Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 742 What Do You Prefer: a Son, Or a Daughter?

Fionn proved to be rather trusting and did not press on. He simply replied,* Okay, then.".

Tobey gripped Deirdre by the shoulders. "We don't have much time, Dee. You know Brendan better than I do, right? You practically live with him.

You'll be the one to vie for the most opportune time, you hear? I'll never change my number, and I'll always be around where you live. Anytime you’re ready to flee, you give me a heads-up, and I'll take you away from all of this. We'll go somewhere so foreign even Brendan would not know where to look!"

Tobey was oozing so much conviction that Deirdre finally yielded. Her mind was a million panicked thoughts rising at once, but she forced herself to think as coherently as she could. "What about Madame Russell?" she asked. "When Brendan's possessed, he goes all the way through the bottom of the barrel. He's not gonna let anyone go, not even Madame Russell."

"Don’t worry about that. I’ll send my mom to live in her hometown these few days until all of this blows over. She doesn't like living in cities but feels right at home in any rustic countryside."

That calmed Deirdre down.

The time she had bought had run out. She pushed the door open and walked out, but before she left, she told Tobey under her breath, "Thank you."

Tobey had taken a gambit with his life just so she could have a chance to escape Brendan. That was a sacrifice so momentous that failure ceased to become an option.

examination went on swimmingly, and Brendan was overjoyed. He pulled her into his arms as he read their report and breathed in her ear, "Would you rather

thought either was fine-as long as he was the one who fathered it. But things were different now.

could not leave him hanging, so she cast her eyes down and

cupped her face so he could meet

do you

to reply, "Because that was not your answer back

remembered the night of their wedding when a few of their friends wanted to play Truth Or Dare with the newlywed

she was dared to mouth-feed

their friends then asked, "Do you want a baby boy

a look at Brendan, whose forced smile was indicative of annoyance. Still, she loved him so much that she ignored

"Why?"

a second question. Truth

not resent the follow-up. In fact, she willingly—though quietly- answered, "Because I

placeholder on that wedding night. She harbored no delusions