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?"

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 worried about you. Once I finish administering medicine on your injuries.

tacitly allowed

what he said he would. He gently poured some ointment

hurt. Brendan always caught it the moment her brows furrowed slightly and tweaked his motion to become even

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

serious. It was no lie. Deirdre's mind blanked, and she said, "The most important thing at the moment, Brendan,

to pay is this. I'm used to a life like that," she said under her breath. "What I want in

he asked, 'You’re still worried about the

mother’s still alive. I don't want you to lose everything you have or become some image everyone out there spits on for some grandiose reasons like 'protecting me.' You're not some lowlife the board can just look down

frame her words to signal only tepid camaraderie at most, but Brendan could still detect genuine care and concern from her. His lips curled upward, and he

same woman who would detest him as though he was