“Tsk, tsk, tsk.” Cillian tutted in a taunting manner. “If you were to come six days ago and tell me this, perhaps I might be touched by your unfaltering devotion. Yet, you’ve only returned after leaving Eastgene for six days. Isn’t it hypocritical of you to speak like this now?”Deirdre widened her eyes and agreed with Cillian’s remark in her heart. ‘Didn’t Brendan give up on me? Didn’t he leave for Neve already?’ She could not understand why he was back again. Brendan was unbothered, and his expression did not even change, but he repeated himself, “What do you want?”Cillian was feeling slightly furious. He put out his cigarette while he sneered. “What do I want? You beat me up violently the other day that my face was swollen for three whole days, Mr. Brighthall. I woke up in pain and lost a few teeth. I figure that I can’t just endure the torment for nothing, right?” Cillian narrowed his eyes and said, “If you were to bow down to me in everyone’s witness, I might consider han

Cillian looked at her and said, “It seems that between you and Charlene, he has chosen you.”Deirdre was shocked and her eyelashes were batting. ‘Am I dreaming? I must be… Brendan is arrogant and overbearing. How can he possibly bow down to someone? How can he bow down to Cillian!?’“Will that be enough?” Brendan looked straight ahead. Even when his back was bent, he was still as charming as ever. “Let her off. Every wrong has its cause. I should be the one to pay back what I owe you.”“Uh…” Cillian feigned his hesitation, but the smirk on his lips remained as wide as ever. “It is surprising that Mr. Brighthall is willing to bow to me. However, I’m afraid that it can be difficult to erase everything that happened when all you do is just bend over.”Brendan’s expression turned sour. “You said that all I have to do is bow down.”“Yes.” Cillian laughed in delight. “However, I didn’t say I’d free Deirdre after you bowed to me. I said I won’t torment Deirdre if you bow down to me wil

Cillian was burning with anger at the thought of how he had been put through the torture and the powerlessness he felt when Brendan pinned him on the ground. Soon afterward, he ordered his subordinates ferociously, “Beat him up! Beat him to his death!”“Mr. King…” The few bodyguards stood looking at one another. “Are we really going to hit him? Mr. King Sr. is—”Cillian’s expression turned cold, and his sinister-looking eyes were filled with killing intent. “Are you working for him or me?”As soon as he made the remark, the subordinates did not have the courage to speak anymore. One of them raised his hand and punched Brendan. Brendan collapsed to the ground in pain, only to be struck by heavier punches than the previous ones. He felt as if his internal organs were exploding from the punches and churning in his chest.Deirdre shook her head with all her might. She could hear the sound of the beating and also Brendan’s muffled grunt from enduring the pain. She shouted, “Stop it!

Brendan spoke so coldly that Cillian could not help halting his movements for a moment. By the time he realized his reaction, he despised his reaction and leaned over in preparation to kiss her. In the next moment, a loud noise echoed from outside suddenly. Wynne came from outside in a rush. His face was green with rage and pale with fear. “Someone’s coming, Mr. King!”More than ten cars and a helicopter surrounded the private residence densely. Before Cillian could respond to the situation, someone had already shot the door lock, kicked down the door, and charged into the house. Cillian wanted to react by running, but those people had already arrived and captured everyone, including Cillian and all his subordinates. Sam took a glance at Deirdre on the sofa and then looked at Brendan apologetically. “I’m sorry that I’m late, sir.”Brendan did not respond. Instead, he took away the gun from Sam’s hand and dragged along his extremely painful body to walk to Cillian step by step

“You must get yourself checked in the hospital first, right? I’ll take you.”Brendan extended his hand while Deirdre avoided him nonchalantly. “Send me to Village Alnwick. That is the place where I should be.”“Deirdre—”“Consider that I’m begging you.” Deirdre furrowed her eyebrows tightly, and her head was throbbing. “You don’t need to put on an act in my presence. Brendan, I understood how merciless you are from the moment you decided to return to Neve after learning about my abduction.“Even though I knew it all along, you still managed to be a little crueler than I had imagined. It is a good thing that I didn’t put much hope in you from the start. That’s all. Let me go back and rest for a few days first so I can calm myself down.”There was a change in Brendan’s dark eyes at last. A tinge of melancholy flashed past his eyes, and he cracked a smile that pained one’s heart. “Is that how I am to you? Selfish, heartless, merciless, and someone who will cast you aside first when

