Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 198 Back to How It Used to Be

“The truth behind our…?” Brendan’s ire was palpable. “What’s that supposed to be?”

Deirdre panicked a little. He knew exactly what she meant and had asked her this question anyway. How was she supposed to answer that?

Brendan closed his fingers around her wrist as his handsome face loomed close to her own. “We. Are. Husband And Wife, Deirdre McKinnon,” he stated, prolonging each word. “You should remember that. I’m not some polyamorous man loving a harem of women. All you have to do is stay in your lane and stop trying to harm Lena–and I swear, you’ll always have a shelter in me.

“It’s not impossible for us… to go back to how it used to be.”

Brendan stiffened. Had he really said that? Why would he say that?

Was this his deepest wish after all? To go back to that time?

Deirdre was so taken aback that she could not even reel out of her own shock. His voice–his request- reverberated within her brain like a cursed echo. What was the point of telling her this? Was he trying to explain the nature of his relationship with Charlene?

so strong that her headache seemed

into his arms. She then felt his coat wrapping her tight. Cold

sense of discomfort coalesced,

around her waist. “Weren’t you the one who asked for my help maintaining this facade?” he stated matter–of–factly. “I’m not some A–list professional actor, so don’t expect me to know what an award–winning performance means.

amiss.”

to the intimacy between them. Her voice was trembling when she

“And when is that?”

out of her teeth. “The two years

a little. “But I wasn’t treating

had been his sexual outlet, a doll to receive him when he felt like it, someone he could walk away from when he was done. He would come back from work

had not dared ask for more back then, but now, she would

as he scanned the young woman’s apathetic

this be it? The chance he had been waiting for–the opportunity for things to go back to how

do that… if I haven’t forgotten exactly how I used to treat you back then,” he argued. “Look. Let’s get inside before discussing