Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 37

What was that supposed to mean? He thought I cheated on him before we even split?

He was exactly that type of guy.

I couldn’t be bothered to explain, so I just said indifferently, “Just friends.”

“What friends?”

“Bryant,” I couldn’t help but smile softly, “Dead men don’t pry.”

If he wanted to be a ghost from my past, then he might as well vanish for good.

Bryant almost laughed out of irritation, his tongue clicking against his cheek in scorn, “Fine.”

When we got to the cemetery, I stepped out of the car and started climbing the steps up the hill.

Seeing he wasn’t following. I turned back to wait for him.

As I did, I noticed him carrying some flowers he must have prepared at some point, which caught me off guard.

I bit my lip, then said, “Thank you.”

“For what? It’s the least I could do,” he said flatly.

up, we walked side by side toward my parents’

for appearances, at least my parents would be at peace, knowing this much.

a

My parents had been gone for years, and I didn’t think

like when I was a kid, crying into my

gravestone now tears just started

so dignified and reserved, knelt

so long to bring Jane to

serious as he bowed his head three times, and on the last one, murmured, “I was wrong

couldn’t hear the rest of

that it

he

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didn’t have a future

“Mom, Dad…”

their photos on the gravestone, my tears flowed even more, and all the things. I wanted to

like I belonged to

I never really had a home again. Marrying Bryant, I thought I’d

tears, overwhelmed with sadness, yet I

Dad, I’m pregnant, two months now! In a few months, the baby will be here. I

I’m so happy,

a boy or a girl, but either

my baby, just like you