Lost Me Gained Regret

Dailey stepped in and set the tray down. "Time for dinner."

Nelly looked up at Dailey, her face pale against the deep black of her pupils.

Dailey, with one hand in his pocket, stood still, his expression indifferent.

After a long moment of eye contact, Nelly cracked a smile, "Dai, you're here to dig up some dirt on me, aren't you?"

Dailey remained silent.

Nelly took a sip of her soup and spoke slowly, "This is getting boring. How about you agree to a condition of mine? I'll cancel the appointment, and we can go back to how things were before." Dailey had an inkling of what the condition might be.

He had thought Nelly's feelings for him were just a phase. They lived under the same roof, saw each other every day; it was normal for feelings to develop at that age.

He had believed that with the years spent abroad and the passage of time, those adolescent emotions would have faded.

But instead, they had persisted, even intensified.

After a long silence, he spoke frankly, "Honestly, I don't think this is what liking someone is supposed to feel like."

"How can it be 'liking' if it makes someone uncomfortable?"

just like you want to

to discuss this

was too far

"Eat."

"I am eating,

condition, haven't you? That's why you're avoiding my

the chase, "Being with other guys abroad, that

had found out about

way they were. Now, her main goal was to ensure he and

don't change the fact that I like you in my

cut ties with Christine forever, and I'll take

you again,

say that only death could part

now, he

"Take care of yourself."

that, he turned

on the nightstand for a while, then suddenly, she swept it onto the floor, shattering the

...

found out that before Dailey and I went to RiverCity, Nelly had been secretly in touch with