Lost Me Gained Regret

"Moving out, moving out!"

Abandoning her breakfast, Christine sprung to her feet, eager to please. "Mr. Ford, your generosity knows no bounds. I'm forever grateful..."

"No thanks needed."

Gregory chimed in with a meaningful tone, "Consider it an early wedding gift for you and Dailey."

Christine was speechless, "..."

I was bewildered, aware that Gregory wasn't one to speak without reason. I quickly turned to Christine, "You and Dailey? What's going on??"

The prospect of my best friend's major life event being news to me before Gregory was shocking.

Christine cleared her throat, trying to downplay it, "It's not... what you think."

She was clearly out of her league in this chase!

Gregory nodded in understanding, "Dailey's a tough catch, huh?"

Christine was shocked, "He told you??"

Gregory chuckled, "Clarence dropped by my place last night. We ended up talking over a few beers."

implication was clear; Clarence

briefly, resigning herself, "...There's absolutely

focused on the crux of the matter, "So,

down and confessing, "It's early days. Right now,

chat, kissing my forehead before

now I have to deal with

just looking at her, "So,

"It's alright."

freely, "It's just a bit of reverse psychology. The more he wants to keep his distance, the more want to see where it

"Anyway..."

experiences, I sincerely added, "As long as

things with Dailey go south, it could affect you and Gregory?" After all, they

"Why worry about that?"

"Trust me, Gregory would choose me over anyone else,

the situation, he always put

...

wait until the afternoon; right

to dive into my design drafts. RiverCity's headquarters was in

enough staff, I could breathe a little easier and

golden sunset

neck