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?"

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

was so gentle that Deirdre blanked and tacitly

exactly what he said he would. He gently poured some

would occasionally frown when it hurt. Brendan always caught it the moment her brows

it was over, Brendan told her gravely, 'The people who did this to you have all been punished... severely. From now

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

said under her breath. "What I want in the end

asked, 'You’re still worried about the company, aren’t

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 some grandiose reasons

camaraderie at most, but Brendan could still detect genuine care

no longer the same woman