Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 412

Christine leaned in with curiosity sparkling in her eyes. “What’s up? Who texted you?”

I turned off my phone screen. “Gregory.”

“Gregory? What does he want now? Wasn’t he snarky enough at the diner last night? Thinks he didn’t get his point across?”

“It’s not that.”

I hesitated before speaking, a bit embarrassed. “He’s got leg pain, probably a leftover issue from that accident last year. I should go check on him.”

Christine glared at me, visibly annoyed. “Just when you promised you wouldn’t choose a guy over your friends, and here you are, proving me wrong.”

I tried to smooth things over by offering a shoulder rub. “Come on, Chris. How could you even say that? I’m just going to check up on him. What do you feel like for late–night snacks? I’ll bring you something on my way back.”

“It’s not about that. Doesn’t he have a girlfriend? What’s your role in this?”

“He doesn’t have a girlfriend.”

I touched my ear. “That’s his cousin.”

“Alright, fine. Go then.”

Christine seemed to let go of her frustration, pushing me out the door with a resigned sigh.

On my way to River Villa, just as I was about to enter the parking lot, the security guard stopped me,

Apparently, there was a new rule that no outside vehicles were allowed in.

I tried calling Gregory, but got no answer.

Left with no choice, I parked my car on the street and borrowed an umbrella from the guard, walking into the complex.

Despite it being summer, the pouring rain had soaked through my high heels, and the hem of my dress clung to my legs.

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the elevator, the blast of

“Ding–dong-”

door, I rang

moment, the door opened, revealing Gregory in a wheelchair, dressed in a

faint. “Mrs. Ferguson, visiting a man late at night might be hard to explain,

was taken aback. “Didn’t you

told a joke, his smile cold and sarcastic. “Do

some glitch with

a brief hesitation, I said, “If your leg

“Don’t worry.”

me off with a cold, detached tone. “Even if I’m dying of pain, I

rub it yourself. I’ll be leaving then.”

turned colder, and he made

close the door.

seeing me drenched, he reluctantly said, “Come in and change, or else Mr. Ferguson might come after me if

“It’s okay…”

you used to having me plead and pamper you, huh? Can’t understand plain

said nothing, stepping in as he moved aside.

are on the top shelf.”

then wheeled himself to the living room.

found the slippers in the shoe cabinet, exactly where I left them two years

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only had that one

from a distance, his face stoic. “You can find clothes in Edith’s room. Pick anything; she

has clean

I replied, remembering the layout from my previous visits.

just grabbed a dark

I found him working in

I hesitated before speaking. “Please tell Edith I’ll wash and return her dress.”

look up, just uttered a

be leaving then. Sorry

“Hmm.”