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

sparing, Christine was

Dorothy gritted her teeth, “You sure you won’t do it? Fine, then I’ll make sure your grand opening today is your closing as

11l do it!”

making my presence

to squash any lingering

I was over it.

despair and disillusionment, I had thought he was

Dorothy’s okay with paying, why should I have

to be our enemy. Janedream would struggle

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

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

small smile, “She just hasn’t mastered the art

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

like you, born to serve me, can only find joy

victories.”

I clenched

my fist

allies they find along the way play huge

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

of its