Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 11

I felt like I had plunged into an ice-cold lake. My blood seemed to freeze in my veins. For a moment, I doubted my ears.

I had suspected something off between them, but every suspicion got denied, time and again.

Even without a blood relation, one was the heir to the Ferguson Group, the other a lady of the Ferguson family. They were nominally siblings to the outside world.

And both were married to other people. Bryant, the golden boy, couldn’t possibly be involved in such a scandal.

Yet, not far from me, Bryant, with eyes red with fury, had Margaret pinned against the wall, his voice cold and mocking. “Divorce for me, huh? You were the one who chose to marry someone else. What right do you have to ask anything of me now?”

“I…” Margaret was speechless by his barrage of questions, tears falling like pearls from a broken necklace, her hands fumbling with the hem of Bryant’s shirt.

“I was wrong, Bry. Can’t you forgive me this once? Please, just once. And, I had no choice back then…”

Bryant said, “I’m already married.”

you get a divorce?” Margaret’s desperation was palpable, her face etched with sorrow as if Bryant’s denial would

Bryant seemed almost amused by his anger, his teeth clenched. “Marriage is not a game

that, he moved to

shirt, refusing to let

–

wished. I watched the scene unfold, a part of me hoping for something,

that. Dropping a line about acting grown-up and avoiding

of relief. My curiosity to eavesdrop further vanished.

look me in the eyes and tell me. Do you

an old denied candy, Margaret grabbed Bryant’s

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hung in limbo once more.

emotion hard to discern. “That’s none of