Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 40

She Doesn’t Care About Him Anymore Steven said in an obedient tone, “Yes, you and Ms. McKinney are family.”**

Madam Brighthall nodded, then looked at the woman standing next to Steven subconsciously. “Who is this?”

Deirdre lowered her head anxiously upon hearing that, the thoughts in her head muddled.

She had not expected to meet Madam Brighthall suddenly today. It was worse that they had to meet under such circumstances. She had just realized that her face was disfigured, so Madam Brighthall would not recognize her now that she had lowered her head in a flurry. “This is Ms. McKinney’s friend. She is visually impaired, and sir instructed me to take her home.” “She can’t see, huh?” Madam Brighthall sounded sympathetic . She was at a loss for words, but she found the sight of Deirdre familiar. She could not help extending her hand to grab Deirdre’s fingers. “Girl, why are your hands so cold? You should wear warmer attire in the fall.”

She removed her scarf and wrapped it around Deirdre’s body. “Even though I’ve been wearing it for a long time, it’s very warm and comfortable. Use it to warm your body. I shall get a move on because I still have some affairs to

attend to.”

loosened her grip on Deirdre’s fingers before she headed to

uttering a word. Steven gazed after Madam Brighthall’s departing figure before

should go,

The woman’s voice suddenly sounded like she was crying. When she raised her head, her disfigured face was already drenched in

in so much pain that her legs trembled.

shaking, and it looked as if her tears were

said in a very low

He was summoned back to get him. Brendan got in the car with an

“Yes.”

Steven was quiet, he could not help asking, “Did she not ask you anything on the way to the

together?”

and he was having a hard time responding to the situation. He shook his head a moment later. “No. Ms. McKinnon was very quiet along the way and sat on the sofa when I took her to the villa without uttering a word.” She had said nothing? She used to call up Steven and beat about the bush to find out about the women that he was reportedly with according to the tabloids in the past. Yet now, she did not seem to mind when he was obviously