Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 488 We Need to Talk, Deirdre

Hoyt’s face was still tense by the time he walked out of the shop. Concerned, Deirdre asked, “You alright?”

He wiped some light sweat off his face and said bashfully, “I’m so sorry, Miss McKinnon. The point was to buy you some clothes, but I ended up dragging you into our drama and made you watch all that… embarrassing stinker.”

“Nonsense,” Deirdre replied reassuringly and gave him a small smile. “There was nothing embarrassing about it. It’s what relationships are like, dramatic and complicated.”

Just like her own. No one would have known the lengths she had gone through for a man-to be willingly used as an impostor for two years, be incarcerated, disfigured, blinded, and lose the child she so wanted to bring to the world.

Her relationship story was the biggest stinker of them all.

“A word of advice, Mr. Leigh,” she said. “Sometimes, blaming yourself for everything that has happened only prevents you from moving on when you should.”

Hoyt blushed and nodded. “R-Right. You’re right.”

smiled. “Any other clothing shop

street is lined up with clothing stores!

“Alright!”

felt someone watching her. She turned, but her recovering eyesight made it impossible to identify

“Miss McKinnon? What’s wrong?”

be her

found a suitable coat for herself. She took

don’t you want to put it on

saleswoman chimed in. “Yeah, try it on! It’s okay. We like people trying things out. Some of these clothes might look good on their own, but it takes putting them on to really see how well they

so she complied. She took off her coat and passed it to Hoyt. Suddenly, she

that a man was standing two meters away from her. Then, a mechanical

was warm, yet she felt her limbs chilling exponentially. She saw a completely black, humanoid shape in the distance, and all of her colors were drained out of her

shot a hostile glare at Hoyt before patiently

manners, yet she instinctively tugged on Hoyt’s shirt and began to inch behind him. Kyran stepped forward. Before he could grab hold of her, Hoyt shielded the young woman completely. The latter