“Ranita, if you have any requests, feel free to let me know. I can promise you anything within my capabilities,” Shannon said, looking at Ranita with a deeply aggrieved expression. “Ranita, you’ve been living well on your own with the child for so many years, just like how you don’t need Brendon. But it’s different for me.”
“Brendon is my life. Without him, I can’t live. Ranita, I hope you can step back and stop contacting Brendon. Let me live the rest of my life with Brendon peacefully,” Shannon pleaded. “Please, Ranita! If I really lose my life because of you, you’ll live in unrest for the rest of your life, won’t you?”
Listening to her, Ranita felt a chill in her heart.
“Miss Murphy, please resolve the issues between you and Brendon yourselves. Don’t try to morally blackmail me!” Ranita retorted. “I’m not responsible for your life. You’re an adult now, and whether you live or die has nothing to do with me!”
Ranita’s gaze fell on the vibrant rose bouquet, finding it painfully red, which caused her heart to ache.
That scoundrel Brendon, did he really buy roses in bulk?! If I had known, I would have thrown them in the trash!
“Ranita… How can you be so heartless and merciless? Do I really need to kneel down and beg you for you to let me and Brendon go?” Shannon’s voice was full of sorrow, causing Ranita’s nerves to jump uncontrollably. “Miss Murphy, don’t you understand? The emotional matters between you and Brendon are your own to resolve. Please don’t involve me in them.”
“Ranita, you ask me not to involve you, but do you think you’ve kept your distance from Brendon? You’ve met multiple times, and you even stayed alone in his room at night… Ranita, I am his fiancée. Don’t I have the right to say these things?!” Shannon’s words sent a chill down Ranita’s spine.
As long as the relationship between Brendon and Shannon remained unresolved, his declarations of liking her and remarrying wouldn’t count…
Ranita calmly looked at Shannon. “Miss Murphy, I understand what you mean. I won’t interfere between you and Brendon anymore. If we meet in the future, it will only be for the sake of the child.”
“Please leave.”
Shannon wasn’t entirely satisfied, but she had already pushed Ranita to this point, so she considered it a victory. She took out a check from her bag. “He is Brendon’s child. When I marry Brendon, we’ll be a family. Consider this a small gift for the child.”
Ranita looked at her with a cold gaze. “I don’t need the money. Miss Murphy, please leave.”
Shannon didn’t insist and took back the check. In a shameless manner, she said, “It’s fine if you don’t accept it. Brendon won’t mistreat the child. We’re a family, so in the future, we can all go out together and have meals. In a way, the child will have to call me ‘stepmother’!”
Ranita felt nauseated. “Miss Murphy, stop daydreaming! No need to send you!”
Unable to bear it any longer, Ranita bluntly asked her to leave.
Shannon smiled and said, “Ranita, don’t be angry! Brendon and I will definitely get married. Sooner or later, we’ll be a family.”
“Ranita, I won’t disturb your work anymore!” Shannon stood up confidently, holding the bouquet of roses, and left in a great mood.
The more Ranita looked at the bouquet of roses, the more displeased she became. She was so angry that she threw them directly into the trash and sent a message to Brendon: “Brendon, don’t send me flowers anymore and don’t contact me.”