Chapter 41 Saving Herself for Sterling… And Sterling Only

Any other emotions Brendan could have felt had been displaced by unrelenting ire. “God, I’m going home. I’ll see her tomorrow.”

That took Steven by surprise, but he nodded nonetheless. “Shall I drive you home now?”

“No. Pass me the keys. I’ll drive.”

He checked his suit and headed to the parking garage, almost a little too frantically.

His car zipped through the road, tearing through the air like a fired bullet. When he arrived, he immediately scanned the living room. Resentment flitted past his eyes-he had thought that it would at least be lit.

Because that would mean someone was waiting for him to come home. 1

He checked himself. She was blind. Whether a room was lit or not did not matter. He was

sure she would be reclining on the couch, just like she used to. Waiting.

Brendan strode toward the door and pushed

it open.

The living room was completely empty. Even

the warm supper that was once her staple form

of welcome.

Deirdre would curl into

at night, waiting for

the way her face used to light up gingerly, her

stepped into the house, and the way she sidled up to him sheepishly and asked if he

chest. His chest caved in, and he felt suffocated. In his mind, there was

That son of a b*tch had replaced him in

been more livid in his life.

her heart. Ha! Was this the extent of

love so dirt-cheap that any random man could arouse her supposedly profound

and stormed upstairs. He then shoved

open.

soundly asleep,

freaked her out of her

her features, and she tugged her comforter even closer to herself, almost as though it would defend her

terror burned away any

him. Deirdre’s face paled. “What are

putting up as

a twist of his own, bellowing, “What now, b* tch?! I’m getting my end of the deal-what you owe me! Did you really think I brought you here just so you could leech off my

shrill cry was heard, along with the sound of fabric being ripped open. Deirdre’s nightgown was in pieces, and she shuddered in a rage. “I owe you nothing! We’re nothing! There’s nothing between us-and I’m

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