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

into the

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

family, it made no difference. If I couldn’t confront them, I could

frowned. “Did Margaret

this time.” I stated plainly, my voice tinged with fatigue, “Bryant, let’s not make this

we could go our separate

steering the conversation elsewhere. “Why the sudden need to sell

“That’s none

talked, the deeper the entanglement.

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

was an even more

frowned, reluctant to answer. “We don’t need

we

color of his eyes, intensified by alcohol, seemed to pull

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