Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 731

The words made a surprising amount of sense.

Christine thought to herself, nobody's a pushover.

If he had run straight to Merritt after she had left him at the airport, going crazy would have been understandable. Maybe he just couldn't handle the idea that someone he'd chased for so long had moved on so seamlessly.

But...

"Alright, since you say you like me, and you'd do anything if I forgive you, then promise me one thing," she said. Dailey replied, "Anything but giving you up."

And with those words, he effectively blocked any escape route she might have considered.

Leaning against the door, Christine felt deflated but decided to lay it all out.

"Dailey, I was impulsive when I started flirting with you. I owe you an apology."

"I appreciate that you have feelings for me, but we can't be together."

There's no future in it.

Dailey paused, the shift in conversation catching him off guard.

"Because of Merritt?" he asked.

"No," Christine replied.

"Then why?"

come from two different

been out on the balcony, smoking a couple of cigarettes,

about not holding Christine back. She belonged to the

room alone, he couldn't help but come over

wanted to clear up all

anymore, at the very least, they could meet without

she could offer him a genuine smile, not

topic, let me be clear," Dailey said, straightening up to look her in the eye. "If I want to, I can marry you, and the Clarkson family won't be your prison. You can still be yourself, do your own thing." Christine never believed anything was forever, except her friendship

lovers go from adoring each other one

thelongs to

Take Steven, for instance.

but they did

he chose an arranged marriage with someone more his

even more

possibly marry her without

if he did, what

small

the confidence that she could be more important to Dailey than

just drop it," she

dilated as he quickly grabbed her

you're not the type to back down from a challenge. Speak your mind, I can handle

there was another

sudden declaration