Chapter 236

Hearing the news, Christine wasn’t disappointed. Instead, she turned into a gossip queen. “So, going out with the Gregory guy living across your hallway?”

I was surprised. “How did you know?”

Christine explained, “Who around you could I possibly not know about? Besides me, there’s Mark and Bryant. You wouldn’t bother with Bryant. If it were Mark, you’d have told me right away. By process of elimination, that leaves Gregory.”

My gaze drifted to the distant skyscrapers, their neon lights flickering in the night. I chuckled, “Nothing gets past you, huh?”

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, I hung up, only to find Bryant had woken up.

I put away my phone and dropped the smile, speaking steadily, “You’re awake. You should go home then.”

His d

fixed on me. “Trying to avold me

into the living

I had no parents and barely anything to rely on. How could I

Ferguson family or the Myers family, it made no difference. If

frowned. “Did Margaret come to

with fatigue, “Bryant, let’s not make this harder for each other. Let’s get

could go our

ignore my point, steering the conversation elsewhere. “Why the sudden need to sell the house?

“That’s none

talked, the deeper the entanglement.

once more. “How much money do you need? Is the sale

even more direct

answer. “We don’t need to discuss

me off, “Does divorce mean we have to become

gaze remained on me. The deep color of his eyes, intensified by alcohol, seemed to pull me

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