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.

grandson,

where I was the only one hurt somehow

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

means your

about, and corrected, "He won't be giving you trouble for a while?"

wealth, and suppressed me to maintain his grip on

I felt a pang of

powerful families, fights for control often left little room for

the sole

over and indulging in

no one, and he

a new

Gregory, the legitimate heir, was the only choice. His illegitimate siblings didn't even qualify

Gregory's mother, and with Gregory in power,

Confronted with fatherly affection,

el

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

to be safe. If your father and Palmer make a move, don't confront them head-on. Even without the Ford family's power, we can still have a good

mother, Molly, they'll be