Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 17 He’s Dead, Just as You Wished

“Don’t move! Do you want the entire back of your hand to swell up?” Brendan furrowed his eyebrows, took a step forward, and clutched her wrist.

Deirdre wanted to struggle free, but Brendan immediately said, “Don’t blame me for doing something to you if you insist on moving!”

She was confused, as she had already lost everything she had.

‘What else does he want from me when I already lost my face, the one that looked similar to Charlene’s?’

Brendan clenched his fists tightly and said in a cold, mocking tone, “Deirdre, you should check your reflection in the mirror. Did you really think that I’d still want to bother you? I’m only doing this to find my child. I would like to meet him and introduce him to my family. I promise that I won’t lay eyes on you even once from now on if you hand him over to me!”

“Find your child?” Deirdre felt her entire body shivering.

and nights that she had heard the child crying despite knowing that he had already turned into mush. He had

the other hand, the culprit, the cause of everything, is shamelessly boasting about finding his child to introduce him to his

‘What a… joke!

laughter frantically until her eyes teared up. Brendan furrowed his eyebrows tightly and pinched her chin. “Why are you laughing? Is it funny to

Deirdre’s face. She felt grateful that her eyes were blind, as she would have been deeply disgusted had she

need to play tricks on me. Could you still have no idea where the child

was stunned for a moment upon hearing Deirdre’s question.

beat. He

He’s dead, just as you wished! I didn’t

he forced himself to sneer. “Dead? Deirdre, do you really

someone running for his life. He breathed

none. The child had not shown up