Lost Me Gained Regret

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Chapter 292

We were adults and had cleared the art between us days ago. It was evident what Mark’s kindness and attention meant. I was at a loss. for how to respond. I had said everything I needed to say that day. Constantly turning him down would only make things awkward, and we might end up not even being friends.

Mark hesitated, “Jane, am I making you feel pressured?”

“Like I said, you don’t need to respond to anything. Just think of it as something friends do for each other”

ready to start a new relationship,

deeply for him if I hadn’t gone through that disastrous marriage with Bryant and if I were still at the age of acting on impulse. But I was afraid. The cost of getting my heart involved was too much for

let go of my fork. “What if that day

had come this far. Seeing his stunned

replied with a forced smile, the

looked at me squarely, a hint of self–mockery in his voice. “Does that make

by Mark’s candidness, with my words barely escaping my lips. “But divorce doesn’t mean I’m ready to be with someone else again. Up to now, just like Chris, you’re important to

his eyes dimmed a bit when I mentioned

how about we set a timeline? Like six months, a year, two years. Fill give up if I can’t make you fall for me by

say six months.”

I had different views on love but agreed that love didn’t necessarily grow over time. Sometimes, it was just there, or it was not. If it were possible to fall in love, the years passed, and the next six

“Let’s eat

the door, and he glanced toward Gregory’s place, suddenly asking, “Jane, are you close with Mr. Ford?” “We’re friends.” I replied honestly, “Not close,

Mark had described, Gregory was bold and unrestrained, a mystery to most.