Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 86 Just Bear the Child

To get to the bottom of it, the problem was still Brendan. Deirdre just had to ask Brendan a question, but she refused to.

If she couldn’t even choose not to get pregnant, she doubted what she was to him. A tool?

After an unknown period of 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 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 shel 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 impulsively in the morning. He regretted treating Deirdre that way. Deirdre had, after all, just come out of the emergency room.

got out of bed, took the coat by the

get a blanket for yourself?” As expected, Brendan felt the coldness on Deirdre’s hands upon touching them. He frowned and his headache

Brendan’s surprise, Deirdre grabbed his hand when Brendan

heard Deirdre say, “Can I

an instant, replaced by an icy chill. It was as if he had been up in

someone.

you sitting here on

up

She imploringly raised her head, tugged at Brendan’s finger, and pleaded. “Please allow Sam to get me the morning-after

suddenly shook off Deirdre’s hand. While half of his face was shrouded in the dark, he curled his lips into a sneer. “Taking that stuff hurts the body. Forget it. If you don’t

chest suddenly tighten when she heard Brendan say ‘bear the child’. She couldn’t believe that Brendan would say that.

Deirdre could hear in

“A-Are you kidding?”

Deirdre’s chin with a hand. Maybe it was because of the fever, but his fingertips were