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

life, merging swiftly

gathered my thoughts. “What was the real reason you

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needed a date. Then, it seemed like he was dragging me in as some actress.

traffic, with frequent red lights, even a sports car

glanced at me. “What do you

me see the truth,

god sister,

one hand lazily on the window sill, the other on the steering wheel. Tm giving it back to you

Lunderstood. Gregory wanted me to see the Myers family’s determination to have Bryant as a son–in–law. That way, my divorce from Bryant would speed

him. “So, should I thank

me

a nod of

sighed. “You, of all people, don’t seem the type to be so

tensed, and he smiled, “You have a unique way of

about facing the Myers family like this

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

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