Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 137 What Now?

Deirdre pushed herself to get out of bed.

The phone in the living room was still shrieking incessantly-almost like an audio representation of suffering without end. She got out of bed with great difficulty and walked through the door. She then picked up the phone-

And Brendan’s annoyed snarl greeted her. “Took you long enough!”

Deirdre’s fingers tightened around the receiver. As if he had not played a part in this! It had been cold the day he had stripped her naked in his study and forcibly had sex with her. She had felt both chills and at heat rush after that and had unsurprisingly come down with a fever. Even now, she was working her way through a brain fog.

Not that he would care, anyway. All he cared about was spilling his seed and making himself feel good. To him, she had always been a subhuman at best.

“I have a headache. I just woke up,” she croaked.

Brendan snickered. “Would it kill you to cut back on your malingering? It’s almost late evening, for Christ’s sake.”

and decided to change the subject. Suppressing her headache, she asked, “What do you

that

Deirdre was taken aback. Had he just asked a blind woman to

of her lips in the form of words before she knew it. “Brendan, I’m blind. Bringing her necklace to the party, unassisted, is a tall order for someone like me. It’d

house if I weren’t desperate?” he retorted matter-of- factly. “The main event is about to start. All you need to do is hail a cab

the edge of the table. “Aren’t you scared I might seize the chance to run

as far as you like. Don’t worry about your

gone, Brendan still had leverage against her. She took. a deep breath

in a

her way through, found the vanity table, got the box, and left to hail a ride. The journey lasted about 20 minutes. Someone approached her as soon as she got out of the car.

box. “Here it is-what Charlene wanted. Give it

“Hold on a moment, Miss McKinnon. Miss McKinney. told me that she would very much prefer that you give that necklace to

inconvenience.”