Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 242 Misgiving Dispelled

Deirdre’s lips were trembling, and she stretched out her hand with great effort. ” Mother, can I… touch your hands?”

She knew Ophelia’s hands. They were a pair of old hands covered in calluses that felt very different even at a very young age, especially in some spots.

She had not felt out Ophelia’s hands seriously before this but she had grown suspicious after Charlene’s remarks.

Maeve’s heart was racing. “What’s going on? What’s going on with you… Deirdre?”

“I’m fine…” Deirdre took a deep breath and cracked a fake smile with great difficulty.” I used to hold your hand frequently in the past and I missed doing that all of a sudden. I yearned for the feeling of you holding my hand when you walked me home after school…”

“1 see.” Maeve smiled, but her heart was still on guard. She had figured out that Deirdre must have noticed something. At the same time that a feeling of uneasiness grew in her, she had no choice but to stretch out her hand.

“Alright, I shall hold my little Deirdre’s hand then.”

Her voice sounded as warm and affectionate as before.

hands would be smooth, fine, and delicate, just like the hands of a person who had

case, the outcome would be

raised her hand shakily and held Maeve’s hand. However, Deirdre was distracted for a moment when she felt the coarseness of

she felt joyous, she felt her heart sink as well. It was because this pair of

“What happened?”

had already noticed Ophelia’s hands when she had watched video

hands had been aged, skinny, emaciated, covered in calluses,

video clips, her hands had already

hands with sandpaper in the past two weeks just to simulate Ophelia’s hands yet she was well aware that her hands were still

way to Ophelia’s frequently–used finger with her fingers and found a hard,

‘It is Ophelia!

‘It is her!‘

spot on her hand frequently, and the callus found on this spot was way harder than those on other parts of her hands.

had been more afraid of this discovery than anybody

and placed her hands on Maeve’s outfit subconsciously. “How do you like