Lost Me Gained Regret

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Chapter 331

“Bryant, in your envisioned grand plan, am I supposed to be grateful and teary–eyed by now?” I asked sarcastically.

“No.”

Avoiding my gaze, Bryant loosened his tie with one hand, “I just hoped life could be a bit easier for you.”

“Sure.”

I didn’t rush to disagree, speaking softly, “So, name your price. Pull your shares out of Janedream, get rid of that 51% stake, and I’ll breathe easier.”

From the start, it seemed we never truly understood each other.

He once saw me as a weed in the desert, barely sparing me a glance. And now, he treated me like a rose in a greenhouse, too delicate to handle anything rough.

As for me? I’d lost all trust in him.

Why insist on staying together then?

at me, his lips a

you wanted me to have it easy?”

backing you up, you’ll have it easy.”

traffic below the skyscraper, and after a moment of silence, I felt a wave of melancholy, “Bryant, you’ve never understood what I truly want. You haven’t even given me the basic respect I deserve.”

“I know…”

do you

decided to invest, did you ever respect my wishes? Did you even let me know that

are your

with emotion, “Alright, I promise, from now on, I’ll respect your wishes as much as possible…”

wish is that I have nothing to do with you!”

a second thought, “That’s impossible.”

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knowing smile. “See? All that respect and good

he wanted to satisfy was never me; it’d

cold, “Have you always thought this way?”

t what’s

right.”

Margaret making a fuss daily, you said it was just to repay a favor.”

I was surprisingly calm, “When Dorothy showed up, you dropped a few words

to reconcile is just because you’re not used to being

you ever ask me, through everything, did you ever ask me what I think?”