Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 280

Mark reached out, gently ruffling my hair as he spoke in a calm, measured tone.

“The girl I wanted to ask to that concert… was you. The one I’ve been waiting to divorce… also you. And the one I’ve loved for twenty- years… yes, you.”

His voice carried a quiet confidence, his amber eyes shining with unwavering certainty, “Jane, it’s always been you, nobody else.”

It felt like my heart was being pulled out of my chest. Suddenly, I was flustered, at a loss for words.

Tumed out, when faced with someone who genuinely cared for and loved me, my first instinct was to feel unworthy.

Mixed emotions swirled within me, and I instinctively wanted to deny it, “How could it be me? You’ve known her for so many years, and we’ve only…”

“Do you remember me telling you about moving back with the Larsons when I was eight?” Mark patiently explained, lifting his wrist to show me a bracelet, “Before I was taken back by the Larsons, I was in Southhaven. This bracelet, does it ring a bell?”

“No…” I shook my head in confusion.

My memories before moving in with my aunt were fragmented, consisting only of bits and pieces about my parents and being chased for debts.

My aunt, having to put up with Allen’s mood swings just to feed me, would never have taken me to a hospital.

when I sought medical advice, the doctor said it was

been too long; the chances of

a birthday gift

about the storm inside me, didn’t seem down at all. He spoke gently, “It’s okay. We have a long future ahead of us.

I hesitated before asking, “When did you recognize

time you fainted from low

tender gaze, “I heard someone

I wondered if it was just a coincidence. But then, I noticed so many of your habits were the same

blinked, “Like what?”

love for spicy and sweet foods, the way you fidget with your hands when

me, “So, it adds up,

listed, my certainty grew, and

me. Absolutely me.

But still…

with my hands, saying, “Mark, I

to return

can clear my own heart,

to the