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

closed her eyes briefly, resigning herself, "...There's

of the matter, "So, there was something

down and confessing, "It's early days. Right now, it's just me hoping for something more." "I'll head to the

kissing my forehead before grabbing his

now I have to deal with your

couldn't help but laugh, not saying much, just looking at her, "So, you've really fallen for

"It's alright."

Gregory gone, Christine spoke more 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..."

of her past experiences, I sincerely added, "As long as you're happy,

"Aren't you worried? If things with Dailey go south, it could affect you and Gregory?" After all, they were as close

"Why worry about that?"

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

he always

...

afternoon;

new place had everything she needed before rushing back home to dive into my design drafts. RiverCity's headquarters was in the midst of hiring for the

busy period was over and Jeff had enough staff, I could breathe a little easier and focus solely

golden sunset

my neck was