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

uh, Miss McKinsey. She's here... to see you. She asked me to inform you about that."

She did not expect Charlene to come to

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 was the future Mrs. BrighthalI, and the maid could not

opened the door. The maid stepped back and went downstairs with her hand on the rail. There, a corner of her blurry sight

time no see!" she said with a

she was careful not to show anything on her face." Long time no see? Really? If memory serves, we just met a few days ago." "Time's changing, darling! We're meeting under very different circumstances now. Earth-shattering different circumstances. Naturally, it feels like

to entertain herself. "So, what's the point of being here this

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 eyes remained fixed on