Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 52

“Is that all?” I asked, pushing for more.

“Yeah, that’s all.”

Chapter 52

I raised an eyebrow, “You don’t like him at all?”

“A little, I guess.”

After Christine replied, she suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh, “But what’s the use of liking someone? My mom used to say she married my dad because they were madly in love.”

“But that didn’t stop them from throwing dishes at each other when they fought. Is there anything like true and lasting love in the world?

I knew, deep down, she didn’t believe in love, not even familial love.

After her father’s business went belly up, he turned to drinking, gambling, and started to lash out, hitting both his wife and Christine.

Her mom just disappeared one day, leaving her to grow up with that excuse of a father, taking beatings more times than she could count.

I wanted to lighten the mood, so I changed the subject with a grin, “But why have your so good to me all these years?”

been

crying their eyes out on the rooftop in the dead of winter, snot and tears all over

made me touch my nose in embarrassment.

air when I saw her and panicked, rushing over to pull her back from what I thought was the edge.

out, thinking I was trying to kill her and

was just trying to clear her head, not jump off, but I almost gave her

from mere roommates into inseparable best friends.

threw a bag into my lap, “Have breakfast. Got you some bagels and yogurt, take the rest to the office, snack on them if you

love me

Christine cursed playfully, “I clearly only

bother me, which was a rare

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Group was actually pretty smooth when I could just focus on

that evening, I

a new car, painted exactly like

be to someone to get matching

felt like a fishbone stuck

time, then showed up at my doorstep, claiming he missed