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.

was about to turn off the light, my phone on the

answering, “Hello?”

voice, lazy as usual, came through, “Come out.

“Okay.”

of bed, grabbed a long down coat, and

looking ahead, I bumped into a solid chest, stumbling back two steps

against his car, wincing from the collision, and grumbled, “So, being called out in

smelled faintly of alcohol.

wasn’t watching where I was going… You

turmoil in his eyes, his voice cold, “I’m setting New Year’s Day as the deadline. If there’s no word from

I knew what his “stop waiting” meant.

palm, my whole being felt lost, awkward, and confused…

at him hesitantly, “But you said you’d never give up on her… Gregory!”

the scent of mint mixing with the cold night air, enveloping my senses.

hug borrowed in

a serious look, his words clear and profound, “I wasn’t sure before, but seeing you with Bryant today, I couldn’t help it. I wanted to betray

of him, I felt utterly out of my depth, a stark contrast to the embarrassment of being caught in compromising

confused, and it had

“What makes you

confident about