Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 873 Where is She?

"What's that on your wrist?"

Deirdre’s heart skipped a beat. She retracted her hand immediately as if she had touched something hot, her heart racing. "What's what?"

Her reaction was unexpected; Brendan was stunned. "Uh, why is it so dirty?

It looks like dust." "Oh!" Deirdre exhaled a breath of relief. He did not see her injury after all. After all the trouble the scandal had brought to him via the Brighthall Group, the last thing she wanted was for Brendan to be distracted by her affair. "Er, the wall was a little dusty when I accidentally rubbed my skin against it."

Brendan produced a piece of wet tissue. "I'll help with that."

He gingerly held her wrist with his one hand, but before the wet tissue even made contact, Deirdre suddenly withdrew hers in a state of nervous panic.

"What's the matter?"

she balked.” Sorry. I genuinely only wanted to clean your

quietly took the tissue and cleaned her wrist under the table. At times, she accidentally rubbed against her injury, and a little of that pain would break out of her

quickly as she could

it was getting late. Besides, he could not risk being too forward in rekindling

there's anything you'll like me to help with, please don’t hesitate. I will help you. I

flitted through Deirdre's eyes as she nodded a little anxiously. The warden led her back to the room where the other ten inmates waited

they relaxed. One of them approached her and pulled Deirdre

she shook

leader was rather pleased. She clapped Deirdre's cheeks. "Good girl. You should be proud of yourself for not being a snitchin' b*tch, darling, ' cause you just dodged a bullet there. Anyway, you’re sleeping in the

the table and got back to his car. He was about to start the engine, and yet his mind kept conjuring scenes of Deirdre's overreaction. Something just

with him for

his car and

Oh, she’s not staying

else?" the warden replied haplessly. "The scandal she's involved in has grown so big