Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 233 I Want Your Love

Deirdre’s eyes were filled with uncontrollable joy and reddened from holding back her tears. She inhaled a deep breath and said, “Thank you, Brendan.”

She spoke in all apparent seriousness, and there was gratitude in her eyes. However, Brendan was not pleased by her gaze. On the contrary, he felt a knot in the pit of his stomach and felt suffocated.

Deirdre was the only person who was unaware that Ophelia was already dead. He was making up a fake world just to delude her.

He could not afford to accept her gratitude.

“I told you that I don’t like the words ‘thank you”.” Brendan’s dark eyes turned dim, and he abruptly got up from his seat. “I’m sure that both of you have a lot to talk about because you’ve just been reunited after so long. I’m going to do some work in the study room. You can come to me if you have anything important.”

He walked upstairs and took a seat in the study room. The desk was stacked with documents, yet he could not bear to read even one word.

didn’t know what

on the door of the

twisting the door knob to enter

head with a hand on his temple, his eyebrows tightly furrowed. “Why are you here in my room instead of chatting with your mother

to say, “Brendan, I have a presumptuous request to ask of you, and I hope that you can

that Deirdre had only come after mentally preparing herself. Brendan’s gaze locked on her

I would like my mother to move into

she said, “You can set your mind at ease. I’m only worried that it will be troublesome for her to travel back and forth. I’ll ensure that she stays calm and quiet

“Is that all?”

think I am? Why do you make it seem so difficult to talk about when you’re only requesting for Ophelia to

to do as his pressing

what? Scared? Scared of being rejected by me, scared