Lost Me Gained Regret

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Chapter 279

Barefoot, Christine dashed to the door, freezing momentarily upon opening it. “Mark, you… came to see Jane?”

“Yeah.” With a gentle smile, Mark stepped inside, glancing my way as he slipped off his shoes. “How are you feeling today? Still in pain?”

Seeing him again, even just after a night, made me feel strangely unworthy.

It was Mark who helped me out!

Noticing my daze, Mark chuckled, “Daydreaming?”

“No, not really.” I hastily shook my head, pulling myself back to the present to answer his earlier question. “Much better, not as painful as yesterday.”

“That’s good to hear.”

He placed a bag on the coffee table, “I swung by the pharmacy to pick up some scar treatment for you. Those injuries of yours are no joke, and even though they’re not on your face, we can’t be careless about them. We don’t want any scars.”

Feeling a mix of guilt and gratitude, I was more compliant than usual. “Yeah, I’ll use it when I change my dressings tonight.”

off for now.”

white down jacket, explaining with a light laugh, “You should wait until the wounds start to heal before

making a mental note.

carried it into the kitchen. “Dinner’s on me tonight. You guys

best choice in this

nor

of utensils. Mark, with a side glance,

“…Yeah.”

was no

someone else’s kindness for another’s had led me to fall for the wrong person. It was worth shedding a

not have

was like the calm after a storm, a bright distant moon, but I had never dared to see him as

I’d cherished a fleeting crush, moving on

cause for my sadness, he tried to comfort me, “Matters of the heart require some blessing from fate. You were already on the path to divorce, and now with his announcement of an engagement, you can start to let

and gentle face, holding back yet unable to stop

furrowed his brows lightly, “What do you

back in college,

speaking softly, “Why… why didn’t you ever tell me?”