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.

wondered whether the Myers family still had a place for her if

my words, but it didn’t reach his eyes, his

of people celebrating their birthdays today, and she was so young when she went missing. She

absent–mindedly, then, out of politeness, “Happy

fall into a rare silence, I couldn’t help but smile, “Just kidding. Want some cheesecake? It’s too big for me to

softly and turned to head

think much of it. Gregory probably wasn’t in the mood to celebrate anyone’s birthday other than the missing Ms. Myers‘ birthday

alone, but I found the lights were all

her hair still damp from the shower, Christine emerged from the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel. “You’re finally back! I was

at her presence.

Now that you’re finally single, I couldn’t miss it for the world.” She wrapped a towel around her hair and glanced at the cheesecake. “I already bought one. Why

found it on the doorstep. Didn’t

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

was sure. “Must have been

he sent me to a