Chapter 243

It wasn’t so much sadness as it was envy. If Mom were still alive, she’d also look out for me.

I murmured in my heart, ‘Mom… Oh, how I miss you.”

“What are you blubbering about? Out of nowhere, from behind a massive pillar in the parking lot, Gregory emerged, frowning at me.

“Weren’t you all gung–ho about getting that divorce? Can’t bear to leave after just a few words exchanged?”

I hastily wiped away fny tears, sniffed, and mumbled, “It’s not that. The wind’s strong out here. Got something in my eye.”

“Ah.” He saw right through my lie, his sarcasm biting. “For something in your eye, you’re quite the crybaby.”

What a terrible joke.

Yet, my foul mood lifted a bit. “Didn’t you say you’d wait in the car? What are you doing out here?”

“Got stuffy.” He dropped those words and wandered ahead.

As we got into the car and the heater kicked in, I suddenly realized how cold I’d been from head to toe. It chilled me to the bone.

to life, merging swiftly onto

“What was the real reason you asked

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a date. Then, it seemed like he was dragging me in as some actress. I

traffic, with frequent red lights, even a sports car

me. “What do

see the truth, to

god sister, Dorothy, over

day?” He rested one hand lazily on the window sill, the

the Myers family’s determination to have Bryant as a son–in–law. That way, my divorce from Bryant

at him. “So, should I thank you?”

Buy me dinner, or give

nod of thanks.

people, don’t seem the type to be so loyal.

have a unique way of complimenting people.”

facing the Myers family like

most, my dad would yell at me a bit. That wouldn’t harm a bit.

wasn’t his first

lifted his eyelids. “Getting hit doesn’t matter. As long as I’m not dead, I would keep mentioning

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