Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 277

We were on the cusp of securing that office space, just waiting for the investment from RF to come through.

Mark seemed taken aback when he heard I’d managed to rent an office despite the Myers family’s decree banning me from doing so in RiverCity. “You found one?”

“Yeah,” I nodded. “Seems like the landlord’s based overseas. Probably doesn’t care much about the Myers family. After all, out of sight, out of mind.”

“That’s a relief.”

Mark carefully dabbed antiseptic on my wounds, his voice full of worry, “This must hurt, right?”

“It’s bearable.”

I gritted through the pain, reminding myself over and over: No more being soft–hearted from now on.

This world has always been about the survival of the fittest, no good deed goes unpunished..

The next morning, Christine showed up at my place bright and early.

She burst through the door, surprised to find me already up. “Weren’t you injured? Why not rest a bit more?”

I set aside the fashion magazine, I was flipping through. “Did Mark tell you?”

“Yeah, he texted me last night.”

Christine dumped a bunch of groceries on the dining table, annoyed with herself, “Sorry, I went out drinking last night and only saw the message this morning.”

not in bad

the

inspect the damage from head to toe, her eyes reddening with anger, “And you call this ‘not in bad

I gingerly touched my wrist, still sore, and ruffled her hair, “Chris, she’s not leaving RiverCity anytime soon. Our journey in setting up

face her!” Christine didn’t even hear the rest of

stopped her, “What good will that do? Beat her up and then what? Either of

then?! Just let you

ready to throw down, “I’ll go down with her, how

won’t be in vain.”

with her the promise I’d

she calm down a bit, looking at me skeptically, “Really?”

then asked, “Did

dragging her into

on Janedream because of Dorothy, a piece of trash? If not, then I’m with

way.”

for a moment, “Okay.”

come our way, we’d just have to

had marketing experience, I had my design skills. We were almost ready to get the company off the ground, just waiting on RF’s funding to move forward.

of her plan for retaliation.

even more troubled than when she had seen my

she clumsily tried to hide her tablet, “Oh,

see.” I approached, reaching

it from me in the age of the internet. Reluctantly, she unlocked it and handed it over.

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