Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 901 What Must I Do?

Deirdre found his temperament almost too zig-zagging to make sense. In the past, she could ingratiate with him as much as she wanted, no questions asked. But now, the same things suddenly irritated him.

She ducked, squeezing her shoulders into herself, and cast her sight to the floor to begin feeling and salvaging the documents.

At that moment, Brendan suddenly yanked her arm toward him and, by extension, her entire body. Before she knew it, the force nailed her legs across his lap, her shocked expression facing his visage.

It was a.... rather suggestive position to be in.

Deirdre froze as she sensed Brendan drawing her into himself before he rested his chin on her shoulder.

"God. What must I do, Deirdre?" he asked, surprisingly defeatedly.

Deirdre blinked. Her fingers slipped gently before lacing around his strong, firm arm. She did not find their position repulsive-just awkward.

"You're not mad anymore?"

"What good does my anger do? It doesn't matter how angry I am. You

with more solemness. "Listen to me, Deirdre. I don't want you to do anything against your will just to ingratiate yourself with me. I’ll give you anything you want, but this isn't a bargain. I'm not rewarding you

do what you truly want to do and feel what you really feel. You obviously aren't willing to have s*x with me, so why pretend otherwise? Is this an insult to you or me? I never walk back on my promises, remember?

Emotions-not all of them in concordance with each other-swarmed into her from all directions.

What did he say?

hated it when she forced herself against

would grant her freedom to leave once the

wanted the real

mad because she was ingratiating with him. He was upset by the reason behind it-the fact that she was only doing it

asked, "Are you sure?" "Sure of what?"

long time just to finally say the

how you feel to me. So, don't ever do something so stupid and wrong ever again," he

cuddling with her in a very intimate position, yet it felt like there was an unbridgeable chasm between

It used to seem impossible to heal-until today when for the first time, she realized something had