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, Christine

then I’ll make

11l do it!”

stepped forward, making my presence known

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

I was over

disillusionment, I had thought he was the light in

Dorothy’s okay with paying, why should I

she was right. If she chose to be

risk offending a powerful and well–established

a designer outfit, smirked at me, “At least you know what’s

hasn’t mastered the art of animal speak to deal with someone like

I was echoing Christine’s earlier insinuation,

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

victories.”

I clenched

my fist

birth and the allies they find along the way

household whose wealth and power dwarfed that of

of its