Ex-husband’s Regret by Lean

Chapter 275

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Chapter 275

We were all adults here. Given the conversations we had recently, I understood what his gestures and attentions meant.

I was somewhat at a loss for how to respond.

I had already said what needed to be said on that day.

Frequent refusals could lead to awkwardness and might even jeopardize our friendship.

Jack hesitated slightly. "Charlotte, have I given you any burden?"

I fiddled with my cutlery, and before I could speak, he continued thoughtfully, "I've said before, you don't need to respond to anything. Just consider this as care between friends." "In the future, when you're ready to start a new relationship, we can take it slow," he

added.

My heart warmed.

Had I not experienced the failed marriage with Ryan, or if I were still at an impulsive age, hearing those words might have led me to fall deeply for him.

But now, I... was too afraid.

The cost of becoming emotionally involved was too great.

my grip on the cutlery. "What if

the table, I

stunned expression, I put

and I never

helpless smile, the soft light casting a glow on

because I heard that your relationship with Ryan wasn't as

of it, am I being a bit despicable? Always hoping

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myself."

that be? Before my divorce, you never crossed

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mean I still have the ability to like someone. As of now, Jack, you

the light in his eyes dimmed a

didn't want to

then lifted his head to look at me again, still gentle. "Charlotte, how about we set a deadline? For example, six months, a year, or two years. If I

for a long time.

were different from Jane's, but the one thing we

time, only

often happened

then the past years plus the next six months should be enough. If not, I didn't want to waste too much of his

hall and suddenly asked, "Charlotte, are you very close with Mr. Smith?" "Not really," I

acted flamboyantly and unpredictably, making it hard for ordinary people to

"Got it."

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