Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 644 Who Is She to Him, Then?

Deirdre released her grip, and Glenna rubbed on the sore spots.

Too sheepish to look directly at Declan, she gave an awkward laugh and replied, "R-Right! We were... b- both too excited to show off our c-cooking skills."

Declan snickered.

"God, what did I do to deserve having two attractive women dying to feed me good food? It’s not even my birthday yet!"

Hearing Declan call her "attractive" caused Glenna’s brain to eject everything that had happened between herself and Deirdre just seconds ago.

Sheepishly, she announced, "I’ll be in the kitchen!"

She brought the bags to the kitchen while Deirdre stood still on her spot, unmoving.

Declan considered her as he hung his coat and asked tentatively, "Miss McKinnon?"

She raised her head, and he smiled.

"What’s the matter? Didn’t you have a good rest last night? You’ve been wearing a long face since I got here."

a good rest,

breath and forced herself to calm down, but Glenna’s words haunted her

fingers, she asked, "Where were you,

"Me?"

was better to tell the truth or fib.lt was

"Is Brendan awake?"

seemed to have

made him feel even

he had was really bad, too.lt only got slightly better

closed her eyes and

the two of you had a

water and mulled her question

we haven’t been friends for along time now.But he’s alone here and was only here because he helped me.His fever is at least a little tangible connected to me.I could be a cold-hearted man if I wanted to, but I can’t find it in me to abandon him at this hour.lf! did that...wouldn’t that make me the exact kind of person

He made sense.

only come to Eastgene for Declan’s

vein, Declan could not possibly respond to that with cruel

of that dispelled what Glenna had

swirled in her

a hoax, then who was she to Declan? Who was Kyran to him? Deirdre shook her head.Her chest still felt like it was being pricked by