let me go through all those things when you weren’t even planning to hurt me, I will only hate you more.”The woman’s remark sounded crystal clear and put Brendan’s eager heart down in the dumps. He felt powerless. “You should sleep.”He lowered his gaze and got up from the bed next to her before walking out of the room. The room became quiet and empty instantly, leaving only the sound of the howl
“We tracked Ophelia all the way until Lowe, according to Charlene’s photos. The place had already been vacated when our people got there, but we received information from the villagers today. They claimed that many people live in East Lowe, which is the location in the photos. Moreover, those people are strangers that the villagers are not acquainted with. Hence, I boldly speculated that Ophelia is possibly being kept there!”A tinge of hope flashed past Brendan’s dark eyes. Since there was information, it signified they were already getting closer to the truth. If he could save Ophelia, he would still stand a chance at making up for the mistake he had made in the past.However…Did Charlene really have the capability to hide Ophelia in such a far location?“Commission the professionals and get them to depart tomorrow. I want well-trained professionals to go to the mountain to investigate this matter. I won’t allow any mistakes.”“Yes, sir!”“One more thing.” Brendan stopped fo
Deirdre returned to the living room from the garden and changed the subject, “I’m hungry, Mrs. Engel.”“In a minute, sweetie. Your porridge will be ready soon!”The night, surprisingly, turned out to be a restless one. Then, the next early morning, Deirdre found herself woken up by a shrill commotion with Mrs. Engel’s best attempt at consolation thrown in. She rose, put on a coat, and pushed open her door.The racket became clearer and sharper. It crashed into her ears. “For the last time, where the h*ll is Brendan Brighthall!? Tell him to get down here right now! I am not leaving until everything’s even! “How could he do this to me? I sacrificed my entire youth, my better years, to the Brighthall Group! I let them drive me like I was a slave! And he’s repaying all that devotion by sending me away to some foreign country and forcing my children’s schools to expel my kids!?“What the f*ck is this!? If he’s not going to give me godd*mn explanation, I’m taking this to his old reside