Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 257 Don’t Tell Brendan

The cleaner had wanted Deirdre to embarrass herself so much that she had made. sure to leave a thick puddle of soap powder on her path.

Deirdre had always considered herself lucky to be able to work in such an accommodating restaurant, where everyone treated her with kindness and respect, but after today, that opinion changed. She had managed to make a few enemies after all.

“It’s fine.” She extended her other arm amid her agony. “Please help me out. If I get changed now, I can still make my shift.”

The Good Samaritan was hard–pressed to go against someone so stubborn, so they led the way.

The entire session was hell from beginning to end. Deirdre’s right hand could not conjure its usual force to press the keys, and it felt like there was an invisible thorn jabbing her elbow. She knew the customers were watching, though, so she forced herself to play despite the pain. By the time it was over, her back was bathed in cold

sweat.

Her shift was finally over. Like clockwork, Sam appeared outside the restaurant to escort her home. He stepped forward as soon as Deirdre came out, but he easily noticed her ashen grimace and froze. She looked like she was suffering.

McKinnon? Did something

Deirdre’s voice was frail. “Can you get me to the

her. Her elbow had swollen into an alarming blue–and–black bump and was covered in a bit of blood. He waited until the

of silence later, she dropped her voice into a hush and asked, “Can you please keep my hospital trip a secret

“Why?”

care of myself and I should quit my job,” Deirdre replied, looking down. “But I don’t

powerless against her incessant

over, he received a text. He gleaned it, and a frown crept

out of the car after Deirdre. “Miss McKinnon? Mr.

mind despite herself. Her

against her chest, her fingers grabbing a fistful of cloth. She found even

mental walls of defense before pushing Brendan’s door open. In a flash, she felt his telltale, stifling presence bearing down on her. She