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

couldn’t understand what Bryant was trying to achieve, what

create.

on moving in with me, showering me with attention, even making our relationship public at work so everyone knew who I

just when I was about to change my mind, he left me hanging, spending

there was a child involved.

am I to you,

my mind, my

I don’t make it before the doors close,

me his answer.

1/2

that message over and over until my

felt painful.

experience being abandoned multiple

I found

at

been hurt time after time, but at his

I couldn’t

Christine put it, a third of my

anxious love fulfilled,

some people keep

up on the couch, lost in thought for a

up and applied

a light brown satin slip

all, it was a concert of a singer I had adored for many years; I