Lost Me Gained Regret

"Don't fight it," he whispered softly, his gaze locked on mine. "Trust me. I'm here, don't be scared, okay?"

I wasn't scared, not really. But never before had I so desperately wanted to be in his arms.

"Okay, you've seen the person. Can we go back now?" I asked, hoping to end this madness.

Samuel's smile faded a bit at that. The woman had a way of softening Gregory, making it clear he couldn't stay.

Perfect for Mark to take him away.

Their goals were aligned, after all.

"Mark and his mercenaries aren't like me," Samuel continued, a hint of warning in his tone. "They follow the money. Pay them enough, and they'll do whatever you ask."

But before Samuel could elaborate, one of his guys rushed in, panic written all over his face. "Boss, it's bad! Garry's gang is making a move on us."

"Garry?" Samuel's face darkened as he turned to Gregory, the joviality gone. "After all my sincerity, this is how you repay me?"

"Take him," he ordered coldly. "Luke, get your men and get this lady out of here."

Mark wasn't interested in wasting more time here.

indeed struck a deal with Garry, he might escape Samuel's grasp.

won't go with you," I protested, clinging to

turn Gregory into a sieve," Mark

hesitated for a moment

as the mercenaries aimed their guns at him, his

yelled

"Greg!"

team, Christine Jackson by his side.

in a standoff with Samuel. He had even borrowed

fell one by one, while Gregory remained unharmed,

out a gun and pressed it against

his voice. "We might as well journey to the afterlife together. In the next life, she's

his tracks, then said, "Take

at Gregory. "Don't play tricks. You'd never

never leaving me. "But I can't bear the thought of her getting hurt. If taking her means

convinced it was a

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her so much, why don't