Chapter 236

Hearing the news, Christine wasn’t disappointed. Instead, she turned into a gossip queen. “So, going out with the Gregory guy living across your hallway?”

I was surprised. “How did you know?”

Christine explained, “Who around you could I possibly not know about? Besides me, there’s Mark and Bryant. You wouldn’t bother with Bryant. If it were Mark, you’d have told me right away. By process of elimination, that leaves Gregory.”

My gaze drifted to the distant skyscrapers, their neon lights flickering in the night. I chuckled, “Nothing gets past you, huh?”

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, I hung up, only to find Bryant had woken up.

I put away my phone and dropped the smile, speaking steadily, “You’re awake. You should go home then.”

His d

deep eyes fixed on me. “Trying to avold me now?”

into the living

everyone thought, I had no parents and barely anything to rely on. How could

or the Myers family, it made no difference. If I

“Did Margaret come to you again?”

stated plainly, my voice tinged with fatigue, “Bryant, let’s not make this harder for each other. Let’s get

go

steering the conversation elsewhere. “Why the sudden

“That’s none of your business.”

talked, the deeper the entanglement. Why

much money do you need? Is the sale of the house enough?”

was an even more direct

answer. “We

divorce mean we have to become strangers? Can’t I offer you some

of his eyes, intensified by alcohol,

when I regained my composure, I lowered my gaze. “At the very least, we should be clear about financial matters. Apart from what’s in the divorce agreement, I don’t

“The best way you can help me

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