Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 502



It was around this time that life seemed to finally be going my way.

Mentioning Bryant Ferguson made me pause a momentary lapse that felt like a lifetime had passed.

These days, it felt like the struggling, pain-ridden Jane of the past had been cleaved in two, leaving a new me in her place.

Gregory pinched my cheek, "Daydreaming?"

"No, not really."

I shook my head, unable to pin down my feelings, and followed his lead, "Is this about Bryant?"

I knew Bryant's influence had been creeping towards Vista Town again.

But his helping Gregory seemed both unexpected and somehow anticipated.

He wasn't a bad person, not really.

great boss, a dutiful grandson, a loving adoptive son, a caring step-brother... just

where I was the only one

belied his upbringing. Wiping his mouth with a napkin, he said, "It's a bit complicated, but in short, Bryant did me a favor and

means your

father we were talking about, and corrected, "He won't

of coldness in his eyes, "That man married my mother for her wealth,

this, I felt a

wasn't surprising. In these powerful families, fights for control

sole heir

and indulging in the

power. But time waits for no one, and he grew

a

was the only choice. His illegitimate siblings didn't even qualify for the family tree,

had been strained since he betrayed Gregory's mother, and with Gregory in

Confronted with fatherly affection,

el

son, stemmed from a desire for a compliant

make a move, don't confront them head-on. Even

"And your mother, Molly, they'll be fine