Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 179 I Would Like to See Her at Once

Charlene’s face was green and purple. She had almost fainted, and her lips were trembling.

Deirdre still wanted to throw herself at Charlene but she was stopped by the man. Charlene said, “Haven’t you wondered why Brendan refuses to let you see Ophelia, Deirdre?! It’s because she is dead, of course! Her corpse has been burned to ashes! Hence, you won’t be meeting a dead person no matter how obedient you are. You may ask Brendan personally if you don’t believe me and see how he answers you!”

Upon saying that, Deirdre knew that time was running out, so she turned around and left with the man.

Deirdre sat on the rug by herself and felt icy coldness spreading through her body. There was confusion. and fear in her eyes when she muttered to herself, “It can’t be… It can’t be…”

“Brendan promised me that he would let my mother off if I agreed to be the scapegoat. How is she dead?

How?”

She attempted to convince herself over and over again, yet her mind was filled with past events constantly.

It seemed as if Brendan had been very resistant every time she had brought up Ophelia and he would make up countless excuses. He would not even let her listen to Ophelia’s voice…

doctor returned and found Deirdre sitting on the icy floor by herself. He let go of the things in his

Your body is weak, so you shouldn’t expose yourself to the cold!” He looked anxious as he was about

his hand abruptly

moment and said, “He is on a business trip to Eastgene and he will be back

“Three days?”

bear to wait anymore. She said, “Please call Mr. Brighthall at once. I

ask him!”

could sense that something was off about Deirdre and that she was unstable. Hence, her could only agree to help her by calling

first call was not picked up, and

“Ms. McKinnon, perhaps Mr. Brighthall is still

her lower lip tightly and said, “Call him

ears were humming. She was scared, terrified, and restless. She needed an answer urgently

over and over again. Fortunately, his call was picked up in the end. Brendan sounded fatigued and impatient when he said, “What happened? Why are you calling me

Ms. McKinnon… She would