Brendan was not going to shy away from a hard conversation. He stepped closer to Madame Brighthall and said, “Do you know what happened to her?”It took all his willpower to suppress his rage. “By the time I found her, she was drugged and set up to be raped under the influence! The aphrodisiac they used on her damaged her body enough that her life is hanging by a thread. She just came out of the ER, but she’s still unconscious!”“What?!” Madame Brighthall cried in disbelief. She then leaped to her feet. “How did that even—? No, who would commit such an atrocity in this age and society? It’s barbaric!”He took a deep breath. “Just because you’re blissfully unaware of it, it doesn’t mean cruelty has ceased to exist.”Madame Brighthall furrowed her eyebrows. “Oh, so this is you looking for someone to crucify, isn’t it? And to you, I happen to be the one who caused all of this, right?” she retorted. “As if that woman wasn’t the one who drove a wrench into your relationship with Charlen

The moment when Deidre had been forced to get out, she must have been thrilled to finally leave Brendan and privately go back to Sterling.However, before Deirdre could even reach Sterling, she had been abducted into an illegal industry.Brendan wanted to laugh, but his chest felt stuffy and painful. Regardless of how strong the wind was, it wasn’t as cold as the chill in his heart.Brendan’s lips quivered in anger, and rage churned inside of him, trying to crush him down.“Brendan? Are you alright?” Charlene didn’t feel good while looking at Brendan. She wondered whether Deirdre’s intention to leave had hit him that hard.“Yes, I’m good.” Brendan closed his eyes with a quiver. After a while, when he reopened his eyes, the sentiment in them had disappeared. It had been replaced with his usual indifference and an affectionless gaze. “Go back. It’s cold out here. You don’t want to get sick.”“Would you like to go back with me?” Charlene felt his warmth and was assured that Brendan

Brendan pinched Deirdre’s face harder as rage soared in him. ‘If she wants to leave, does she have to make it so straightforward?’“What’s wrong with you?” Deirdre was feeling so much pain that tears dropped from her eyes. Meanwhile, she struggled hard to free herself.Brendan reacted by pushing Deirdre down on the bed while gripping her hands. His chest plopping, he growled, “What’s wrong with me? Deirdre, do you know that if I hadn’t just gone to the hotel to change clothes and met you, you would have been raped by that old man?! How could you leave immediately when you were asked to? If you were to die, would you be d*mn happy because it would mean you’d finally escape my control?”“You’re crazy…” Her eyes were red, and Deidre was truly disappointed that Brendan would blame her for this.“It’s your mother who demanded that I leave! She said I was a mistress destroying the relationship between you and Charlene! Mr. Brighthall, I was not brazen enough to stay after she made it so

Tears welled up in her eyes and rolled down her face. She wanted to kill Brendan so badly at that very moment. “Have you forgotten what you told me in the past, Mr. Brighthall? You told me not to succumb to wishful thinking about you and not even think about getting pregnant with your baby. You said that you would choke me to death if I were to get pregnant. Are you discrediting yourself now?”Brendan’s expression was icy, and his dark eyes glistened with a tinge of overwhelming emotions. He had been disgusted with Deirdre’s lack of propriety in the past indeed. He had loathed her for her wild wishes and wished that she would leave his world immediately. However, he did not know why, but he had dreamed about her frequently in the two years that she had been gone. He could not understand the reason, but perhaps it was due to guilt or sympathy. All in all, he wanted to give Deirdre a home and a child at that very moment. “You were obsessed with wild ideas in the past indeed. B

“Why haven’t you died yet, you jinx! It’s fine that you’re constantly lingering around Brendan and me, but you actually got Brendan so sick today. If Brendan is not awake by tomorrow, I assure you that I won’t let you off!”She spoke in a loud voice as if she had slapped Deirdre to avenge Brendan. However, she felt delighted in her heart after delivering the slap as she had been putting up with this anger since yesterday night. Deirdre stumbled back from the pain. Her face was burning, and when she recovered from the surprise, she was not infuriated but raised her head, facing Charlene. “You can’t even be bothered to put on an act in Brendan’s presence now, huh, Ms. McKinney? If Brendan were to gain consciousness coincidentally now, he would be quite surprised to see you like this, right? Or…” Deirdre drawled before she chuckled calmly. “You’ve already lost your senses out of jealousy, so you just couldn’t care less about anything but venting your anger, Ms. McKinney?”The smile