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.”

for

warm, heated throughout, as Mark took off his white down jacket, explaining with a light laugh, “You should

I nodded, making

to close the door, our takeout arrived. She carried it

the best choice in this weather.

Mark nor I

the soft clinking of utensils. Mark, with a side glance, observed me closely, his gaze tightening slightly. “Have

“…Yeah.”

was no denial.

kindness for another’s had led me to

not

a bright distant moon, but I had never dared to see him as my beacon,

a fleeting crush, moving on after

he tried to comfort me, “Matters of the heart require some blessing from fate.

off, staring at his kind and gentle face, holding back yet unable

furrowed his brows lightly, “What do you

just found out, back in college, it

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