Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 239

His ride was as wild as his personality, a gleaming Pagani sports car that turned henda wherever it went.

As we pulled up to the hotel, the doorman’s eyes lit up, as Christine did earlier that day when she saw the unexpected bonus in my bank

account.

Ever the gentleman with a sharp tongue, Gregory tossed the car keys to the doorman and came around to open my door, quipping. “Easy does it. You can take a tumble, but that dress costs a pretty penny

When I laid eyes on that dress at home, I recognized it as a high–end designer piece, the kind celebrities would sell their souls to borrow for an event.

Despite his snarky comment, Gregory wasn’t wrong. Our company was in the midst of financial planning. Money was tight, and I couldn’t afford to pay back a dress like that

I gingerly lifted the hem, careful not to step on it with my heels. “Got it, loud and clear.”

He seemed stunned. “Why so meek all of a sudden?”

*Just stark broke,” I shrugged.

doesn’t

lips, “He’s always been generous with money but

the ex–wife, his

And now

an eyebrow but said no more,

“Hey, weren’t you solo at the Larson Mansion the other day? What’s with needing a date

different,” he replied casually, “No one at the Larson family was pressuring me to

with the Ford family

out the occasion. It was Dorothy’s

the gap between us was as wide as the Grand Canyon. She was the star of the lavish soiree

with a sea of high–profile guests milling about, an even more illustrious

greet Gregory when spotting him, indicating the Myers family’s significant influence, especially since many had traveled

men seemed particularly familiar with him. “Greg, we were wondering where you’d disappeared to. Tums out

even know you were here if it wasn’t for Dorothy’s

vanished on us.”

ease in his demeanor unmistakable as