Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 257

I said, “Sounds perfect. I haven’t had that in ages. Thanks, babe.”

Just the mention of that old diner had my mouth watering. It was all about the fresh seafood. A bit of chill and dressing made it unbeatable, contrasting the modem fried and baked ones.

As we got into the car, the real estate agent ran out, panting, “Ms. Webster, Ms. Jackson, hold on a moment. The owner of the suite you checked yesterday morning got back to me. They’re willing to lower the rent.”

Christine asked, “Which one?”

“The office suite next door.” The agent pointed across the street to the towering building.

The rent was steeper there, but Christine and I were taken with it, though we hadn’t seriously considered making a move.

After exchanging a glance, Christine and I voiced our decline, “Let’s pass. They probably won’t drop it by much, and we can’t spend that much on the rent right now.”

“The owner is willing to drop it to this,” the agent said, holding up a few fingers to indicate the number, “They mentioned the need to do a good deed after consulting with a psychic. It seems they’re trying to bring some good karma their way”

Christine and I shared a bemused look. Such superstitious reasons left us both a bit puzzled.

Christine asked, “We’re not going

for that. Everything, even the contract signing, is done through courier. Nothing like today will happen again.” The agent awkwardly smiled before pressing. “So, what do you say? IL you’re interested,

right price is rare, so I hesitated before asking, “Can we pay a deposit first? We’ll

highly sought after, with rents

investments up in the air, just scraping together

to refuse, reconsidered, and quickly agreed, “Sure, sure,

circumstances”

enough, we signed the contract

were quite

so we sent the contract to our lawyer for review, who assured

case of good luck following

“Could be,” I replied.

news came from the agent over the next few days. I breathed a little sigh of relief. Nevertheless,

rent the office without a hitch. Yet, there was no further word from her. It seemed Susan might have tried to intervene but to no avail. The other party didn’t take her

while brainstorming new product ideas, I got a call from

asked flatly, “Kevin, is Bryant finally