Lost Me Gained Regret

Greg had a storm cloud hanging over him all day, which was a rare sight.

When she mentioned what Ophelia had said outside the Ford Group's towering building, Greg couldn't hide his surprise. Ophelia claimed she didn't know Jane?

But checking up on Jane's background was partly their job.

They knew as much about Jane as Greg himself did, if not more.

Connecting the dots, Greg thought back to the misunderstanding with Jane caused by Lucius' delayed information.

Was it truly a delay, or was it deliberate?

Ophelia was in charge of that investigation.

Of course, Lucius, or Ophelia, for that matter, had been by his side for over a decade...

Had they grown too comfortable, bold enough to mess with his woman?

Empowering them had apparently led to them taking liberties!

Lucius, growing more convinced of his own suspicions and despite a moment's hesitation, finally spoke up, albeit reluctantly: "About checking on Ms. Webster, I was unsure about some of the information initially, so I omitted it."

He had no idea why Greg was bringing this up now but chose to take the fall for Ophelia.

After all, they had history.

And Ophelia, proud as she was, would be ruined if Greg found out she did it on purpose.

They could make countless mistakes, but loyalty was their baseline.

Greg's gaze turned colder, clearly not buying a word. Without any patience left, he cut to the chase: "Do you know why, despite knowing you had feelings for Ophelia, I let you two work together on official matters?"

"Greg..."

Lucius was shocked, not expecting that his slight affection for Ophelia was so transparent to Greg.

found no

was chilling, but sweat formed on Lucius' forehead. Before the man everyone called "Mr. George," he knelt,

my fault, I

covered for Ophelia, not once

the words choked in

would throw Ophelia

she'd be outcast; at worst... Greg

eyes with Lucius for a few seconds before reaching for the phone. He dialed a

reception at SZ Technology

Ophelia answer the phone," instructed

"Right away, Mr. George."

voice as neutral as ever, betraying none of the tension,

at the Ford

"...Okay."

in his tone, Ophelia immediately stood up, "I'll

her way to the

arriving, still uneasy, she called Lucius hoping for some

incessantly in his pocket. He

and trembling

he dared not decline the

something else from me? Put it

"Nothing!"

answered, "Hey,

was cut off by Ophelia, "Lucius, whatever you're doing, just tell me, did something happen

was far

turned

"Nothing happened to Greg."

"Really?"

"Really."

"That's odd..."