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.

Pagani roared to life, merging swiftly onto the main road.

thoughts. “What was the real reason you

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a date. Then, it seemed like he was dragging

frequent red lights, even a sports car

at me. “What

make me see the truth, to

your dear god

the other day?” He rested one hand lazily on the

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

at him. “So, should I

me dinner, or give me

a nod of thanks. Your

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

“You have a unique way

facing the Myers family like this today?” I asked casually.

dad would yell at me a bit. That

seemed that wasn’t his

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

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