Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 43

If she had approached me with this question a while back, it might have stirred something in my heart.

But now, having come to terms with the harsh truth that Bryant never had any feelings for me, I found myself devoid of any desire to press her for answers.

I simply looked at her, cool and detached, “If you’re so sure of yourself, why keep hounding me like a madwoman?”

Crazy she was, storming into my office first thing in the morning, acting like the wronged wife confronting her husband’s mistress.

Seeing my unflustered demeanor, Margaret seemed to panic, not waiting for my inquiry. before triumphantly declaring, “It’s because of me.”

She leaned over my desk, hands bracing the surface, looking down at me like a victor, “Jane, if it weren’t for me, he would never have married you! You wouldn’t even stepped one foot in the Ferguson Mansion!”

Her words tightened my grip, a strange, choking sensation spreading around my heart.

Her lips curled in satisfaction, her arms crossed, “It was Timothy who threatened him using me. If Bryant didn’t marry you, Timothy would have used his influence to have me exiled…”

I already knew he didn’t love me, but hearing this still cut deep.

So, marrying me was just an act of desperation for someone else’s sake?

A wave of sadness hit me, but I quickly shoved it aside and glared at her with conter “Is that so? Well, it seems you should be thanking me for agreeing to marry Bryant. Otherwise, where would you be now?”

Exiled, no doubt!

rage, her teeth

so… so…

brushing my hair behind an ear, “You could at least show some gratitude instead of snapping at me.

kill me, but fell silent, her gaze fixated on my e breathing turning

my ear, her

were after these earrings

I cut in, deliberately provoking her.

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you’re about to divorce. How could you shamelessly

said it yourself, we’re only about to divorce. Which means we haven’t yet. What’s wrong with accepting a

you be so shameless? They were meant for me! He promised

me!”

ask him for them.”

of getting entangled with her any longer, intending

restroom.

was taking its toll, with nausea, drowsiness, and frequent

hand reaching for my ear, “They’re