Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 769

Christine couldn't recall the moment she drifted off to sleep, but when she awoke, her phone had already powered down.

Groggily, she reached for her charger, plugged it in, and powered on her phone, only to discover that their video call had lasted a whopping five hours-cut short only because her phone had died. Had it not, they might have continued their video chat into the early hours of this morning.

Christine was somewhat taken aback; she'd never been this head-over-heels in love before.

"Good morning," she texted Dailey, then hurried to get ready for work.

On her way, she grabbed a bagel and coffee for breakfast, snapping photos to share with Dailey, who replied to each one.

At the breakfast table.

Dailey was the only one glued to his phone, his half-eaten bowl of oatmeal neglected for too long.

The table was silent, with even the usually outspoken Normand keeping his thoughts to himself, and Jayne, who could hardly ever hold her tongue, quietly focusing on her meal.

Dailey could sense the tension in the air but couldn't be bothered to ask. He figured it must have been something Nelly said to his mother last night.

was clearly on the

got to head to the office; take your time," Dailey announced, standing up to grab his coat and

car had left the driveway, Normand turned to Jayne,

Opposing him outright would only drive him closer to Christine and could potentially lead him to make radical decisions, like walking away from the Clarkson

character, such rebellion seemed unlikely. Yet, she felt

their best bet was

hasn't Nelly come down for breakfast?" Normand

she wasn't feeling well," Jayne replied, her brows furrowed in

hesitant to

"Could you find

ber... if she and Dailey took precautions that

a meeting at the office, Christine headed over to the shopping center to check on sales. Discussing expansion plans with Jane, they realized it was lunchtime and decided to treat their staff to lunch. That's when she bumped into Dailey, who was also visiting

a coincidence,"

planning to expand her store. Maybe we could discuss

"Sounds good," Christine replied,

had already dismissed his accompanying executives, leaving them bewildered as