Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 853 My Wedding With Brendan

"I mean, what's there to say this is what he's planning to do at all? If you ask me, I think Mr. Brighthall just wants the kid inside of her, not necessarily her. The one he truly loves has got to be Miss McKinsey, right? What they have is a solid, several years-worth of relationship, and that's far more than what a pretender could ever come close to." "You say that, but I can tell just how real and sincere Mr. Brighthall's care and concern for Miss McKinnon is, you know?" "Of course, he’s concerned. She's the mother of his child! Of course, he has to give a damn about her. She’s pregnant, for crying out loud. Is he going to let her throw a fit? Trigger her into some hysterics?"

The voices faded into the distance just as their words began to take a more mocking shape.

Deirdre thought she had grown numb to comments like these, and yet hearing the word "pretender" still felt like a knife in her chest.

It did not matter how hard she tried. In the end, she would always be seen as a pretender. A knockoff of a genuine product.

Deirdre heard a series of rapping at the door. She turned around and heard a maid's voice from behind the door. "Are you asleep yet, Miss McKinnon?"

her composure and opened the door. "What's the

Miss McKinsey. She's here... to see you. She asked

was stunned. She did not expect

maid looked very disconcerted. In the past, she would not have come to disturb Deirdre with news like this at all-in fact, she would have immediately told Charlene to go home. But Charlene was not just anyone she could turn away from now. This

with her hand on the rail. There, a corner of her

did not even need to speak. Charlene rose to her feet. "Miss McKinnon, long time no see!" she said with a wide grin

Really? If memory serves, we just met a few days ago." "Time's changing, darling! We're meeting under

Charlene had come up with to entertain herself. "So, what's the point of being here this time, Miss McKinsey?

force of her self -satisfied joy. "You really want me to cut straight to the chase, darling? I was only trying to be kind for your sake. Because I'm worried that if the news gets out, neither you nor your precious little baby

her fists. Her lips stayed shut. Her eyes remained