Resent Reject Regret by Aqua Summers novel Chapter 46

Chapter 46 It’s All Because of Her

Deirdre’s situation was critical. It took the emergency staff hours of grueling effort and focus to operate on her. Everyone was working with bated breath, and no one dared to relax. When it was finally over, they breathed a collective sigh of relief.

She was sent back to the mansion after that. Or to be more accurate, she was quarantined. Brendan hired more watchers to mind her, and now, she was a blind woman who had lost even the privilege to walk outside.

Brendan himself seemed to have vanished from her life.

She asked one of the bodyguards where he was, and all she received was a dismissive, “No idea.”

A few days later, while Deirdre was on her way down the stairs, she overheard the bodyguards chatting among themselves. “No kidding. This sh*t is still boggling to me -why is Mr. Brighthall keeping Mrs. Quasimodo in his bell tower, man? I almost think he’s planning to have her replace Miss McKinney as his babe!… If it weren’t for the fact that he’s been on these non-stop vacations abroad with Miss McKinney, that is.”

“Are you tripping? That’s the most preposterous theory I’ve ever heard! You know Mr. Brighthall loves Miss McKinney the most, right? How else would you explain him casting his business aside and taking her on

extravagant trips just because the lady said she’s feeling a little bit ‘unwell’?”

So Brendan’s absence was not out of spite or fury for her. It was because Charlene had been sick lately, prompting him to drop everything just to keep the girl company.

The mystery was solved-and yet Deirdre could not bring herself to smile at all. Still, Charlene must have redirected all the focus Brendan would have dedicated to making Sterling miserable, right? Not that she could call him to confirm this. Her phone was gone-Brendan had smashed it in a fit of rage. For a moment, Deirdre stood in the same spot, lost in her stupor.

Footsteps. Then, a voice said, “Miss McKinnon?”

It was the doctor, who was on one of his scheduled visits. Her bandage, the doctor had said, needed to be redressed every three days so it would not leave a nasty scar on her neck. The injury had not been lethal, but its position on her body was… unappealing.