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.

her, Elliot felt as if his heart was crumbling,

he reached out and pulled Corynn into a tight embrace from behind.

this,” he begged, his voice breaking.

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

You were the one who ended things. Have you forgotten?” she reminded him quietly. He rested his head against her shoulder. “I regret everything I said. I take it all back,” he confessed. Corynn gently removed his hands from around her. “It’s too late,” she whispered

begin anew. Their paths had irrevocably diverged. As Corynn walked away,

hand closed

tightly, he remembered something else he had

then turned to

her palm. “I got this abroad. The doctor said it might help with the

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eyes.

It’s

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

nothing left between an lee’s not beep

moved away, Elliot watched her receding figure. He felt that each s the work down for gay between them,

his hand, he paused beside a trash

finality.

no matter his efforts, winning Corynn back was Beyond

let her go to another?