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."

clear; Clarence had spilled the

resigning herself, "...There's absolutely nothing between us.

on the crux of the matter, "So, there

through her hair, finally sitting back down and confessing, "It's early days. Right now, it's just me hoping for something more."

left us to chat, kissing my forehead

at his retreating figure, "Stealing my best friend wasn't enough, now I have to deal with your lovey-dovey antics every day!" Once Gregory closed

laugh, not saying much, just looking at her, "So, you've really fallen

"It's alright."

bit of reverse psychology. The more he wants to keep

"Anyway..."

added, "As long as you're happy, that's

was curious, "Aren't you worried? If things with Dailey go south, it could affect you and Gregory?"

"Why worry about that?"

choose me

matter the situation, he always put

...

wait until the afternoon; right after lunch,

dive into

had enough staff, I could breathe a little easier and focus solely on custom

golden sunset

neck