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.

side by side toward

was just for appearances, at least my parents would be at peace, knowing

gravesite was well-kept, with only a bit of dust on

was strange. My parents had been gone for years, and I didn’t think about them all that often.

a kid, crying into my pillow night after night.

gravestone now

and reserved, knelt down

me so long to bring Jane

on the last one, murmured, “I was wrong before, and I’ll

rest of

it mattered

he

Chapter 37

didn’t have a future together anymore.

“Mom, Dad…”

and all the things. I wanted to

feeling like I belonged

they left, I never really had a home again. Marrying Bryant, I thought I’d finally have a family, but it was just a fantasy.

with sadness, yet I forced

now! In a few months,

I’m so

boy or a girl, but either way, you’ll

I’ll take great care of my baby, just like you did for me, giving my baby all