Lost Me Gained Regret

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.

silver Pagani roared to life, merging

was the real reason you

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

slow–moving city traffic, with frequent red lights, even

me. “What do you

see the truth,

competing with your dear god sister, Dorothy, over a

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

determination to have Bryant as a son–in–law.

at him. “So, should

Buy me

a nod of

sighed. “You, of all people, don’t seem the type to be so

tensed, and he smiled, “You have

facing the Myers family like this today?” I

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

wasn’t his first

matter. As long as I’m not dead, I