The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2856

Regina tried to console herself, but the tears betrayed her. They trickled stubbornly down her cheeks.

The thought of Nolan looking at her with that indifferent gaze, as if she were something filthy, was agonizing.

She had never harbored any grand illusions about a future with Nolan. All she wanted was to stand by, like a good friend, and watch over him from afar.

But she never could have guessed that what her father did would obliterate even that possibility.

Now she couldn’t even be his friend, and the thought of that left a bitter taste in Regina’s heart.

She could understand, at least in part, her father’s intentions. The Tanner Group was in dire straits; otherwise, he wouldn’t have recklessly taken that tape to threaten the Harris family.

such an unwise move. If Nolan really got angry, it

sake and mistakenly thought that her father’s actions were partly out of love

the hospital and was

bed without even covering herself with

the next morning, shivering from

her father furrowed brow. “What’s this all about, Regina? Is marrying Nolan really that distressi Are you trying to manipulate me

furrowed her brow in response, “What are you

why her father wouldn’t give her a break so early in the

just come out of the hospital. It’s normal for to look a bit off. And you, Francis, why are you so hot-tempered this morning? Look at you, all stern, and you’ve probably scared Regina. Come sit by me, Regina, have some. breakfast. Emma got up early to make pancakes, your favorite, with that maple