Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 884 I Won’t Let You Down

The sudden weightlessness bewildered Deirdre. She instinctively grabbed his collar as she grimaced in panic. She could feel him opening a door, and then, silently-she found herself gently plopping on the softness of her bed.

Her surroundings were too quiet, and she could hear her heart racing.

Helplessly, she cried out, "B-Brendan? B-Brendan!"

The man in question planted a gentle kiss on her forehead. "I'm here."

She withdrew her fingers into fists. "Please, don’t..."

The nervous dread on her face annoyed him enough that he snorted.

Please don't'? Really?"

an animal, Dee. I'm not going to take advantage of you when you're still injured.

Deirdre blanked and tacitly allowed him to do whatever he wanted

he would. He gently poured some ointment on her injuries and rubbed them carefully, his erstwhile cool hand strangely warm this

hurt. Brendan always caught it the moment her

who did this to you have all been punished... severely. From now on, nobody’s going to harm

mind blanked, and she said, "The most important

prices I have to pay is this. I'm used to a life like that," she said under her breath. "What I want in the end is news of my mother, so don’t throw yourself in danger for my sake. If you’re in a bind, then it frustrates

he asked, 'You’re still worried

best reparation you can ever give me is telling me, with certainty, if my mother’s still alive. I don't want you to lose everything you have or become some image everyone out there

but Brendan could still detect genuine care and concern from her. His lips curled

he murmured. Deirdre was no longer the same woman who would