Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 801 His Business Trip Was a Lie

Deirdre returned to the living room from the garden and changed the subject, "I'm hungry, Mrs. Engel." "In a minute, sweetie. Your porridge will be ready soon!"

The night, surprisingly, turned out to be a restless one. Then, the next early morning, Deirdre found herself woken up by a shrill commotion with Mrs. Engel's best attempt at consolation thrown in. She rose, put on a coat, and pushed open her door.

The racket became clearer and sharper. It crashed into her ears. "For the last time, where the h*ll is Brendan Brighthall!? Tell him to get down here right now! I am not leaving until everything's even!

"How could he do this to me? I sacrificed my entire youth, my better years, to the Brighthall Group! I let them drive me like I was a slave! And he's repaying all that devotion by sending me away to some foreign country and forcing my children's schools to expel my kids!?

"What the f*ck is this!? If he's not going to give me godd*mn explanation, I'm taking this to his old residence!"

were practically spitting fire. His voice was also too

the stairs and asked, "What’s wrong, Mrs.

see Mr. Brighthall. I told him the master of the house isn't at home, but he

blurry outline of a person's face, but she could tell from the content of his rant that this had something to do with work. "Sir, Mr. Brighthall’s not at home.

this one act as though she was the mistress of the house? Words were that Brendan was not interested

an option! Where the h*ll am I supposed to drag him out to the open?" Mr. Jensen scoffed. "He's not in his office at all today! Nobody knows where the h*ll he went, either. Oh, but I know one

Deirdre's lips twitched. "Are you telling me Brendan's scared ... of you? Are you telling me that Brendan Brighthall is hiding

could not give a counterargument, so he bit back with a brusque snarl. "I don't give a sh*t what he's doing. I know he's here, and I'm going to see him. Tell him to show

room in the house if

"Out on a business trip." "A business- Oh, shut the h*ll

takes one look at the mountain of work he's supposed to solve and decides to go on a business trip instead? My