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.”

the subject. Suppressing her headache, she asked, “What do

it to the party. She needs that necklace because Mom gave it to her-it’s important.

was taken aback. Had he just asked a blind

her lips in the form of words before she knew it. “Brendan, I’m blind. Bringing her necklace to

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 and come to the old mansion-it will take only a few minutes at most! I’ll have someorfe wait for you

her dizziness by holding on to the edge of the table. “Aren’t you scared I might

as far as you like. Don’t worry about your mom. I’m sure she will be fine

felt a lump in her throat. Even with Sterling gone, Brendan still had leverage against her. She took.

Lena’s room. On her vanity table. It’s in a box, so just bring that

felt 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

wanted. Give it to her. And now, excuse

Miss McKinnon. Miss McKinney. told me that she would very much prefer that you

inconvenience.”

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