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.”

did you forget what happened the last time you ate a teensy bit of egg? Is that

choke on her reply. Brendan’s face, erstwhile pale in shock, 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. He pinned

knew!” he snarled, gritting his teeth. “So why

would have eaten them if Sam had

face to turn a little pale. She wanted to pull her hand away. but it only made him increase the pressure. She could feel his rage

to you?” Brendan argued. “Oh, of course! Nothing matters! You even jumped off a building because, hell, not even your life matters to

but she realized she could

admission even more infuriating. “Don’t you 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

said nothing. It was all

expression darkened, but he began to control his flaring temper.

heart skidded. She looked up at his face, her

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

not see his expression, but she could imagine how hard he found it to push against his

trying not to scare her into retreating into