Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 158

Christine shot me a quick, suggestive glance that almost spilled with implications.

1 was a bit perplexed, but seeing Mark’s casual demeanor, I was sure it wasn’t what Christine had thought.

After all, Mark had his heart set on someone for twenty years. How could he suddenly. take a fancy to someone like me, fresh from a divorce?

Mark filled my glass with apple cider. “No rush. Take your time to think it over.”

“Sure.” My heart was still racing. After all, it was a brand I had admired for many years. It was seemingly within easy reach, which was almost like a dream.

After dinner, claiming she had another party to attend, Christine asked Mark to drive me

home.

As we got into the car, I couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty. “Sorry for the trouble.”

“Not at all. Consider it a favor returned,” Mark teased with a smile.

chuckled. “But you didn’t even

excused himself to take a call halfway

pale and slender, rested elegantly on the steering wheel. His gaze swept over me, cutting me off. “You invited, and I paid. It’s all the same. If

I shrugged, somehow getting tangled in his

planned, he wouldn’t be staying there again. And I imagined he hadn’t return since

Riverview Estate, the chill from the garage made me shiver as I got out of the

until I disappeared into the building, his demeanor soft, “Yeah. Get inside.”

been a break-in or if I had forgotten to turn them off after my last

pair of shiny men’s leather shoes at the threshold caught my

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custom-made and unavailable on the

was standing by the balcony, his fingertips glowing intermittently with

“What are you doing

he finally stiffened, turning around to snuff his cigarette. His voice

“Yes.”