Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 157

A stock clerk pushing a cart interrupted us, “Excuse me, coming through.”

1 tugged Christine back and asked, “What were you saying?”

“Do you think Margaret could be Albert’s biological daughter?” Christine’s eyes sparkled with the thrill of gossip.

I frowned. “That seems a bit far-fetched. Margaret’s even older than Bryant by two years.”

Even if it were an affair, it wouldn’t have started that early, right?

“Why not?” Christine dismissed my doubt with a wave, excitedly diving into high society scandals. “You know how messy these rich people can get. Marrying one, keeping a few mistresses on the side, isn’t that business as usual?”

“But still…” I hesitated, “If Margaret was Albert’s flesh and blood, and considering how much Timothy despised Margaret, why didn’t Albert tell Timothy?”

That way, Timothy would have been kinder to his granddaughter.

at were

Christine paused, finding sense in my words, puzzled. “Yeah, you’re right. If Albert’s daughter, he wouldn’t just sit back and watch Bryant get involved with Margaret. That’s incest, right?”

deeper, but Christine suddenly said, “No, something’s still off. It doesn’t add up.”

of our business, anyway.” I poked her forehead playfully and handed her a bag of

any case, next month would come soon enough. Once I got the divorce papers, Bryar and I would be worlds apart, let alone Albert and Margaret. It wouldn’t matter if they we father and daughter or, just as Christine had bluntly put it, shared the same bed. It

comfort food, with Christine and me

the awkwardness and asked, “Mark,

tag along wherever

between Steven and Christine, Mark hesitated before saying, “He was caught

knew better. “He went on a blind date. His family is pushing for

marriage.

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a sense of inevitable anger, though not completely surprised. I didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

with Steven was doomed

mine

I would never have dreamed of

didn’t try

brought up a new topic. “Jane, you represented

won first place,

jointly-designed?”