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.

to life, merging swiftly onto the main road.

gathered my thoughts. “What was the real reason you asked me

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

city traffic, with frequent red lights, even a

me. “What

me see

dear god sister, Dorothy, over a

your plan the other day?” He rested one hand lazily on the window

see the Myers family’s determination to have Bryant

“So, should

“Sure. Buy me dinner, or give

nod of

people, don’t seem the type to be so

and he smiled, “You have a unique

the Myers family like this

“What’s there to worry about? At most, my dad would yell at me a bit. That wouldn’t harm a bit. If he hits me, my granddad will chase him with a cane.”

wasn’t his first rodeo.

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