Chapter 243

It wasn’t so much sadness as it was envy. If Mom were still alive, she’d also look out for me.

I murmured in my heart, ‘Mom… Oh, how I miss you.”

“What are you blubbering about? Out of nowhere, from behind a massive pillar in the parking lot, Gregory emerged, frowning at me.

“Weren’t you all gung–ho about getting that divorce? Can’t bear to leave after just a few words exchanged?”

I hastily wiped away fny tears, sniffed, and mumbled, “It’s not that. The wind’s strong out here. Got something in my eye.”

“Ah.” He saw right through my lie, his sarcasm biting. “For something in your eye, you’re quite the crybaby.”

What a terrible joke.

Yet, my foul mood lifted a bit. “Didn’t you say you’d wait in the car? What are you doing out here?”

“Got stuffy.” He dropped those words and wandered ahead.

realized how cold I’d been

roared to life,

gathered my thoughts. “What was the real reason you asked

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Then, it seemed like he was dragging me in as some actress. I

slow–moving city traffic, with frequent red lights, even a sports car could only stop

glanced at me. “What do

make me see the truth,

competing with your dear god sister, Dorothy, over a man,”

lazily on the window sill, the other on the

determination to have Bryant as a son–in–law. That way, my divorce

glanced at him. “So, should I

“Sure. Buy me

nod of

“You, of all people, don’t seem the

he smiled, “You have a unique

you worried about facing the Myers family like this today?” I asked

there to worry about? At most, my dad would yell at me a bit. That wouldn’t harm a bit. If he

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