Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 906 She Won't Push Me Away If She Really Loves Me

Storm clouds pooled around Brendan's visage almost instantly. He locked his eyes dead on Deirdre's face, snarling, "How long are you going to act like a brat, McKinnon!?"

The commotion summoned Mrs. Engel out of the kitchen. Seeing ceramic pieces bathing in a pool of pumpkin soup on the floor, the good woman immediately tried to de-escalate the situation.

"Mr. Brighthall, please hear me out! Mrs. Brighthall had never liked pumpkin soups! I can vouch for that! This is why I made something else for her instead. She's not trying to make things hard for you, I promise!"

Deirdre's face was ashen and unyielding. 'You don't have to explain anything to that thick skull, Mrs. Engel. I'm always wrong to him anyway!" She sulked.

you were released from the detainment center!” he thundered. "If anything in this house offends your oh -so-high horses, talk it out like a grown-up! Nobody will lick your boo-boo just because you know how to throw a fit!” "M-Mr. Brighthall!" Mrs. Engel

she had expected, a resentful glare

her to step in. "Bren's right, you know," she said, her voice dripping with faux concern. "If something's bothering you, let it out like an adult instead of throwing a tantrum, okay? Bren's exhausted from work already. There's no reason he has to come home just to suffer another round of punishment." "I

fell, and her eyes turned misty. "But that’s because you pushed me down the stairs from the first floor and almost killed me! How was I supposed to play it cool after all that trauma!? In fact, you’re the one who’s getting a slap on the wrist instead of actual justice. You used your pregnancy to fish for sympathy and got out sooner than you should have! Meanwhile, I have to suffer the public’s rage!" "Ha! You deserve it." "McKinnon!" snarled Brendan. "Watch your mouth! Nobody here is

Then, seethingly, she rose from her seat, stormed up the stairs,

in everyone's *ss!" "But Mr. Brighthall, M-Mrs. Brighthall's.... She’s simply

had been firing off curses against Charlene for a while. It was all that demon's fault! She just kept sowing discord ever since she had arrived. Even Brendan's