Resent Reject Regret by Aqua Summers novel Chapter 608

Chapter 608 You Were Smoking?

The room was unusually cold, too. Someone had opened the window, or the stench would have been even starker. Deirdre was silent for a bit before she asked, ‘You were smoking?”

"Mm." Brendan coughed and cleared his throat. Once his voice regained clarity, he ordered, "The clothes are on your bed. Change into them. We should get going."

There was no stylist with them. After changing into her getup, Deirdre let her hair free, where it dangled around her shoulders. Before stepping outside, she put on some lipstick on her lips to look a little more alive.

Brendan stared at her. "Did you put on lipstick?”

"Yes." She brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear and dodged his gaze. "I can't possibly see them without makeup, but I don't know what else to do. Why? Something wrong?”

“Everything's wrong,” he replied brusquely. Stepping forward, he pressed his finger on her supple lips and wiped her effort away.

"You did a crappy job."

Deirdre was not at all offended. "Sorry. I was literally doing it blindly."

Brendan cast his eyes to the floor. "Give me your lipstick."

She passed it to him, and the man began to work. He cupped her chin and tipped it higher before grazing her lips with its rouge tip. Steadily, he worked with the precision of a surgeon until a gradient of red materialized.

The intensity in his gaze was starting to send shivers down Deirdre's spine. It was only when his phone rang that she had the opening to move, opting to cast her unseeing eyes down to the floor frantically. "Are you done?"

Brendan stopped. ‘Yes. Let's go."

The call came from Wynne, who had been waiting for them downstairs. Seeing Brendan and Deirdre, he eagerly stepped forward and greeted them. "Mr. Brigthall! Miss McKinnon! I'm Mr. Cillian King's assistant, Wynne. The weather's too cold to stay out here for long. Please come inside.”

Brendan helped Deirdre into the car and took his seat. Wynne started the engine and added, "Sorry for keeping the two of you waiting. Traffic is terrible today.”