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.

Elliot felt as if his heart was crumbling,

by desperation, he reached out and pulled Corynn into a

do this,” he

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

head against her shoulder. “I regret everything I said. I take it all back,” he confessed. Corynn gently removed

another, she was ready to begin anew. Their paths had irrevocably diverged. As Corynn walked away, she looked

hand closed on empty

he had meant to give her. “Corynn!” he called

turned to face him.

this abroad. The doctor said it might help with the

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

only upset him. Since there’s nothing left between an lee’s not beep in schwerden any discomfort,” she explained.

each s

trash bin and discarded the ser fintment with a sece

finality.

seemed clear that no matter his efforts, winning Corynn

truly supposed to let her