Deirdre knew that Glenna was comforting her, so she cracked a smile to appease Glenna. “Thank you.”She wanted to adjust her mentality, but the events that had taken place in the past few days were complicated. “I shall make a move first.”Deirdre leaned against the door and slid to the floor upon entering the villa. She felt as if all her energy was drained from her body, leaving only an empty, flat husk. She had only discovered that she did not even have someone to vent to after losing Kyran. She could not express everything that happened, but she could only bury everything in her heart until it decayed and turned into a puddle of mud. Two days later, Deirdre was back to being her usual self and accepted Glenna’s invitation to have a meal. Glenna’s friendliness was overboard in the past few days. She went from addressing Deirdre as Miss McKinnon to Deirdre in less than half an hour. In fact, she had even told Deirdre about everything regarding herself. It was Deirdre’

Declan walked toward them, and Glenna was already incapable of taking her eyes off him. He was so good-looking that she could only describe him as breathtaking. “Miss McKinnon.” Declan nodded toward Deirdre courteously, then turned his head to look at Glenna. He cracked a smile and said respectfully, “You’re Glenna, right? I frequently sought your help to handle many tasks previously. Thank you for taking the trouble to do those tasks.”Glenna was at a loss for how to behave herself. Her usual high spirits and enthusiasm vanished at this very moment, and she felt muddle-headed. Deirdre cleared her throat, and Glenna was jolted back to reality. She rubbed her palms anxiously at all times and answered, “It's… It’s no… No trouble…”Declan smiled. “You sounded very extroverted on the phone. I didn’t expect you to be so shy in person.”Deirdre could not refrain from chuckling aloud. Glenna was an extrovert, but she would shrivel up when she was in the presence of someone she fancie

Deirdre suddenly began shaking, and the feeling of disgust radiated all over her body. She covered her mouth.Declan hastily stepped on the brake.“What’s going on? Are you alright?”Deirdre recovered from her shakiness and shook her head.“I’m alright.” She said, “Just getting a little motion sickness. Please continue to drive.”Declan said concerningly, “I shall drive slower then. You may let me know if anything.”“Sure.”Deirdre hugged herself tightly, yet she still could not withstand the coldness that chilled her to the bone. The car stopped after half an hour. Deirdre tucked a strand of hair on her face behind her ear. “Are we here?”“Hmm, we’re here. I’ll send you into the house and pay a visit to the village.”Declan was about to remove his seat belt when Deirdre said smilingly, “It’s fine. I’m not fully blind, and I can still tell where the door is. Go ahead and get busy with the Village Alnwick project.”She removed her seat belt and got out of the car while she w

Deirdre was caught in a daze for a moment, but she cleared her head soon enough. ‘Brendan’s tricks are growing cruller with time, and now he has learned to seek pity too?’She would feel sorry for him at this point if she was her past self, but she felt nothing other than hatred now. She said nonchalantly, “What does your well-being have anything to do with me? Go to the hospital if you’re unwell, Brendan. I’m not a doctor and can’t help you. If it’s inconvenient for you to send the phone to me, I’ll seek Mr. King’s help to get it from—”“I won’t hand it to him.” Brendan took a deep breath and concisely interrupted her. Deirdre was stunned and furrowed her eyebrows. “What are you doing, Brendan?”Brendan repeated himself by saying, “Come see me.”“No!” Deirdre roared aloud, her ghastly pale face flushed in anger.The customers in the convenience store looked over at her. She forced herself to calm down with great effort by clenching her fist tightly. Only then she found he

It would be inappropriate, indeed. In the end, Deirdre took the call, but her tone was icy cold. “What the h*ck do you want, Brendan? Are you only pleased after tormenting a person to madness?”Brendan chuckled bitterly. “I’m sick, Deirdre. I’m feeling very ill and have no one else with me. I just want to see you. Even if you don’t care about me, will you not fulfill this request of mine?”After exhaling a breath, Deirdre fell silent while Brendan said, “You can call me despicable or shameless, but I’ll return the phone to you if you come. Otherwise, not only will I destroy the phone, but I won’t agree to get a divorce either.”Upon saying that, Brendan gave her the hotel address and ended the call concisely. Deirdre suppressed the shakiness of her hand as she returned the phone to its spot. “What’s going on?” The storekeeper was extremely anxious. Deirdre shook her head. “It’s done. Please charge me for this call as well.”After leaving the store, her mind was blank.The