Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 244

I wasn’t surprised when he asked that question. I nodded, “Yeah”

Gregory glanced at the cheesecake in my hands, and his gaze lifted to meet mine, a scrutinizing look in his eyes. “Did you grow up in RiverCity?”

I paused and realized he was still looking for his long–lost fiancée. Anyone with the slightest resemblance or connection would want to dig deeper.

I admired his two–decade–long search, so my reply was patient and detalled. “No, I grew up in Southhoven, quite far from RiverCity and

Vista Town”

“Is that so?” He murmured almost imperceptibly, the light in his eyes fading slightly. Yet his gaze remained on me as if he wished to see through me to someone else.

I chuckled lightly. “Looking for a stand–in for your fiancée like the Myers family found a replacement daughter?”

Poor Ms. Myers. But passion died over time. After so many years, it was understandable.

a place for her if

it didn’t reach his

smiled. “There must be tens of thousands of people celebrating their birthdays today, and she was so young when she went missing. She probably doesn’t

expression dimmed, responding absent–mindedly, then, out of politeness,

to you. It’s not that happy, though.” I finished. Seeing him fall into a rare silence, I

softly and turned

probably wasn’t in the mood to celebrate anyone’s birthday other than the missing Ms.

to eat the cake alone, but I found the lights were

bathroom, drying her hair with a towel. “You’re finally back! I was worried you wouldn’t make it

warmed at her presence. “How come you’re here?”

finally single, I couldn’t miss it for the world.” She wrapped a towel around her hair and

it on the doorstep. Didn’t you hear the

must have missed it in the shower, Christine grinned, curious, “Who sent

sure. “Must have been Mark”

the cake matched the message he sent me to a tee. Besides him and Christine, no one else