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.

dutiful grandson, a loving adoptive son,

the only one hurt

a carefree demeanor that 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 put a halt to Hanson Ford's plans

that means

myself, remembering it was his father we were talking about, and corrected, "He won't be giving you trouble for a while?"

raised an eyebrow, a hint of coldness in his eyes, "That man married my mother for her wealth, and suppressed me to

I felt a

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

sole

indulging in

no

needed a new leader

illegitimate siblings didn't even qualify

been strained since he betrayed Gregory's mother, and with Gregory in power, Hanson couldn't continue

Confronted with fatherly affection,

el

stemmed from a desire for a compliant heir, a "filial son" who would do his bidding.

and Palmer make a move, don't confront them head-on. Even without the Ford family's power, we can

"And your mother, Molly, they'll