Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 608 You Were Smoking?

The room was unusually cold, too. Someone had opened the window, or the stench would have been even starker. Deirdre was silent for a bit before she asked, 'You were smoking?"

"Mm." Brendan coughed and cleared his throat. Once his voice regained clarity, he ordered, "The clothes are on your bed. Change into them. We should get going."

There was no stylist with them. After changing into her getup, Deirdre let her hair free, where it dangled around her shoulders. Before stepping outside, she put on some lipstick on her lips to look a little more alive.

Brendan stared at her. "Did you put on lipstick?”

'Yes." She brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear and dodged his gaze. "I can't possibly see them without makeup, but I don't know what else to do. Why? Something wrong?"

"Everything's wrong," he replied brusquely. Stepping forward, he pressed his finger on her supple lips and wiped her effort away. "You did a crappy job."

Deirdre was not at all offended. "Sorry. I was literally doing it blindly."

to the floor. "Give me

it to him, and the man began to work. He cupped her chin and tipped it higher before grazing her lips with its rouge tip. Steadily,

that she had

'Yes. Let's

Deirdre, he eagerly stepped forward and greeted them. "Mr. Brigthall! Miss McKinnon! I'm Mr. Cillian King's assistant, Wynne. The weather's too cold to stay out here for long. Please come

the engine and added, "Sorry for keeping the two of you waiting. Traffic

the road the car took for a while,

doesn't stay there anymore, sir. Mrs. King said the family should stay somewhere new and fresh, so they bought a new

"I'm sorry?"

a house that old would only be haunted sooner or

their longevity and history. The real reason Mrs. King insisted it must be haunted was that the death of Declan's mother haunted her. She

house was not too far from the hotel Brendan and Deirdre were staying at. Half an hour later, they arrived at their destination. Even before Brendan got out of

upstairs, choosing our wine for the day. Welcome