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

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won’t do it? Fine, then I’ll make sure

11l do it!”

making my presence known

forcing this engagement dress commission on me was just another way to squash any lingering feelings I

I was over

I had thought he

should I have

was right. If she chose to be

offending a powerful and well–established family for a

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

smile, “She just hasn’t mastered the art of animal speak to deal

to catch on that I

momentarily, letting out a scomful chuckle, “People like you, born to serve me, can only find joy in

victories.”

I clenched

my fist

birth and the allies they find along the way play huge roles in

into the Myers family, a household whose wealth and power

of its