Charlene’s eyes were bloodshot, and she said in a grievous tone, “Brendan, I’m supposed to be the one you love! What have I done wrong? Why are you treating me like this!”Brendan expressed his disgust. “Shut up! I considered myself blinded in the past. You’re no longer the kind Charlene who risked your life to save me, and I won’t trust you anymore!”Had he not been blinded by love in the past, Deirdre would not have had to endure hardships in prison, and she would not… She would not loathe him so much that he would need to assume a different identity to be with her. Charlene went from being hopeless to calm. She wiped away her tears and said, “However, you have no choice but to be with me to acquire the information for Deirdre, no matter how much you hate me.”She cracked a smile. “As long as you’re willing to be with me, we will spend more time with each other. I assure you I’ll make you fall in love with me once again.”“I don’t know how you can be so confident to think I’d f

“Yes, o-of course. That is not an issue, for sure. However, are you sure that you want to go home by yourself? Shall I send you?”Deirdre shook her head and declined by saying, “I’m fine. I’ll just get a cab home and inform Glenna about it later. If they ask about me, please tell them I’m not feeling well.”Whelan did not comment further because he assumed that Deirdre wanted some quiet time to be alone. “Sure.”“Thank you.”Deirdre hailed a cab, got into the car, and felt an intense feeling of fatigue washing over her until she felt suffocated.She leaned her head against the window and reached into her pocket without her notice. She could tell from the dim light of her phone that her phone was still working.However, she had yet to receive Kyran’s call after a long time.“What time is it, sir?”The driver answered, “It’s almost 9:00 p.m.”‘It’s so late already? Could it be that Kyran is still driving?’It was perhaps a good thing, so Deirdre did not ponder further.Soon, D

Charlene was caught by surprise when a hand clutched her arm and pulled her hands out from behind her forcefully, revealing the phone.Brendan’s pupils constricted abruptly. He snatched the phone from her hand and brought up the call history to find Deirdre’s countless missed calls and the incoming call that had lasted one and a half minutes. His face turned pale instantly.Charlene tucked a strand of hair behind her ear without a modicum of guilt, and she was even smiling when she said, “Brendan, I feel that it would be best for a man not to be too crude. What do you think?”Brendan glared at her. “Have you lost your mind?”At the thought of how Deirdre could have possibly heard Charlene’s voice, he felt an overwhelming feeling in his chest, and he looked like he wanted to murder someone. Charlene felt lingering fear in her heart from his stare. She said with an innocent expression, “Don’t worry, Brendan. She didn’t know it was me. I didn’t make a sound from the moment I picked

Before Brendan could say anything, Deirdre said smilingly, “Perhaps I might listen to the reason you didn’t come home late at night, but you need not explain about your relationship with the woman.”Brendan felt his heart racing, and the panic in his speech could not be concealed when he said, “Deirdre?”“That is because it’s unnecessary,” Deirdre answered swiftly. Her gaze was gentle as usual when she said, “I trust you, and I trust that your relationship with any other person is pure. I trust that you won’t cheat on me or betray our relationship. Hence, I’m not going to indulge in wild conjectures, and you don’t need to be anxious about that.”Brendan stood in the same spot in a daze. He had never expected the situation to turn out like this. In fact, he remembered feeling an unbearable burning sensation in his chest when he was driving here.He was afraid that Deirdre would indulge in wild conjectures, that she would get in a conflict with him and hate him.Countless possible s

Declan was receptive enough to notice that something was off. He asked with furrowed eyebrows, “What is going on?”Brendan placed his phone on the table and lit a cigarette. He narrowed his eyes and looked into the dark night and plants blowing in the wind outside the window, surrounded by smoke. His heart, which was boiling over with pain, only calmed down gradually at this very moment. “I bailed out Charlene.”Declan did not pay much attention to the case because he had more important tasks to attend to. He was surprised when he heard that. “What happened?”He could not help feeling that Brendan had lost his mind. He furrowed his eyebrows and speculated, saying, “Were you threatened?”Sooner or later, Charlene would discover that Kyran was Brendan. It would be inevitable for her to want to take Brendan down with her when she found out about the situation and threatened Brendan with this.Declan found it strange because how could Brendan be threatened if he were to migrate to

