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

herself, "...There's absolutely nothing

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

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

chat, kissing my forehead before grabbing his

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

not saying much, just looking at her,

"It's alright."

psychology. The more he wants to keep his

"Anyway..."

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

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

"Why worry about that?"

"Trust me, Gregory would choose

he always put me

...

afternoon; right after lunch,

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

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

the golden sunset

neck was