Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 189 She’s Lying

“How did that happen…” Charlene bit her lower lip, feeling scared out of her wits. She asked in a flurry,” What happened afterward? Is Ms. McKinnon alright? She’s too foolish. Why would she commit suicide because of this?”

“She was saved in the end.”

“Great then.” Charlene felt relieved. She remembered something that made her face turn paler and she looked at Brendan incredulously. “Brendan, you’re here to tell me about Ms. McKinnon’s suicide attempt… What are you implying? You also asked about my whereabouts yesterday. Could you be suspecting me of exposing the secret?”

Brendan did not answer, but Charlene’s eyes reddened with tears instantly. “Did Ms. McKinnon tell you that I told her the secret?”

“No.” Brendan frowned deeply, and his voice sounded agitated. “I was only asking casually.”

eyes. “You don’t have to put in a good word for Ms. McKinnon. Why would you associate the incident with me if she hadn’t mentioned it? Besides, Brendan, you’re breaking

I really did ask my servant to do that, was I not supposed to do it? Deirdre framed me and almost caused my death. She ruined my leg, and now she’s trying to take you away from me too!

was bawling profusely

furrowed his

shopping trip yesterday morning till afternoon, with a timestamp

in his hand and felt extremely agitated deep inside. Charlene could not be bothered to be in the same room with him, so she took it upon herself to head upstairs while she said, ”

gotten downstairs. Noticing the situation, the servant approached Charlene and complimented her by saying, “You’re impressive, miss! You had already prepared an alibi for

incident. Her fists were so tightly clenched that her nails dug into her

signified his lack of trust in her and

a year to captivate Brendan, yet she had not expected that everything would change as soon as that woman came back into his life. She’d had to utilize

she be able to make peace with