Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 84

I was just trying to help when I pointed out the obvious, “If you don’t want your kid to be born out of wedlock, go find Bryant and make him speed up our divorce, got it? Don’t make a scene here. You wouldn’t want to miscarry and lose another bargaining chip for marrying into the Ferguson family.”

Then I told her assistant, “Show your boss out

Margaret was fuming but seemed to think I had a point because she left without further fuss.

And the direction I pointed her in? Spot on.

How did I know? Well, that afternoon, Bryant gave me a call.

“What did you say to upset her?” The call opened with an accusation.

I paused my work, “I didn’t say much, just told her to talk to you about the divorce.”

His tone dipped, “You didn’t tell her to go jump off a bridge?”

So, he was looking for something to pin on me.

I wasn’t surprised Margaret would spin it like this, my voice softened, “I was cornered, okay? She called me a home-wrecker, said I was cursed, claimed I clung to any man I could find, and even threatened to have someone beat me up.

Iving, was I?

Reflecting on Margaret’s previous words, well, wasn’t exactly lying,

jazzing up the truth a bit, which is more

icy, “She said that

responded, “You know

by my dad. Try not to stoop

I smirked, “Sure.”

epitome of double standards.

because of Margaret, and the next, he’s nobly asking me

he say that to

heard about this, she was so enraged

find another pair like that in a

out. Still got the

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Chapter 84

water,

got a call from her, nothing serious, just a bout of food poisoning that landed her

in bed on an IV drip, looking pitiful if you ignored the milk and fruit her fellow patients had gifted

its perks, no matter where you

glared at me with her stunning eyes, “Heartless, aren’t you? I’m just standing

not even

grown used to

an orange, about to eat it, but snatched it away, “Doctor’s