Resent, Reject, Regret
Even the coldest heart would soon grow warm if she kept holding on to it. That was what she believed. That was why she became his unloved placeholder of a wife. Unfortunately, all her devotion only led to a heartless divorce. āSheās awake now,ā he told her. āStep down and step away, you miserable knock-off.āThen, he left. When he came back, it was because he needed her to do something only an impostor could do: go to jail for his dream girlās crime. Deirdre McKinnon was condemned to perdition. She lost her baby before it was born. She lost her face to violence. She lost the ability to see. It was two months of a hell-like nightmare. At last, something died inside her heart. Two years later, she found herself another man, but when Brendan Brighthall met her by pure happenstance, a new feeling was born in his heart: jealousy. There were no means too terrible, no scheme too underhandedānot if it meant heād possess Deirdreās heart again. And yet, she simply refused to love him anymore.āWhat do you want me to do, Deirdre McKinnon?! What must I do to go back to the good old days?ā His eyes turned red. āIāll give you everything I have!āāYou gave me a copper trinket two years ago. It was a sorry excuse for a wedding ring, and yet I cared for it as though it was the most precious jewel in the worldā¦āBut now? Nothing you can give would be even remotely worthwhile. Not even you.ā
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