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."

Clarence had spilled the

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

focused on the crux of the matter, "So, there was something

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

chat, kissing my forehead before grabbing his car keys

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

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

"It's alright."

spoke more freely, "It's just a bit of reverse psychology. The more he wants

"Anyway..."

sincerely added, "As

go south, it

"Why worry about that?"

would choose me over anyone else,

matter the situation, he always put

...

indebted, Christine didn't wait until the afternoon; right after lunch, she swiftly

her 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

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

golden sunset poured

neck was