Chapter 291

Was there some bad blood between him and Dorothy behind the scenes?

Gregory half–closed his eyes, sounding utterly casual, “Don’t flatter yourself. I was looking forward to dealing with her myself.”

I promptly responded, “Fine, then today’s damn is on you“.

I could get back at Dorothy while keeping my hands clean. Why the hell not?

Gregory gave me a side glance, chuckling, Jane, you sure know how to climb the ladder, huh?”

“Guess I do!” I laughed, “But when did you catch wind of it?”

a fool. “You think Jarrod would make a move without giving me a

brows, thinking it over, and

Gregory a favor since I had leveraged Gregory’s. influence when I approached him that day. If things went south, Gregory would be there to back him up. And if Gregory objected, it would be even better for Jarrod. He wouldn’t have to risk facing retaliation from the Myers family. Either way, he was sitting pretty When back at River Villa, we parted ways after exiting the elevator, each heading

on the couch when

someone having second thoughts about

twisting the doorknob while casually saying, “Mr. Ford, you’ve changed

but his eyes momentarily froze when

shook my head and smiled. “Mark, what brings you

eat.” He lifted the takeaway bag in his hand,

noticed the logo on the bag, feeling surprised, “Isn’t that seafood joint way up north? Traffic’s a nightmare, not to mention the wait…” That place was an institution in RiverCity. We used to go there back in college. Back then, boundless energy, we’d trek any distance for

smile was gentle. “If it makes you happy, I’d run till my

insulated bag from him, smiling, “You

down to grab a pair of slippers from

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