Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 222 I Thought We Were Closer Now

“Here, eat some eggs. You need protein.”

Deirdre stopped moving her spoon slightly.

Brendan caught the change instantly. “What is it?”

“Nothing.” She cast her eyes down on her food, looking a little hesitant, before drawing the egg close to her lips.

Sam snatched the spoon away from her, alarmed. “Miss McKinnon, no! Don’t you remember what the doctor said? No eggs two hours after taking your meds!”

“What the…?” Brendan’s eyebrows were furrowed dangerously. Incredulity swirled behind his eyes as he scanned her face. “Why didn’t you say anything?!”

Deirdre shrugged. “It was just not important.”

exasperated. “Or did you forget what happened the last time you ate a teensy bit

turned redder and redder. He was not irritated just because of how furious Sam was while questioning the mistress he served but also because Deirdre chose to say nothing.

knew!” he snarled, gritting his teeth. “So why didn’t

eaten them if Sam had

She wanted to pull her hand away. but it only made him increase the pressure. She

course! Nothing matters! You even jumped off a building because, hell, not even your life matters to

parted, but she realized she

dare insinuate that I don’t know what’s going through your head! You thought that if you refused to eat them, I’d use it as an excuse to forbid you to see Ophelia, didn’t you? Because that’s who I am to you, isn’t it? A sh*tty, unreasonable tyrant who would sh*t on his own promise just because he was feeling a little hissy in

It was all

his flaring temper. “I really thought we were

up at his face, her eyes

I am not unreasonable,” he added, his voice strained from the effort to fight his rage. “You don’t have to please me at your own expense-that wasn’t what I asked for. I asked for us to go back to how we were back then! You don’t have to force yourself to do anything beyond that, Deirdre! What matters the most right now is that you recover.

but she could imagine how hard he found it to push against his own rage based on

scare her into retreating into