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

verbal sparing, Christine was undefeatable.

Fine, then

11l do it!”

stepped forward, making my presence known

commission on me was just another way to squash any lingering feelings I might have

was over

disillusionment, I had thought

paying, why should I have

If she chose to be our enemy. Janedream would struggle to survive.

a powerful and

me, “At least you know what’s good for you. Your friend here, not so

the art of animal

that I was echoing Christine’s earlier insinuation, calling her a dog.

“People like you, born to serve me, can only

victories.”

I clenched

my fist

birth and the allies they find along

Myers family, a household whose wealth and power dwarfed that of generations of others, was

of its