Chapter 2856


    Chapter 2856


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


    The thought of Nn 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 Nn. 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.


    But it was such an unwise move. If Nn really got angry, it could spell the end for the entire Tanner family.


    Regina, still naive, didn’t realize that Francis was acting for his son’s sake and mistakenly thought that her father’s actions were


    partly out of love for her, considering her future.


    She had just been discharged from the hospital and was meant to be home to recover.


    After the day’s turmoil, she copsed onto her bed without even covering herself with a nket and fell asleep.


    She woke up the next morning, shivering from the cold.Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    Descending the stairs to breakfast with a ghostly pallor, she was met with her father furrowed brow. “What''s this all about,


    Regina? Is marrying Nn really that distressi Are you trying to manipte me with your health?”


    Regina quickly furrowed her brow in response, “What are you talking about?”


    She couldn’t understand why her father wouldn’t give her a break so early in the morni


    Imogen intervened with a smile, “Regina’s juste 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 syrup youlove.”