Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 33

The fabric between us was thin, yet the skin around my waist felt like it was on fire.

I froze as if possessed by a ghost, but thankfully, my mind was crystal clear. “We laid it all out, Bryant. I can’t be in a marriage with a third person involved.”

“I’m sorry,” he murmured, his forehead pressed against my back, his voice muffled.

Did I feel a twinge of sympathy? Of course.

It’s not easy to erase years of affection overnight. I wanted to relent, to give Bryant. another chance. But then, the recent events screamed in my memory, demanding attention. The choice was between him and me.

I sighed. “Bryant, you realize your mistakes, but then you repeat them. It’s meaningless.”

This time, I chose to put myself first.

After seven years of choosing him, it was enough.

Bryant was silent for a long while, unable to respond.

“Let go, Bryant. Here’s so far we can go.” I never imagined I could say such cold words to- him.

a beckoning from them, you’d ecstatically run back, floating on air for days.

nually

one day, all you’d think

daze when I returned to Riverview Estat Thankfully, morning sickness spared me any further turmoil. I fell asleep as soon as I

than Christine, no one knew I had moved

Christine would have just let herself in. She knew the code.

weekend’s sleep,

fixed on me. “Are you thinking about settling down

conversation the night before

divorce, Bryant seemed to have dropped his

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home

handsome features exuding an authoritative charisma.

anymore. “Don’t you

feigned calm, unashamedly claiming, “I

a thing.”

enough last night.” I scrutinized

I blacked out.”