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.

and Brendan was overjoyed. He pulled her into his arms as he read their report and breathed

one who fathered it. But things

cast her eyes down and

so he could meet her in the eyes.*

do you

"Because that was not

the night of their wedding when a few of their

dared to

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

"Why?"

second question. Truth is

did not resent the follow-up. In fact, she willingly—though quietly- answered, "Because I think... I think she's gonna be

just a placeholder on that wedding night. She harbored no delusions about