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?"

Brendan continued before she could explain herself further. "I’m not an animal, Dee. I'm not going to take advantage of you when

movement was so gentle that Deirdre blanked and tacitly allowed

would. He gently poured some ointment on

Brendan

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

blanked, and she said, "The most important

she said under her breath. "What I want in the end is news of my mother, so

Brendan gradually. After a while, he asked, 'You’re still

to act like an idiot for the sake of atoning for this or that because the best reparation you can ever give me is telling me, with certainty, if my mother’s still alive. I don't want you

had tried to frame her words to signal only tepid camaraderie at most, but Brendan could still detect genuine care

I'm so happy," he murmured. Deirdre was no longer the same woman who would detest him as though he was the