Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 406 Quit It Already

“No trouble, darling! No trouble at all!” replied the man, scratching his head and chuckling to himself. “I should be the one to thank the two of you! There’s no way I’m the only one contributing to pictures this good. The models did at least half of the work in this case! Anyway, I should excuse myself. I hope I get an invitation to your eventual, coming-soon wedding!”

He bolted away just like that. Deirdre hardly had the time to explain her relationship with Kyran. Sensing the young man’s burning gaze laser-focused on her neck, she apologized under her breath, “He fled before I could explain. Besides, I don’t think he’d trust me if I told him we aren’t a couple.”

“I know. That is why I don’t think there’s anything to explain. I like the ‘misunderstanding’ better.”

Kyran’s smile worsened Deirdre’s embarrassment. She was starting to feel a little sick in her stomach, too, and before she knew it, her hand was pressing against her belly.

The man caught her action and asked, “Do you need the bathroom?”

She nodded sheepishly. He took her hand and declared, “I’ll lead you.”

they reached their destination. “Here. You can ask anyone inside to help to get into the cubicle,

“Okay.”

feel calm. She followed the direction Kyran gave, and as soon as she bumped

was done, the bathroom had quieted down. She felt her way to the washing basin

scowl she shot at Deirdre was dripping with bitter resentment. She simply could not understand why this was the one who had managed to get Kyran’s heart while she had lost. Then, of course, there was the performance they had

approaching Deirdre. “Well, today’s just magical, isn’t it? That Kyran Reed

hands paused in mid-washing.

he had fallen in love with someone in the hospital? That’s

got bored of that woman, so he turned to you to get some kicks, but I bet… they haven’t really broken up. Do you know what that means? It means you’re just a number two to an ugly, hideous freak! How can you honestly stand there and act like

soon as you can. He’s not the kind of man you can control, okay? To even think you can somehow make him yours is just delusion-”

“Nurse Rene, stop.”

That voice! It