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."

was clear; Clarence

eyes briefly, resigning herself, "...There's absolutely nothing between

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

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

to chat, kissing my forehead before grabbing his car

have to deal with

just looking at her, "So, you've

"It's alright."

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

"Anyway..."

sincerely added, "As long as you're

south, it could affect you

"Why worry about that?"

choose me over anyone else, every single

matter the situation, he

...

wait until the afternoon; right after

dive into my design drafts. RiverCity's headquarters was in the midst of

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

the golden sunset poured

my neck was stiff.