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?"

you and I come

on the balcony, smoking a couple

back. She belonged to the skies,

check into a hotel room alone, he couldn't help but come

to clear up all the

anymore, at the very least, they could meet without animosity, maybe even share a

genuine smile, not one

straightening up to look her in the eye. "If I want to, I can marry you, and the Clarkson family won't

adoring each other one moment to

thelongs to

Take Steven, for instance.

as fun, but

to get serious, he chose an

even

possibly marry her without

what if he regretted

how small the chance,

didn't have the confidence that she could be more important to

drop it," she

he

down from a challenge. Speak

was another crucial

didn't believe Dailey's sudden declaration of love was