“Who am I involved with?” Brendan was incredulous. Then, an idea occurred to him and he frowned deeply. “Are you talking about Emily?

“Fionn, Deirdre refused to listen to my explanation. Are you going to make blind accusations as well? Emily is my attending physician, and there’s nothing between us.”

Fionn’s body turned stiff for a moment when he heard that. He gave him a bitter smile and said, “Mr. Brighthall, if there’s nothing between you and Ms. Collins, why were you hugging each other?”

“What are you talking about?” Brendan raised his head abruptly. His eyes were filled with astoundment, and his expression was solemn. “Speak properly. What do you mean we were hugging each other!”

Brendan exuded such a powerful presence that he scared Fionn into taking a step back. He swallowed a gulp of saliva with great difficulty and braced himself before he said, “I saw it with my own eyes, Mr. Brighthall. I didn’t make it up.

“I came downstairs with Ms. McKinnon and found Ms. Collins lyin