Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 341

“It does.” I curled my lips, mustering all my courage, “If it’s the latter, I’m worried… maybe you’ve fallen for me?

He chuckled, “Worried? You think me liking you would keep you up at night?”

“Pretty much.” I spoke openly, “You’ve got a good personality, come from a good family, and you’re loyal. Being liked by someone like you, it’s hard not to feel something. But that’s exactly why we can’t be.”

“Can’t be?”

“Yeah, can’t be.”

I took a deep breath, looking him straight in the eye, “I’m not a starry–eyed girl anymore. I can’t knowingly walk into a situation that’s doomed from the start. Your loyalty, to me, is a flaw.”

“You helped me out earlier, and I’ll deal with your parents for you. Beyond that, let’s both keep our heads.”

That night, after I got ready for bed in the guest room Ramona had set up, I lay there, wide awake.

What did Gregory say to me during the day?

He said, “Jane, don’t think you’re the only one who’s scared.”

Before I could ponder what he meant, he shoved me into his car and had his driver take me back.

about to turn off the light, my phone on the

answering,

lazy as usual, came through, “Come out. Hurry, it’s freezing.”

“Okay.”

bed, grabbed a long down coat, and headed out while

solid chest, stumbling back two steps before I looked up.

streetlight, Gregory leaned against his car, wincing from the collision, and grumbled, “So, being

faintly of

I was going… You do realize it’s the middle of the

his voice cold, “I’m setting New Year’s Day as the deadline. If there’s no word from her by then, I’ll

what his “stop waiting” meant.

nails dug into my palm, my whole being felt lost,

you said you’d never give up on her…

he pulled me into his embrace, the scent of mint mixing with the cold

this a hug

profound, “I wasn’t sure before, but seeing you

front of him, I felt utterly out of my depth, a stark contrast

had been

awkwardly stepped back, asking, “What makes you

confident about everything.”