Deirdre jerked her head up when she heard what Brendan said. Unfortunately, she could not see the expression on Brendan’s face. After a while, she scoffed. “Brendan, do you think it’s fun playing me like this?”

She might have believed in him if he had said the same thing to her five years ago. She would have been so happy that she could not fall asleep and that she would feel that she was the happiest woman in the world. However, after everything that happened…

She just felt a surge of chill c