Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 38

Otherwise, the Ferguson Group wouldn’t have ended up directly in Bryant’s hands.

“How about you? How have you been?” I lifted my gaze, looking up at the sharp lines of his jaw, and asked hesitantly.

“These three

years since we got married,” he managed a slight smile, sighed softly, and said, “it’s been good.”

That answer made me want to cry even more.

It was regret, wasn’t it? After all, if it hadn’t been for all those issues, we could have grown old together.

On our way back, we both remained silent, an unspoken agreement between us. Some things are better left unsaid.

He couldn’t truly change what was happening, and I couldn’t just live with it.

Better to let go now, while we could still look at each other without disdain.

Autumn days are short and the nights-long. Through the car window, the setting sun cast a golden glow over his figure.

“I’ll walk you up.” When we arrived at Riverview Estate, he spoke before I could.

went up together. Standing at the door, I pursed my lips,

“Okay.”

nodded slightly, yet he didn’t move.

b

pulled open from the inside, revealing Christine’s radiant face.

seemed to ease Bryant

joked, “So you expected me to come

be a cook, but Mark makes delicious meals!”

her voice

realized then, “Mark’s here too?”

few friends over. I

Chapter 38

noticed new decorations and trinkets around

spread through me, as I suddenly felt a genuine sense of belonging

expression, from sunny to a cold dreariness, in an

had been helping Mark in the kitchen, came running qut, his playful smile fading into guilt upon seeing

e door.

one hand in his pocket, looked at

“Ahem…”

scrambled to explain, “Bryant, I thought

“I’m not busy.”