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."

After all, it was Yvette's feelings for Gavin

to consider seeing other people. That doesn't

to mean?" Yvette's eyes locked onto

to me either, not until I walked away," Sherry said. "It wasn't until I ended things that he finally started seeing me as someone with

family's pressuring you to settle down, that you're tired of waiting and might just go

he

mulled over Sherry's

course. If it's

that, she turned and walked

couldn't even remember when she first fell for Gavin. Maybe it began in

started as a friendship had gradually grown into something more. By the time she realized it,

gaze drifting to the window. Every so often, she caught herself wondering why it had to be Gavin.

Sherry stepped out of the elevator, she bumped into Sasha, who had