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?”

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

anyway.” I poked her forehead playfully and

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 woul be

dinner, we chose a cozy restaurant known for its local comfort food, with Christine and me arriving first. When Mark showed up alone, Christine glanced at him and twitched

the awkwardness and asked, “Mark, Steven didn’t

to tag along wherever Christine went.

strained relationship between Steven and Christine, Mark hesitated before saying,

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

marriage.

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anger, though not completely surprised. I didn’t expect it to

Steven was doomed from the

mine with

never have dreamed of

front of Mark, I didn’t try

topic. “Jane, you

place, but

jointly-designed?”