Deirdre raised her head, trying to remember, but she could not. “What’s going on?” The man leaned closer and kissed the side of her lips. He teased her on purpose by saying, “Or have I misunderstood your intention that you want to do something else before you sleep?”Deirdre immediately lowered her head in embarrassment while Brendan chuckled and cuddled her. “Go to sleep.”“Hmm.”Initially, she did not feel very drowsy anymore, yet she could not help feeling drowsy in the safety of Kyran’s company and fell asleep slowly. Brendan made breakfast the next morning and waited for Deirdre to eat after she woke up. Then, he left driving, with Deirdre gazing after his departure.-“What!? You’re saying that they look like they have a good relationship and that they don’t quarrel? How can that be possible?” Charlene’s expression was unpleasant, and she pulled back her hand that was being manicured. She made her way to the side and said, “Are you sure that you haven’t seen it wrongly?”

“Who am I?” The woman could not help laughing aloud. “Can’t you recognize me?”She reminded Deirdre by saying, “I picked up your call kindly yesterday night.”Deirdre’s expression changed upon recalling that.The woman’s red lips curled into a smirk. “It seems that you haven’t forgotten all about me. I thought Kyran might have cast a spell on you, so you forgot everything from yesterday. As it turns out, you’re just keeping up a front and still thinking about it constantly.”Deirdre folded the rag and placed it properly with a cold expression. She asked, “What are you doing here?”The woman tilted her chin in a flaunting manner. “My goal of visiting here is very simple. You still don’t have awareness after my action yesterday. I have to pay you a visit in person to get rid of you for the future of Kyran and me. If you have some sense of propriety, you should leave Kyran as soon as possible! Stop being shameless.”“Shameless…” Deirdre chanted the word and found it ridiculous. “Uh…

“Who are you?”The man’s tone was icy cold, and he exuded an oppressive coldness from his body. He shielded Deirdre behind her and looked at the woman with a gaze sharp as a knife that could cut through a person’s throat.“Who sent you here?”The woman felt suffocated, and her knees turned to jelly from being stared at. She found that Mitch was already an imposing man, followed by a bunch of subordinates to do his dirty work. Mitch was extremely overbearing, but he was a weakling in comparison to the man before her.“I…” The woman could not help speaking with a shaky voice. She gnashed her teeth ferociously in an attempt to continue speaking, but she was already so terrified that she was rendered speechless.Kyran narrowed his eyes, pulled out his phone, and dialed a number. “Hello, I would like to report a case. The location is No. 106 Peak Residence, and someone has broken and entered a private residence with the intention of theft. Please come.”Soon, the police came and det

“However, will you still find out what you want if I die?” Charlene burst out laughing profusely. Noticing that Brendan was frowning and quiet, she leaned closer to him coquettishly. “I love you so much that I won’t go back on my word. I’ve always kept my promises to you. Deirdre doesn’t know about my existence, and she won’t find out who you are.”Brendan found her remark ridiculous and avoided her approaching hand. His gaze was filled with disgust, hatred, and coldness that he did not bother to conceal. “How about that woman today? Don’t you dare tell me that she is not a part of your trick.”Charlene admitted to it by saying, “I sent that person indeed.”“So, how dare you claim that you didn’t go back on your word?”“Is that woman related to my promise?” Charlene said boldly and smiled charmingly. However, her gaze was tainted with hatred. “I promised you that I won’t let Deirdre find out the truth, but I haven’t promised you that I won’t do everything in my power to discourage

Brendan recalled once again and found it strange. Both women had the exact same face, but why were Charlene’s eyes glistening with intelligence and scheming?Was it because she was honored over the years that she became obsessed and incapable of becoming the person she was in the past?Brendan’s mind was a chaotic mess. He stopped himself from continuing to think about it with great effort. He shut his eyes to calm himself and opened his eyes again. “As for the favor from the fire, I’ve already paid it back with eight full years of my life. I saved your life once during that period. A life for a life, so I don’t owe you anything anymore.”He owed it to Deirdre, and he would never be able to repay it fully. He hoped that he could make it up to her bit by bit with this. “I don’t agree with that!” Charlene’s beautiful face became distorted. “I won’t!”Brendan looked at her coldly. “It’s up to you to agree with that, but I get to decide if I’m willing to do it. If you want to be with