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.

loosened my grip on the cutlery. "What if that

the table,

stunned expression, I put down my

never got divorced? What would you

a helpless smile, the soft

to return to the country was partly because I heard that your relationship with Ryan wasn't as good as

the eyes and said, "Come to think of it, am I being a bit despicable? Always hoping for your divorce, hoping for even the slightest

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myself."

that be? Before my

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I lightly pressed my lips together and continued, "But divorce doesn't mean I still have the ability to like someone. As of now, Jack, you and

mentioned "very good friends," the light in his

didn't want

"Charlotte, how about we set a deadline? For example, six months, a year,

for a long time. “Let's go with

relationships were different from Jane's, but the one thing we agreed on was

only familial affection

love often happened

the next six months should be enough. If not, I didn't want to

the door. He glanced at Frank's door across the hall and suddenly asked, "Charlotte, are you very close with Mr. Smith?" "Not really," I answered honestly, not thinking much of it. "We're not particularly close, but not distant

and unpredictably, making

"Got it."

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