Lost Me, Gained Regret (Jane and Bryant Ferguson)

Pearl immediately regretted spoiling Dorothy to the point where she had become so entitled!

Yet when it came time to discipline her, Pearl couldn't bring herself to really lay into her.

Dorothy was left utterly speechless from the rebuke, "What the heck are you doing?! Are you hitting me over some shady guy? Who is he to you, huh? Your ex-flame?!" Pearl snapped, "Shut up!"

"I won't! I'm telling Dad!" Fuming, Dorothy's eyes blazed with anger as she turned to storm out. After all, compared to Jane inheriting the Myers estate, Victor would rather pass it on to her. She didn't need to rely on Pearl for anything!

But just as she turned, someone knocked her out from behind.

Pearl caught her limp body in time and gently laid her on the couch, sighing deeply before turning to Kane, "Kane... don't take to heart what Dorothy said. I've spoiled her rotten since she was little, that's why..."

"Why bother explaining?" Kane took her hand, comforting her, "When I got into trouble and vanished so suddenly, it was you who looked after her, managed to bring her into the Myers household, and took care of her personally. I owe you for being so good to her."

"But it all happened because of me..."

Pearl's affection for Dorothy was half because she was Kane's daughter, and half out of guilt and self-reproach.

Kane chuckled, dismissing the past. "Let's not dwell on that. What's done is done. What about Jane now?"

"Is there only one antidote?"

"Yes." Kane confirmed, his eyes narrowing shrewdly, "Should I try to get it back from Mark?"

If they could secure the Myers estate, falling out with Mark wouldn't matter.

"No!"

Pearl was wary of Mark and didn't want to antagonize him unless absolutely necessary.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly smiled, "Remember you said the initial symptoms of the poisoning can't be detected by medical equipment?"

"That means I could use a fake poison

d trick them into handiet

agreement, and Jane

oven't realize it for a while

right?"

Kane raised an eyebrow, "Exactly."

After all, without symptoms, it would be impossible to immediately tell if the antidote had worked.

Determined, Pearl stood up, "Then I've got a plan."

She glanced at the unconscious Dorothy, "I'll leave Dorothy in your care. Just send her away when she wakes up."

"Should I arrange for someone to accompany you to the hospital?"

"No need."

Pearl shook her head, "That would make it too easy to track you down. Gregory is extremely sharp."

At the mention of being tracked, Kane tensed and made for the door, only to hear a commotion coming from outside!

Pearl heard it too and looked at Kane, both anxious and furious, "Kane... did I just walk into that bitch's trap?"

"Mrs. Myers," Before she could react further, Gregory, followed by Lucius and several of his men, walked in with an air of arrogance, toying with a lighter and smirking as if amused.

"Calling my fiancée like the

think I'm too easygoing?"