Resent Reject Regret by Aqua Summers novel Chapter 56

Chapter 56 All Because of Her

He stood at the door as he watched Deirdre gulp down half a glass of water slowly, his expression icy. Sterling wiped away her sweat for her, and the sight of them. moving in such harmony made Brendan clench his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

He was agitated by how natural the ambiance between Deirdre and Sterling felt. It made him feel as if he was the outsider who had ruined their harmonious

relationship!

“How’s your throat?”

Deirdre finished her drink while Sterling took the empty glass. Concerned, he asked, ” Do you feel better? Has the pain eased up?”

Deirdre licked her lips. Her throat had been burning earlier, yet the pain was relieved substantially after she drank half a glass of cold water. She nodded soon. “Much better.”

She lowered her gaze and discovered that her voice was still hoarse. Every word she said was painful, yet she still made the effort to say, “Sterling, about your information. being exposed online…”

“You’re talking about that, huh? There are many people targeting the Fullers, and I knew that this day would come.” Sterling interrupted her, as if he knew that Deirdre would take all the blame again. Soon, he gave her a faint smile and said, “It’s good timing, though. The Fullers are busy dealing with this incident, so they are not focused on me or trying to restrict my freedom.”

“But…” Deirdre furrowed her eyebrows tightly and felt her chest burning with pain. ” What about your reputation? What about your future? The Fullers won’t let you off!”

“We’ll discuss it more after they’ve gone through this ordeal.” Sterling was. unbothered. “Besides, despite this incident, I’m still working in a hospital, right?”

“That’s not the same!” Deirdre was high-strung, and her throat hurt even more. She held the blanket tightly instinctively, and her shoulders were shaking.

Sterling refused to work in a hospital but had chosen to run a clinic in the city slums because he could not leave her given her current condition.

He could be living a better life with his current capabilities! It was all her fault!

“Calm down, Deirdre! You can’t speak loudly yet given your throat’s condition!” Sterling grew anxious and stretched out his arm in an attempt to wipe away Deirdre’s

sweat. A pair of arms suddenly extended from behind him and caught his wrist.

Sterling turned around to see Brendan, whose face was green from anger. He flung away Sterling’s hand, his dark eyes glistening with suppressed anger. “It’s time for you to leave after chatting for such a long time, right?”

Sterling sneered. “I will leave, but I’m taking Deirdre with me! She would have already lost her voice by now had I not shown up on time. She wouldn’t have been able to speak again. How can I possibly leave her with you and feel at ease given the current situation?”

Brendan clenched his fists tightly all of a sudden. Justice was not on his side

regarding Deirdre’s incident. He calmed himself down repeatedly before he said, “It was an accident. It’s not going to happen again.”

“How can I still trust you at this point…”

“Sterling.” Deirdre suddenly spoke up. Her eyes were lowered, and her fair arms were on the white blanket. Her gaze was empty yet calm when she said, “I’m sorry. You should leave. We shouldn’t see each other again from this day onward.”

“Deirdre?”

Deirdre tugged at the blanket and said in a rigid voice, “In truth, I wanted to tell you this when I met you the other day. I wanted to tell you that we have not been living in the same world from the start. I’m very content to be with Brendan and I don’t want to change that for the time being. It would be best for us to be strangers.”

Sterling’s face turned pale when he heard this. He found it a pity. “Deirdre, I understand that you’re doing this out of fear of implicating me. Don’t worry, I’ve already separated myself from the Fullers anyhow, so I can’t remain in Neve anymore. Unless Brendan wants to kill me, I will still have time to play his game.”