Sweet Submission: Reclaiming Her Love

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Sweet Submission Reclaiming Her Love

Chapter 74 It’s Too Late

The ring fell to the floor with a gentle clink, rolling over several times and stopping at Elliot’s feet.

Elliot remained motionless, staring down at it.

“Why did you give this to me? Is this your way of proposing to me?” Corynn’s voice was steady, despite the recent memory of the wedding invitation from Amanda.

Elliot looked up, his eyes filled with a tentative hope. “If you leave Jason, we could marry right away.

Corynn stood with her arms crossed. Three years earlier, she would have leapt at such a proposal from Elliot without a second thought. But three years had changed everything.

Back then, Elliot hadn’t truly loved her, and now, he was about to marry Amanda yet seemed unwilling to let Corynn go. Had she not learned of his engagement, she might have fallen for his declarations of affection.

He was almost married to Amanda. How could he now want to marry her?

“No,” Corynn stated coldly.

Rejecting his advance, she turned and walked away in a steady gait.

felt as if his heart was crumbling, its pieces falling

then, driven by desperation, he reached

don’t do this,” he begged,

in his plea, Corynn’s face remained impassive as she allowed him to hold her

regret everything I said. I take it all back,” he confessed. Corynn gently removed his hands from around her. “It’s too late,” she

begin anew. Their paths had irrevocably diverged. As Corynn walked away, she looked back once,

his hand closed on empty

else he had meant to give

then turned to face

grabbed her wrist and put a tube of scar ointment into her palm. “I got this abroad. The doctor said it might help with the scarring

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the ointment back to Elliot. “Keep it. Jason is taking

Since there’s nothing left between an lee’s

that each s the work down for gay between them, diminishing any hope

the ring in his hand, he paused beside a trash bin and discarded

finality.

clear that no matter his efforts, winning Corynn

he truly supposed to let her