Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 371

I had asked Aunt Cheryl about my origins a few times, but it always ended nowhere. Even if I asked again. Aunt Cheryl would still keep her mouth shut.

Christine agreed, lounging back on the couch, lost in thought. Then, she turned her head toward me, her eyes sparkling. “Doesn’t that make you and Gregory childhood sweethearts, the legendary fiancée?”

“Pfft, cough, cough… I was mid–sip of water when she blurted that out, causing me to spit it out and choke. The fit of coughing lasted for a moment.

She laughed, handing me a bunch of napkins. “What got you so flustered?”

I smiled shyly. “Shut it.”

“Looks like Gregory’s childhood sweetheart is,” she said, shaking her head with a grin.

For two days straight, I was distracted. The thought that a single DNA test could not only decide my future but also deny my twenty–six years of past. It could erase the loving moments with my parents that I held onto in my memories. I felt utterly lost, just like I had gone from being someone grounded to a leaf adrift in the vast ocean.

Thankfully, as each agonizing second ticked by, the day to receive the DNA results finally arrived. Gregory picked me up from the hotel.

On the way to the Myers Mansion, although it was just the beginning of spring, my palms were clammy with

was

face that? Especially Susan, the woman who had locked me in a dark room and made me kneel in the snow,

one hand, Gregory wrapped his

I nodded, glancing at

so many years, always believing it was me, the outcome was

flashed a half–smile, overtaking a car before stepping on the gas. “But no

asked, “What do you mean?”

Gregory spoke indifferently, his voice slightly cold, “Her background, as I found before, is consistent. She grew up in an orphanage. She couldn’t have set up today’s scenario just by

asking. “Do you

rhythmically on the steering wheel, and he added, “But it’s likely complicated, with a high chance that

“What are

my charm?” He joked with a

rolled my eyes at him.

raised an eyebrow. “Perhaps

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