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?”

me like I was a fool. “You think

it over, and it clicked. “Got

was doing 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

barely crashed on the couch when the doorbell

having second thoughts about

made my way to the entrance, twisting the doorknob while casually saying, “Mr. Ford, you’ve changed your mind about

there was Mark. His face was all smiles, but his eyes momentarily froze when he heard me mention Gregory and then softened again, “Jane, haven’t had dinner

my head and smiled. “Mark,

early today and picked up something for you to eat.” He lifted the takeaway bag in his hand, “You’re sure to love

“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.

you happy, I’d

from him, smiling,

bent down to grab a pair of slippers from the shoe

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