Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 809 stay With Me, Keep Me Company

"You're wrong. You can help me." Brendan's lips began to loom close. His face seemed to be zooming in on her eyes. She still could not make out much of his features, but she could feel his breath washing over her.

She instinctively froze. "How was I supposed to help?" "Kiss me to relieve me of my pain."

Deirdre’s expression darkened. 'This cr*p again?" she snapped and ignored him altogether, rising to her feet as though she was going. 1

Brendan reached out and caught her in the wrist, and the pain of something being torn open flared on his arm.

He took a shaky breath, and his fingers quivered. Still, he refused to let go.

"Brendan? Are you okay?"

He fixed his eyes on her alarmed expression and reacted with a helpless grimace. "I know you hate my guts, Deirdre, but my injury came from rescuing your friend. Can't you at least be a little nicer to me while I'm recovering?"

much so that staying with him for more than ten minutes could suffocate her. At

took a deep breath and lowered her eyes to the floor. "What do you want

hand to pull her in. "Sit with me and keep me company," he said

She frowned. "That’s it?"

said, "You mean

I meant was I don't understand why you insist I sit with you! If all you need is a companion, why not just ask Charlene? She's the woman you love the most! Have her keep you company. You won't be as bored

"Who the h*ll told

"What? You're going to tell me she's

certainty in his denial startled her

decided to drop the thread. This was a sore, cheerless topic, especially when they

couch and decided to ignore Brendan as much as she could, so she turned on the TV. Unfortunately, she could feel the man’s unsteady breath and noticed how irregular its rhythms were, as though he was suffering great pain. It was a far cry from last night. Brendan at least managed to

the wrong medicine?" she asked. She could no longer contain

in quiet joy.

was deeper than we thought. Maybe it was infected