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.

slowly loosened my grip on the cutlery. "What if that day

already on the table, I didn't

stunned expression, I put down

Ryan and I never got divorced? What would

single." Jack gave a helpless smile, the soft light

honest, my choice to return to the country was partly because I heard that your relationship with

and said, "Come to think of it, am I being a bit despicable? Always hoping for

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myself."

that be? Before my divorce, you never crossed any

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I still have the ability to like someone. As of

the light in his eyes dimmed a

I didn't want

his head slightly, thought for a moment, 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 can't make you fall for me by then, I

long time.

from Jane's, but the one thing we agreed on was that we didn't believe in love growing

only

love often happened in an

past years plus the next six months should be enough. If not, I didn't want to waste too much of his time. "Alright," Jack agreed cheerfully. "Let's eat quickly, or it will get

saw him to the door. He glanced at Frank's door across the hall and suddenly asked, "Charlotte, are you very close with Mr.

flamboyantly and unpredictably, making it

"Got it."

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