Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 485 Hang Tight

“Damn straight, but… It’s different for him. He directs it all to himself, thinking that if he could just be better somehow, the girl of his love wouldn’t have ended up with that fat cat. The more he dwelled on that thought, the more he hung his head and just… couldn’t straighten his spine and look ahead no more.”

Pity colored Deirdre’s eyes.

“Money is the Devil, ain’t it? You can do whatever you like when you’re rich, but live by your shoestrings if you don’t have ’em.”

Mrs. Cox continued. “That’s why I’m happy to see Hoyt this happy when he helps you. Maybe you won’t date each other, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you brought him out of the shadows. That’s the point of these relationships, isn’t it? Forgetting the pain of the last one is a blessing. Finding a new person to try again is another.”

The rain stopped.

Mrs. Cox went back to sleep while Deirdre sat on the edge of her bed, her eyes blank.

‘Try again with a new person, she said.”

That was not what Deirdre had thought back then-until she met Kyran. He was gentle, kind, and attentive. He had broken every wall she had built around her heart.

she had against Brendan had begun

ready to start over… only to have God reveal that it was a

was a fool’s full circle. She had

groggily. A while later, she heard

eyes, put on a coat, and walked toward the living room. There were two people there. One of them was Mrs.

young man seemed rather flustered to see her. Hanging his

absentmindedly

“Looks like all of our main characters are here. Let’s get the show

confused. “Sorry,

right now can fight against the nipping sea breeze. That’s why I asked Hoyt

be a short trip to the market, right? I would rather not impose on Mr.

while and yet had not had the chance. “It’s g-getting colder tomorrow, so you need to buy some clothes. You w-won’t be able to leave the house

now is fine for now, but it won’t help you tomorrow,” said Mrs. Cox. “It’s going to be below zero, missy! Freezing! If you catch a cold or get frostbite, there is no doctor

about it in her head and decided that they were right. Embarrassed, she said,

ears turned red. “N-Nothing at

quick wash-up and got her hair up in a simple bun. She stepped