Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 730

I knew why things had turned out this way.

It was all because of the mess I'd made.

"What do you want me to do to make things right?" I asked.

Christine offered a smile, but it was more a slight curve of her lips than anything. No real joy lit up her beautiful face.

"Why are you picking fights with me, Mr. Clarkson? Especially when you've got that sweet, gentle girl from your childhood waiting in the wings, right?"

I scratched my head, puzzled at how the conversation had suddenly veered towards Ellie.

"Ellie and I just grew up together, that's all. Calling her a childhood sweetheart would be stretching it, let alone anything more."

"Who told you that?"

There was no way Christine hadn't discussed this with Jane, which meant Greg would've set the record straight with Jane.

The misunderstanding couldn't have come from Greg.

expected Ellie to be dragged into this

those hurtful things I'd said back then, pushing her away. So, I believed I deserved whatever was coming my way now.

couldn't fathom who else would be so

what you're doing now any different from my

could let go because of your cold words,

bet no one's ever dared to hit you before, Mr.

a few too many drinks tonight, not enough to be drunk but enough to feel it, especially with my

moment to grasp her words, and then she hit me with

shouldn't have

remembered overhearing her talking to Jane about an ex

seemed to move on easily but was actually capable of

hurt her deeply when

I

was serious about you, not just toying with your feelings," Christine

I said, "Christine, you can hit me, yell at me, do

to this level was

what Ellie told her today made sense in

between Christine and

though Jane