Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Deirdre bit her lip and willed herself to appear calm. She remembered how much Brendan detested seeing her cry. “B-Brendan? I swear—I swear to God—I’ll be obedient and do whatever you ask me to. J-Just let me… Let me keep my child, okay? P-Please? I swear, it won’t… it won’t get in your hair. T-Then when Charlene wakes up, I promise I’ll leave with my child. It’ll vanish into thin air… as if it was never born.”

It did not matter how much her voice was breaking. Brendan had a heart of stone. Instead of making him pity her, all she managed was to make a faint shade of mocking glee appear in his callous black eyes. “Oh, you must be joking. The only reason you even became Mrs. Brighthall—and have been enjoying all these f*cking luxuries and comfort that your pathetic self doesn’t even deserve—is because you were fortunate enough to have that face. I may give you some leeway, but I’ve always made clear that the only one who would carry my child is Lena. You? You’re inferior to me!”

‘You’re… inferior to me?’

His cruel words cut her like knives. This hurt her even more than if he had just swung his hand and slapped her across the cheeks.

Why did Brendan have to treat her this way?

It was getting harder to breathe…

Then, footsteps echoed from outside the living room. Deirdre lifted her head, feeling alert. Steven was here, just as Brendan had finally exhausted the last mote of his patience.

out. “Take her to a private hospital where confidentiality will be assured. I

as she jolted at the sheer agony of witnessing the father of her child… treat her baby like an animal

ignored her. He just

There was only one thing on her mind, roaring and clawing out of her throat as she shrieked, “No, Brendan! Nooooo! Please,

her head on the floor in uncontrollable histrionics, making her forehead

have her face.

of Deirdre wanted to laugh. Of course she would not—she would never need to. She was loved! Brendan loved her! The heir to the Brighthall Family himself was head-over-heels in love

Brendan’s cheap replacement. Her worth rested on the fact that she looked just like

keep the

“Never.”

callous as an executioner’s. Brendan had gotten

Steven. “What are you waiting for? Get her out of my sight and take her there! Stop wasting time by ogling!”

arm under Deirdre’s shoulder and began to trawl her

she shrieked, fighting as ugly tears marred her face. “Brendan, pleaseeeee! How can you