Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 200 I’ll Lead You

Where to?

Not that she would receive an answer even if she asked. She rose and got changed. Then, when they reached the front door, Brendan removed his scarf and wrapped it around her neck.

They left.

Deirdre was a little uneased by the gesture. She waited for a while before removing the scarf and holding it in her hand.

After a while, she heard him announce, “We’re here.” He removed his seatbelt, and Deirdre followed.

They were in some bustling place. She could hear traffic and crowds of people all around her, so they had to be in the middle of a busy street. He caught her hand and said, “I’ll lead you.”

Brendan displayed unprecedented patience. With her in tow, he weaved through the sea of people, her confusion growing and her mind going blank. Then, finally, she heard someone say, “Welcome!”

They had entered some kind of shop.

“Where are we?” she asked, feeling confused. He was not acting like himself today.

know in a

stood by the door for a few seconds before she was surrounded by a litter of puppies that

the money and resources to turn it into a cafe! We’re still receiving strays, but

funding anymore!

is a good man, isn’t he?”

her lungs, but it did nothing to dispel the cloud of confusion over her head.

hated animals!

recover from the shock, she heard Brendan’s cool

told–and a puppy suddenly rested its weight on her elbow. It was soft as

examined it. “You said no when I tried to give it to you, so I had it stay here,” he explained. “If you could just regain your sight for a minute, you’d notice how much it resembles Bliss. I know it cannot replace Bliss no matter how much they look alike, but it… really likes you. So you can come here and see it anytime you miss Bliss,

he was saying. It grunted along before putting its

you bring

had happened. That was what Brendan Brighthall would normally do-

her eye, a

was at fault for not protecting Bliss as well as I should have.

all my