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?"

could explain herself further. "I’m not an animal, Dee. I'm not going to take advantage of you when you're still injured. I'm only

tacitly allowed him to

exactly what he said he would. He gently poured some ointment on her injuries and rubbed them carefully,

the process, though she would occasionally frown when it hurt. Brendan always caught it the moment her brows furrowed slightly and tweaked his motion

it was over, Brendan told her gravely, 'The people who did this to you have all been punished... severely. From now on, nobody’s going to harm you

said, "The most important thing

breath. "What I want in the end is news of my mother, so don’t throw yourself in danger for

a while, he asked, 'You’re still worried about the company,

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 to lose everything you have or become some image everyone out there spits on for

to signal only tepid camaraderie at most, but Brendan could still detect genuine care and

Deirdre was no longer the same woman who would detest him as though he

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