Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 525 The Child Was Forced to Die

After a long beat, Kyran finally found his voice. “And Steven?”

“Fled.” Declan took another sharp inhale of smoke. “He is a smart man who knows you all too well. He foresaw things going south way ahead and withdrew his savings before disappearing. It’s impossible to find him.”

Kyran’s eyes were nailed to the document. A maelstrom was kicking up in his chest, pressing itself against the inside of his chest and stinging him so much that his face turned white.

It took him a while to recover. Exhaling a few breaths, he said, “He had no motive. He wouldn’t even have gained anything from it.”

Declan flashed him a smile. “That much is obvious. What could he possibly gain from doing all of this to Deirdre? Nothing. As such, someone else must have ordered him to. Now, I don’t have any solid proof yet, but I’m sure who that mastermind could be. Question is… Do you want to hear it?’

Kyran did not even blink. “Charlene.”

and Charlene McKinney. Deirdre was pregnant with your

mind from returning to that day–the fire, the woman and her

inferno.

angel to become a demon capable of the most wretched

his back.

mind. Snuffing out his cigarette, he exhaled. ” Brendan, the past is the past. People can be unrecognizably changed even after a year, let alone two years shy of

met that this is a woman who’s motivated

Kyran thought of the trials Deirdre had gone through and felt a chill sweeping across his heart. “I was just thinking, who’s the bigger

given a chance to live, Brendan swooped back in like the Devil, chained her to his side, and proceeded to rain hellfire on her, humiliate her, abuse her, and endlessly torment

wonder Deirdre’s love turned into

the question with a much more practical one of his own,

her abduction is Charlene.” Kyran shut the document. “It’s high time she

Deirdre’s busy in the kitchen. It’s not safe to leave her

forward until Declan, climbing down his car,