In truth, she minded that very much, especially when she woke up that morning to the man’s hug and smelled his faint body scent. She could not help thinking about the time when they had been married. She remembered the wonderful process infuriating her even more. She hated Brendan for always being in control and calling the shots, yet he had chosen to annoy her in this manner. Brendan was actually not infuriated. He turned over and got out of bed. Just as Deirdre thought she could finally feel relieved, Brendan suddenly removed her blanket and began to undress her without any hesitation. Deirdre was startled by the unexpected coldness on her body. She covered her chest with all her might and said, “What are you doing, Brendan!”‘Why won’t he let me off when I’m already in this state? Does he want me to break my ribs again so he can be pleased?!’“No! Don’t! Don’t molest me!” Deirdre’s face turned ghastly pale, and the huge movements put her in so much pain that she teared up.

Deirdre wanted to laugh. “You’re going to say that I’m wrongly accusing her. Fine then. I’m tired. You should leave.”‘Here it goes again.’Brendan was furious. ‘Haven’t I done enough for Deirdre? I called Charlene over to the office and questioned her without definite evidence when Charlene was supposed to be the person I cherished the most. I doubted her for Deirdre. What else does she want me to do?’“Don’t push it, Deirdre. It is my bad for not preventing you from nearly being poisoned indeed. However, you can blame it on me, not on Charlene!”Deirdre chuckled.‘How could I ever have the audacity to do that? I can’t blame it on anyone because I’m just a powerless, blind person.’Deirdre did not wish to speak anymore, so she shut her eyes and pulled up the blanket to rest. Brendan left angrily after being ignored by Deirdre, and his departure startled Sam. Brendan was emotionally unstable, with extremely drastic mood swings, and had been like this ever since Deirdre had co

“It’s because you’re in the way, of course. Your presence ruined the loving relationship between me and Brendan!” A moment later, Charlene chuckled, sounding like a show-off. “However, Brendan still cares about me very much. He chose to leave you injured and all alone in the hospital without the slightest concern after finding out that I was displeased. He took me traveling around just to cheer me up, and I had a delightful time sharing a bedroom with him.”She smiled with her head lowered, as if she was shy. Deirdre could obviously feel the stinging pain in her chest, but it was not because she still had feelings for Brendan. She had already given up, but that did not mean that she was dead. She found Brendan’s coldness and ignorance toward her malicious. “So you’re here today to show off your loving relationship with Brendan?”Charlene sneered. “No, of course not. Do I still need to show off my loving relationship with Brendan? I’m only here to tell you something out of kindnes

“Don’t bother. She has always been ungrateful. She will still pull a long face no matter how well you treat her, and the sight of her sickens me,” Brendan said in a displeased tone. “You should head back first. I’ll come and see you tonight.”Charlene nodded shyly. She was about to leave when Deirdre, who was sitting on the bed, suddenly said, “Brendan, are you planning on going to court to go through the divorce procedure with me when I’m discharged from the hospital later today?”Brendan turned his head to the side to look at Charlene as soon as those words were spoken, his dark eyes glistening with coldness.Charlene’s expression was frozen. She hastily explained, “Brendan, I just gave Ms. McKinnon a gentle reminder. I wasn’t trying to do anything.”Brendan did not respond. Instead, he looked at Deirdre once again. His flawless, gorgeous face was enshrouded in a layer of coldness, and his thin lips were compressed tightly as he said in a cold voice, “So what if that is the case?

Charlene braced herself and spoke up under Brendan’s watchful eyes. “It’s apparent that your mother is still abroad, so how can you meet her so soon, huh?”“Is that so…” Deirdre was relieved abruptly and only discovered that her fingers were trembling after her mind relaxed. She had felt terror taking over her, and she was glad that her speculation was not true. “I don’t care. I just want to see her! Don’t worry, I’m not going to hold on to the status of Mrs. Brighthall forever.” Deirdre sneered at herself upon finishing her sentence. She could no longer be bothered to hold the position that had resulted in such loss and destruction. “All I want is to see my mother. I will head to the court for the divorce proceedings by myself without any reminders from you after meeting her.”Brendan’s dark eyes were filled with agitation. “We shall discuss that later. I’ll see you to the door, Charlene.”He walked out of the room swiftly with Charlene in his wake, her chest tight with anxie

