Brendan pinched Deirdre’s face harder as rage soared in him. ‘If she wants to leave, does she have to make it so straightforward?’“What’s wrong with you?” Deirdre was feeling so much pain that tears dropped from her eyes. Meanwhile, she struggled hard to free herself.Brendan reacted by pushing Deirdre down on the bed while gripping her hands. His chest plopping, he growled, “What’s wrong with me? Deirdre, do you know that if I hadn’t just gone to the hotel to change clothes and met you, you would have been raped by that old man?! How could you leave immediately when you were asked to? If you were to die, would you be d*mn happy because it would mean you’d finally escape my control?”“You’re crazy…” Her eyes were red, and Deidre was truly disappointed that Brendan would blame her for this.“It’s your mother who demanded that I leave! She said I was a mistress destroying the relationship between you and Charlene! Mr. Brighthall, I was not brazen enough to stay after she made it so
To get to the bottom of it, the problem was still Brendan. Deirdre just had to ask Brendan for his permission, but she refused to.If she couldn’t even choose not to get pregnant, she doubted what she was to him. A tool?-After a long time, Brendan woke up from his drowsy state. His head felt heavy and painful. Besides, the fever he was suffering from had not subsided. Instead, it had worsened.The first thing Brendan did as he opened his eyes with a splitting headache was to take a look at Deirdre, who was supposed to be lying beside him. When he didn’t see her, his heart skipped a beat, and he got up in a hurry. He glanced around the room and finally stopped when he saw Deirdre on the sofa.Deirdre was crouching on the sofa while looking out the window, even though she couldn’t see anything. The warm light of the setting sun embraced the tiny, thin Deirdre, making her appear rather pitiful.Brendan felt guilty. Now that he had woken up, he admitted that he had acted impulsiv
Tears welled up in her eyes and rolled down her face. She wanted to kill Brendan so badly at that very moment. “Have you forgotten what you told me in the past, Mr. Brighthall? You told me not to succumb to wishful thinking about you and not even think about getting pregnant with your baby. You said that you would choke me to death if I were to get pregnant. Are you discrediting yourself now?”Brendan’s expression was icy, and his dark eyes glistened with a tinge of overwhelming emotions. He had been disgusted with Deirdre’s lack of propriety in the past indeed. He had loathed her for her wild wishes and wished that she would leave his world immediately. However, he did not know why, but he had dreamed about her frequently in the two years that she had been gone. He could not understand the reason, but perhaps it was due to guilt or sympathy. All in all, he wanted to give Deirdre a home and a child at that very moment. “You were obsessed with wild ideas in the past indeed. B
‘Again?’ Deirdre was rather confused by the word and appeared puzzled. Madame Brighthall said, “Don’t you know why Brendan is sick with a high fever?”Deirdre shook her head. She had no idea. “It’s my fault, but you contributed a bit too, right?” Madame Brighthall heaved a sigh and continued self-mockingly, “I don’t know if it’s because I’m old and I don’t understand young people anymore. I really couldn’t accept you coming in between Brendan and Charlene, but Brendan came to the family mansion to persuade me to accept you last night.”A tinge of astonishment and confusion flashed past Deirdre’s face. She raised her head and thought to herself, ‘So, Brendan actually went to the family mansion yesterday night? He didn’t spent the night cuddling with Charlene?’Madame Brighthall said, “I refused to agree to that, naturally. He has always been stubborn. He forced himself to stand by the door, and it was very cold and windy at night. I thought that he would leave after a while, but
“Why haven’t you died yet, you jinx! It’s fine that you’re constantly lingering around Brendan and me, but you actually got Brendan so sick today. If Brendan is not awake by tomorrow, I assure you that I won’t let you off!”She spoke in a loud voice as if she had slapped Deirdre to avenge Brendan. However, she felt delighted in her heart after delivering the slap as she had been putting up with this anger since yesterday night. Deirdre stumbled back from the pain. Her face was burning, and when she recovered from the surprise, she was not infuriated but raised her head, facing Charlene. “You can’t even be bothered to put on an act in Brendan’s presence now, huh, Ms. McKinney? If Brendan were to gain consciousness coincidentally now, he would be quite surprised to see you like this, right? Or…” Deirdre drawled before she chuckled calmly. “You’ve already lost your senses out of jealousy, so you just couldn’t care less about anything but venting your anger, Ms. McKinney?”The smile
Deirdre’s entire body was shaking. Sam pinched her lower jaw to pry open her mouth forcefully in order to prevent her from biting herself.“Don’t hurt yourself, Ms. McKinnon. Mr. Brighthall is going to feel sorry for you if he sees this.”‘Feel sorry?’Deirdre burst out laughing. She had assumed that Brendan had perhaps realized his error when he had stood in front of the family mansion. In truth, he had done it so that he could torment her more easily. How could a person like him feel sorry for her?If he had felt sorry for her, would he have done nothing when her face had been cruelly destroyed, when her child had been aborted, and when she had been bullied in prison?He had been a cold, heartless devil all this time.Deirdre shut her eyes and felt intense fatigue overpowering her entire body. She had felt like her world was dark for a moment. Now, it felt as if she had found something that she’d thought was hope in the darkness, only to find that her hands were covered in
He had not been counting on Deirdre to cry in sympathy or have a sleepless night when he was sick, yet she had not even bothered to show any concern for him!He wondered if she wanted him to die from the illness so that she could be with Sterling without no scruples. ‘How can this woman be so cruel!’ he sighed inwardly.Charlene brushed back the long hair covering her neck at this time. She pretentiously attempted to comfort him by saying, “Don’t blame Ms. McKinnon, Bren. Her body has always been weak, so I suppose she didn’t want to be infected. Besides, she wasn’t in a good mood yesterday…”Brendan narrowed his eyes at the sight of the marks on Charlene’s neck. “What happened to your neck?”Charlene’s face turned pale abruptly, and she covered her neck with her long hair once again. “It’s… It’s nothing…”“Do you really want me to look into this?”Charlene bit her lower lip. “It’s really nothing. Ms. McKinnon was in a bad mood, so it was only normal that she took it out on me.
“It’s fine if you don’t apologize.” Brendan’s expression was cruel. “However, I hope you don’t regret this.”“Are you going to take it out on Sterling again?” Deirdre’s entire body was shaking. “Is this all that you can do?!”Brendan was not planning to do that, yet he was infuriated that she would risk her life to protect him, so he said, “That’s right! You can choose not to apologize to her, but I will make sure that Sterling is on the most popular searches and enjoys the best treatment the paparazzi have to offer these days. You’re going to thank me then!”‘Brendan is merciless. He would actually blackmail me to this extent…‘It is obviously Charlene who hit me first, yet I’m forced to apologize to her. There is no unfairness in Brendan’s world, but there is favoritism when it comes to the woman he loves,’ thought Deirdre inwardly. She was used to that and uttered, “Sure, I’ll apologize!”Charlene stood at the door. She walked into the room when the timing was about right and