The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 878

"I know this sounds absurd," Yvette said, her voice heavy with sorrow.

Tears rolled down her cheeks, one after another, as she continued, "But I've been there for Gavin through it all, from the moment he started dating his first girlfriend until now, and yet he's never once considered me."

Sherry leaned back against the couch, her arms crossed, watching her cry with a mixture of frustration and helplessness.

"If he keeps wasting his time with you, I'll never have a chance," Yvette added.

Then, it dawned on Sherry. A glimmer of amusement flickered in her eyes.

"I think he's never noticed you because he believed you'd always be there for him, just like I was. Maybe you need a boyfriend more than I do," she said.

Yvette's voice grew sharp. "I don't want anyone else! There's no one else I could ever see myself with."

feelings for Gavin that had driven

might be time to consider seeing other people. That doesn't

that supposed to mean?" Yvette's eyes

any attention to me either, not until I walked away," Sherry said. "It wasn't

to settle down, that you're tired

settled into something calmer. "Don't you think he might finally realize how

over Sherry's

got to her feet. "Just a thought, of course. If

that, she turned and walked

she first fell for Gavin. Maybe

By

to be Gavin. There were countless exceptional men in her life, any of

as Sherry stepped out of the elevator,