Afterward, Charlene was whisked away by Sam, and Brendan found Deirdre sitting on the bed in a daze when he entered the room again. She felt slightly frantic when she heard the sound of the door being opened. “Brendan, when will you let me meet my mother? I… I’ve missed her…”Perhaps she had been suppressing her emotions earlier because she did not wish to show them to Charlene, yet she was feeling anxious for no apparent reason deep down. She felt that she would only be at ease when she met Ophelia in real life. “I told you that she is receiving treatment abroad. We will need some time to make arrangements, even if you want to meet her. Do you think that meeting her is so simple?” Brendan was answering against his conscience, so he spoke in a rather harsh tone. Deirdre was under the assumption that he was not fond of being queried, so she nodded and said in a gentle tone, “Don’t worry, Brendan. It’s not that I don’t want to get a divorce. I’m only worried that you won’t let me

Deirdre walked upstairs by holding the handrail and opened the door to enter Brendan’s room. A moment later, a pair of huge hands grabbed her by her waist and spun her around before she was pushed down and pinned against the soft bed. She was attacked by the man’s ferocious kiss while he stripped his clothes away.Deirdre was taken aback and struggled with all her might. “Don’t! Don’t touch me, Brendan!”“Don’t touch you?” Brendan grabbed her jaw forcefully and looked down at her. “Give me a reason not to touch you. Since you’re still alive and refuse to give me a divorce, shouldn’t we fulfill our duty as husband and wife?”Deirdre hastily explained, “It’s not that I don’t want to get a divorce! I want to meet my mother. If I see her, I will divorce you immediately, Brendan!”“Shut up!” Brendan shouted at her, finding her eagerness to get a divorce very unpleasant. “Your excuse doesn’t sound convincing now that you’ve used it twice. I know what you want better than you!”‘What d

“Don’t tell him!” Deirdre’s face turned ghastly pale, and she bit her lower lip before saying, “It’s unnecessary for you to inform him of this. Just get it for me.”Sam felt troubled but did not accept Deirdre’s assignment in the end. He called up Brendan to report this incident after promising to help her. After he was done reporting it, Sam asked, “Should I get it, Mr. Brighthall?”Brendan was subdued for a long time before he uttered with his teeth gritted in a rage, “Get it! However, don’t get her the contraceptive pills. Get her supplements of the same brand instead.”Sam was caught in a daze for a long while after he hung up. He was so confused by the situation, thinking, ‘Is Mr. Brighthall trying… to get Deirdre pregnant?’Sam was taken aback at that thought. Deirdre took the pills in gratitude after getting them from Sam. She could not see, so she did not notice that something was off. She slept after consuming the pill, feeling pleased. She dreamt of her mother ret

Deirdre was not in the mood to eat after contacting Brendan had yielded no result. She lay on the bed and lost track of time before she realized that the edge of the bed had sunk down in her drowsy state. “Who’s there?” She jolted awake in confusion and stretched out her hand to feel about the bed, only to feel a well-defined, huge hand. A moment later, her hand was grabbed abruptly, and a man said in a mocking tone, “Are you so horny, Deirdre? I was only sitting here, yet you groped me in haste...”Deirdre was stunned for a moment before she immediately pulled back her hand, her expression full of astonishment. “No… Why are you here, Brendan?”“What do you mean why I’m here?” Brendan furrowed his eyebrows, stretched out his hand to pinch her chin, leaned over, and then narrowed his eyes threateningly. “Who else could be in this villa other than me? Or are you so bold that you invited another man here behind my back?”Deirdre’s face grimaced from pain as she uttered, “Aren’t you

It was a long, lustful night. Deirdre opened her eyes after batting her eyelashes and sensed Brendan’s even breathing next to her. She got out of bed cautiously and opened the pill bottle that she had prepared in advance. She hid a pill in her palm and headed to the bathroom. Brendan had his eyes open and watched her throughout the entire process. It was all too obvious that she did not wish to get pregnant with his child. It was so obvious that she could not hide it. Even though her weak body might not necessarily be able to withstand the contraception’s side effects, she consumed the pill over and over again. Compared to her actions two years ago, when she would rather have gotten rid of the pill in secret just to get pregnant, her extremely appropriate actions now made Brendan wonder if Deirdre would be delighted to get pregnant with Sterling’s child. At that thought, Brendan felt a knot in the pit of his stomach. -Deirdre swallowed the pill without water and took a