Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 285

That afternoon, while I was deeply engrossed in sketching designs for our spring collection, a heated argument outside my office broke my concentration.

One voice was unmistakably familiar, and the other wasn’t completely from a stranger. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FindNøvᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

I had barely cracked open the door when I heard Christine’s unmistakable retort, “Don’t you get it? I said no, we’re not taking your business! Designing a dress for you is beneath Jane’s talent!”

“Hmph!” The other party scoffed, dripping with their usual arrogance. “Well, I’m laying it out here. You’ll do it whether you want to or not.”

Only Dorothy could wield such brazen bullying.

“And what it I refuse?” Christine stood her ground, opening her arms in a gesture of defiance. “Why don’t you call the cops? Oh, right, you’ll need animal control for that. Don’t bother dialing 911 and waste their time.”

when it

to verbal sparing,

“You sure you won’t do it? Fine, then I’ll make sure your grand opening today is

11l do it!”

forward, making my

this engagement dress commission on me was just another way to squash any lingering feelings I might have for Bryant, and to humiliate me in the process.

was

and disillusionment, I had thought he was the light in my darkness.

paying, why should I have

chose to be our enemy. Janedream would

RF Group wouldn’t risk offending a powerful and well–established family for

in a designer outfit, smirked at me, “At least you know what’s good for you. Your friend here, not so

just hasn’t mastered the art of

that I was echoing Christine’s earlier insinuation, calling

her eyes momentarily, letting out a scomful chuckle, “People like you, born to

victories.”

I clenched

my fist

find along the way play huge roles

in being bom into the Myers family, a household whose wealth and power dwarfed that of generations of others, was indeed a

of its own.