The Divorcee Who Shines novel Chapter 177

Chapter 177 Showing Weakness

Shannon knew that if she showed enough weakness and looked pitiful enough, Brendon wouldn't be able to refuse her. This was her winning strategy – it had never failed before.

"Shannon, I'm a little tired and want to rest for a bit. Can you leave?" Brendon made an excuse and didn't want to continue discussing these matters.

Hearing this, Shannon grabbed his sleeve with a distressed expression on her face. "Brendon, do you hate me?" she asked.

"How could I? Don't think too much about it," Brendon replied calmly. He didn't dislike Shannon but he also didn't particularly like her either – he used to have trouble distinguishing between the two feelings but now he understood that he only felt brotherly affection towards Shannon along with some guilt and responsibility.

"That's good! As long as you don't hate me then I'm satisfied!" Shannon rubbed her reddened eyes and continued speaking in a small voice. "But... Aunt, Holly and everyone at Boulderland Mansion know about our relationship so can you not push me away when we're outside? Otherwise I'll lose face!"

Brendon chuckled at how childish she sounded while pouting cutely. "When did I ever push you away? Don't worry too much about it; just rest well since you just got out of the hospital."

Shannon smiled sweetly before obediently leaving the room but once she turned around, she couldn't maintain that expression anymore!

Brendon wasn't as affectionate towards her as before! What if he really did put Ranita in his heart instead of herself? What would happen then? Unconsciously resentment flashed across Shannon's eyes.

Ever since becoming pregnant, Ranita had been having trouble sleeping at night especially tonight when Jedidiah called which brought up emotions buried deep within causing discomfort inside.

Just then, Ranita's phone rang.

"Hello?"

There were some rustling sounds from the other end of the line before someone spoke up hesitantly, "Excuse me… are you Miss Ranita?"