“Tsk, tsk, tsk.” Cillian tutted in a taunting manner. “If you were to come six days ago and tell me this, perhaps I might be touched by your unfaltering devotion. Yet, you’ve only returned after leaving Eastgene for six days. Isn’t it hypocritical of you to speak like this now?”Deirdre widened her eyes and agreed with Cillian’s remark in her heart. ‘Didn’t Brendan give up on me? Didn’t he leave for Neve already?’ She could not understand why he was back again. Brendan was unbothered, and his expression did not even change, but he repeated himself, “What do you want?”Cillian was feeling slightly furious. He put out his cigarette while he sneered. “What do I want? You beat me up violently the other day that my face was swollen for three whole days, Mr. Brighthall. I woke up in pain and lost a few teeth. I figure that I can’t just endure the torment for nothing, right?” Cillian narrowed his eyes and said, “If you were to bow down to me in everyone’s witness, I might consider han

Cillian was burning with anger at the thought of how he had been put through the torture and the powerlessness he felt when Brendan pinned him on the ground. Soon afterward, he ordered his subordinates ferociously, “Beat him up! Beat him to his death!”“Mr. King…” The few bodyguards stood looking at one another. “Are we really going to hit him? Mr. King Sr. is—”Cillian’s expression turned cold, and his sinister-looking eyes were filled with killing intent. “Are you working for him or me?”As soon as he made the remark, the subordinates did not have the courage to speak anymore. One of them raised his hand and punched Brendan. Brendan collapsed to the ground in pain, only to be struck by heavier punches than the previous ones. He felt as if his internal organs were exploding from the punches and churning in his chest.Deirdre shook her head with all her might. She could hear the sound of the beating and also Brendan’s muffled grunt from enduring the pain. She shouted, “Stop it!

“You must get yourself checked in the hospital first, right? I’ll take you.”Brendan extended his hand while Deirdre avoided him nonchalantly. “Send me to Village Alnwick. That is the place where I should be.”“Deirdre—”“Consider that I’m begging you.” Deirdre furrowed her eyebrows tightly, and her head was throbbing. “You don’t need to put on an act in my presence. Brendan, I understood how merciless you are from the moment you decided to return to Neve after learning about my abduction.“Even though I knew it all along, you still managed to be a little crueler than I had imagined. It is a good thing that I didn’t put much hope in you from the start. That’s all. Let me go back and rest for a few days first so I can calm myself down.”There was a change in Brendan’s dark eyes at last. A tinge of melancholy flashed past his eyes, and he cracked a smile that pained one’s heart. “Is that how I am to you? Selfish, heartless, merciless, and someone who will cast you aside first when

Declan walked toward them, and Glenna was already incapable of taking her eyes off him. He was so good-looking that she could only describe him as breathtaking. “Miss McKinnon.” Declan nodded toward Deirdre courteously, then turned his head to look at Glenna. He cracked a smile and said respectfully, “You’re Glenna, right? I frequently sought your help to handle many tasks previously. Thank you for taking the trouble to do those tasks.”Glenna was at a loss for how to behave herself. Her usual high spirits and enthusiasm vanished at this very moment, and she felt muddle-headed. Deirdre cleared her throat, and Glenna was jolted back to reality. She rubbed her palms anxiously at all times and answered, “It's… It’s no… No trouble…”Declan smiled. “You sounded very extroverted on the phone. I didn’t expect you to be so shy in person.”Deirdre could not refrain from chuckling aloud. Glenna was an extrovert, but she would shrivel up when she was in the presence of someone she fancie

Deirdre was caught in a daze for a moment, but she cleared her head soon enough. ‘Brendan’s tricks are growing cruller with time, and now he has learned to seek pity too?’She would feel sorry for him at this point if she was her past self, but she felt nothing other than hatred now. She said nonchalantly, “What does your well-being have anything to do with me? Go to the hospital if you’re unwell, Brendan. I’m not a doctor and can’t help you. If it’s inconvenient for you to send the phone to me, I’ll seek Mr. King’s help to get it from—”“I won’t hand it to him.” Brendan took a deep breath and concisely interrupted her. Deirdre was stunned and furrowed her eyebrows. “What are you doing, Brendan?”Brendan repeated himself by saying, “Come see me.”“No!” Deirdre roared aloud, her ghastly pale face flushed in anger.The customers in the convenience store looked over at her. She forced herself to calm down with great effort by clenching her fist tightly. Only then she found he