Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 76

“Are you at home?”

His voice echoed as if he was in a vast, empty space, carrying a tone of exhaustion.

I got up and walked to the balcony, stretching my neck as I moved. Ignoring the ache, I casually asked, “Yeah, what about you? Still caught

o with works,

It was to be expected, after all, Margaret had lost so much blood.

How could he possibly be at ease?

“Almost done here.”

Something seemed to lighten his mood, his voice gaining a hint of warmth, “The tickets. are on the hallway table, don’t forget to grab them on your way out.”

Even though I had anticipated it, hearing him confirm it still stung a bit, “You’re not coming?”

“Where did that come from? I’ll meet you at the stadium entrance…”

He chuckled, but his words were suddenly cut off by a fragile yet breaking question, “Bry, who are you talking to? Didn’t you promise me…

Her words ended abruptly, not because Bryant stopped her, but because the call had been disconnected.

This made it feel like we were having an affair, and I was the other woman.

phone, a surge of bitterness overwhelmed me. It felt like an

trying to achieve, what situation

create.

with me, showering me with attention, even making our relationship public at work so everyone knew who I was, as if he really cared about me.

just when I was about to change my mind, he left me hanging, spending the night by Margaret’s

was a child

what am I to you,

in my mind, my phone lit up with a

the doors

given me his answer. He chose Margaret again.

1/2

chat screen, reading that message over and over until my eyes hurt.

breathing felt

being abandoned multiple

message, I found

laughing at my

time, but at his faintest call,

I couldn’t

put it, a third of my life was spent on him.

a cautious secret crush to an anxious love fulfilled, I

longer than some people keep

thought for a while, until it was almost time to leave. Then,

up and applied some

light brown satin slip dress from

singer I had adored for many years; I