Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 322

The questions were sharp, no doubt about it. But Gregory didn’t seem flustered at all. He gestured for me to come closer with a hook of his finger. “Lean in. I’ll tell you.”

I moved a few inches. “Go ahead.”

Given the limited space in the car and with no one else around except the driver, all the secrecy seemed a bit over the top.

He moved a bit closer, a mischievous twinkle in his eyes, testing the limits of annoyance.”I just can’t stand people who are too slow on the uptake.”

I straightened up, glaring at him. “So, should I be thanking you for enlightening me?”

“I wouldn’t mind,” he said with a polite smile.

He always held a cheeky demeanor like that. But I couldn’t discount his assistance earlier. I lowered my gaze. “Thanks for what you did back there.”

His fingers tapped casually against the windowsill. “Even if I hadn’t shown up, they would’ve let you go eventually.”

I smiled bitterly. “But not without making me suffer a bit more.”

let things slide so easily. With the scandal blowing up online,

that.” Gregory’s smile was faint as if he had seen through it all. “The longer you stay with the Myers family, the more they expose themselves online. Dorothy and Susan may be clueless,

“Is he now…”

place. On one hand, he was linked to the Myers

me a sidelong glance. “Worried about your ex,

sarcasm was

looked at him. “Do you think Bryant

Gregory lounged back in his seat, his

shrugged. “Then why worry?”

burdens he carried. Ever since Timothy’s passing, the entire future of the Ferguson Group rested on his

surprised by my response. “Didn’t peg you for

one who’s love–struck.” I shot

hint

disparaging word, ready

choice but to bow my head. I smiled, trying to sound sincere. “I was saying you’re a once–in–a–lifetime kind of guy. Staying faithful to a fiancée lost for over two decades,

eyebrow, pleased. “Go on. I’m

climb the ladder

to an alley nearby, sparking a memory. I turned to Gregory and asked, “Can we stop by that alley for a moment?”