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.”

Gastric pain is fine? Cold sweat and pain are fine?!” Even Sam was growing exasperated. “Or did you forget what happened the last time you ate a teensy bit of egg? Is that why you were gonna

just because of how furious Sam was while questioning the mistress he served but also because Deirdre chose to say

snarled, gritting his teeth. “So why didn’t you

them if Sam had not

a little pale. She wanted to pull her hand away. but it only made him

Then what counts as ‘something’ to you?” Brendan argued. “Oh, of course! Nothing matters! You even jumped off a building because, hell, not even

but she realized she

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

said nothing. It

expression darkened, but he began to control his flaring temper. “I really thought we

skidded. She looked up at his face,

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!

but she could imagine how hard he

to scare her into retreating into her