Chapter 196 Return to What It Used to Be

The letter was positively crawling with wishes and hopes for Deirdre, and only a few lines described the mother’s own state of affairs. She had clearly believed this was just another of many letters she would

pen

for her daughter in the future–she had thought she would get to write again.

She had not known, at the time, that she was writing the last letter she would pen in her life.

Brendan’s chest tightened. He had just destroyed one of the most priceless things in the world… with his own hands. If Deirdre knew…

She would go mad.

He immediately called someone in to restore the letter.

Deirdre returned to her room shortly after he left. She instinctively got down on all fours, her hands grazing across the floor to feel for the pieces. To her disappointment, she could not find a single piece, even though she was sure Brendan had scattered it like confetti.

“Miss McKinnon, what are you looking for?” Sam asked.

me look, please?” Deirdre replied with a request. “Are there

you drop something? Let me

noticeable second, Deirdre seemed dazed. Then, suddenly, she shook her

not important.”

was nonplussed, but upon seeing the woman abandon her search, he

few days passed while Brendan focused on creating a pristine replica of the original letter. Creating a copy

time.

call. “Mr. Brighthall? We found a candidate. She’s currently waiting downstairs. Do you want her to come to your office

flitted through Brendan’s black eyes. He clenched his jaw, and the

a middle–aged woman in a nondescript

your

Her appearance was average and unremarkable, but that was not a problem. The only qualification she had

Brendan’s overall composure. Even her voice

tone! It was 90% close

for. It would have been almost impossible to look for a doppelganger who bore an uncanny resemblance to both Ophelia’s face and voice. But since he only needed one over the

easier.

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