Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 334

Gratitude and guilt swirled within me, keeping any sharp retorts at bay. I forced a smile, “No worries, it hardly hurts.”

He withdrew his hand, letting out a silent sigh before saying, “You should head back home. I just wanted to see if you were alright. Now that I know you are, I can rest easy.”

“Alright.”

The chill made me sniffle as I waved goodbye to him and headed towards my doorstep.

Thinking back to his asking about the place, I turned around, “Oh, and Mark, I’ll make sure to move out as soon as I can…”

Originally, I thought ours was merely a friendship.

But knowing what I know now, I preferred it stayed that way, with no extra complications.

“No need!” Mark cut me off. After a brief struggle, he seemingly conceded, “Just stay put, alright? Gregory lives across from you… not many would dare to stir trouble here. It’s relatively safe for you.”

“Thank you…”

“Jane, we’re still friends.”

Seeing my discomfort, he decided to lay it all out, “Don’t feel pressured just because I have feelings for you. Besides, you haven’t held me back in any way. Now that everything’s out in the open, let’s just continue being friends. Good friends. You’re still the same junior I befriended, and I’m still your senior.”

“Deal!”

adding before he left, “Having a friend like you, Mark,

with genuine kindness by him, by

dark night outside, and muttered something I couldn’t catch over the noise of

car.

was that?” I asked, trying to

His eyes, deep and thoughtful, looked at me as he slightly chuckled. “I said, we’ll always

The elevator arrived.

Mark softly said,

nodded vigorously, feeling an indescribable emotion, as if something would

nothing I could

to step into the elevator, Molly emerged from inside,

slightly, “Yeah.

for the other day,

“No problem.”

entered the elevator and the doors had closed behind him, Molly turned to me, a bit anxiously, “Jane, are you and Mr. Larson… like, in a

we’ve always just been friends.”

eyes searched mine for confirmation,

“I do.”

chuckled, “But just as a friend. It’s different from