Resent Reject Regret by Aqua Summers novel Chapter 311

Chapter 311 Are You Willing to Go to Eastgene?

Deirdre was moved into silence. Her tongue failed her, and it took her minutes to recover her voice finally. “Tobey, I… I’m not worth it.”

She did not deserve his concern. She was a hideous, blind, formerly-incarcerated ticking time bomb whose very presence could spell trouble at any time. She did not deserve to be with a man whose life was

on the ascent.

Tobey’s tone darkened. “Don’t you dare look down on yourself, Deirdre. Or was that a dig at my romantic preferences?”

Deirdre fell silent.

“You want me to tell you the ugly truth? Okay,” he added. “Truth is, I’m taking advantage of the current you. You’re at your most vulnerable, a lonely soul crying out for companionship and a place to belong. I’m merely seizing this moment. You know why? Because I know that even now, even when it seems like I’m at the height of my life, I don’t measure up to even a fragment of the blinding splendor you used to

emanate.”

Deirdre had always been their school’s brightest star. Her destitute family background had done nothing to stop her academic excellence. She could have easily gotten a place among the nation’s most elite schools if she had wanted to.

Then, there were the suitors. She was the belle to so many of his peers that Tobey literally had no chance.

Deirdre bit her lip, and her eyes turned misty. “No, Tobey, you’re wrong! I’m not half as good as you seem to think I am. I don’t want to be that thing that gets between you and your-”

“No, Deirdre. Nobody is half as good as you,” Tobey intercepted firmly.

A long beat of silence later, he asked, “Would you be willing to come to Eastgene?”

He broke the silence caused by her shock and continued. “My mom’s hale and hearty now, but I wouldn’t want her to stay in this place alone in the near future. I have a place and a job in this city now. All I need is the right time to get my mother over here so she can stay with me. If you like, you can come and join me. too. This will make it easy for me to care for you.”