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

"...There's

the matter, "So, there was something with

early days. Right now, it's just

left us to chat, kissing my forehead before grabbing his car keys and

to deal with your

saying much, just looking at her, "So, you've really fallen

"It's alright."

of reverse psychology. The more he wants to keep

"Anyway..."

of her past experiences, I sincerely added, "As

south, it

"Why worry about that?"

choose me over

situation, he always

...

until the afternoon; right after

before rushing back home to dive into my design drafts. RiverCity's headquarters

I could breathe a little easier and

golden sunset poured

my neck was