Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 162 He Robbed You of Your Chance to be A Mother

When Brendan was finally done, Deirdre waited for him to fall asleep before climbing out of their bed with her hand on her waist. He had deprived her of birth control pills, so the only thing she had left to prevent a pregnancy was the primitive way of washing it away.

Brendan suddenly opened his cold, black eyes. They zeroed in on her retreating back as a frigid question escaped his lips. “Where do you think you’re going?”

Deirdre bit her lip. “To wash.”

Brendan smirked. “Really? To wash? Or get birth control pills from the pharmacy?”

Deirdre had planned to do that the next day, which was why she froze on the carpet when she was called out on it. Before she could respond, Brendan had yanked her by the arm and pinned her against the bed

once more.

His eyes were as all-consuming as the abyss, and his lopsided smirk twisted his features completely. Don’t bother. You’re infertile anyway.”

was stunned. The assurance in his tone suckerpunched her into a daze.

said.” He fixed a bellicose glare on her. “I don’t know how you performed that abortion, but it damaged your uterus enough that you can’t conceive a

What?!

mockery. “A fitting punishment for you, isn’t it? You failed to protect your own child, so when the Reaper took him away, he took your chance to be a mother along. You’ll never be able to bear a child again, Deirdre. Isn’t that just

No, you’re lying

infuriated denial. “You’re just messing with me, aren’t you?! How

by taking an unknown drug-God knows if it was actually safe or

and somehow leave unscathed?!”

tears back, but sobs had begun to escape

filled with too much hate. ‘Why won’t you just die

in her mind. ‘What kind of sin did I commit to

deluge. Even her chance to be a mother had been robbed.

she have left?

woman’s unreserved might, pain somehow eluded Brendan. To be more accurate, any pain in his shoulder seemed insignificant compared to the suffocating agony in his chest. Ultimately, it was his impatience with her hysteria-rather than pain itself-that made him pry her jaw away