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.”

his tone suckerpunched her into a

bellicose glare on her. “I don’t know how you performed that abortion, but

What?!

mind went blank. Her ears were ringing, but she still heard Brendan’s follow-up remark, which was accompanied by his trademark cruel 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

reddened. “No! No, you’re lying to

her eyes were wet. She suppressed her tears stubbornly and channeled her grief into infuriated denial. “You’re just messing with me, aren’t you?! How can I possibly be

grip on her wrists tightened. You aborted your baby by taking an unknown drug-God knows if it was actually safe or approved for use! You did it

and somehow leave unscathed?!”

her tears back, but sobs had

Even so, her eyes were filled with too much hate. ‘Why won’t you just die already, you bastard?! Why

in her mind. ‘What kind of sin did

broke out of her eyes like a deluge. Even her

she have left?

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