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."

irony. After all, it was Yvette's feelings for Gavin that had driven her to sabotage every relationship he'd ever been

time to consider seeing other people. That doesn't mean you're completely letting go of him,"

supposed to mean?" Yvette's eyes

either, not until I walked away," Sherry said. "It wasn't until I ended things that

down, that you're tired of waiting and might just go along with

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

over Sherry's

thought, of course. If it's not your thing, feel free

she turned and

remained where she was sitting alone. She couldn't even remember when she first fell for Gavin.

something more. By the time she realized it, she was

to the window. Every so often, she caught herself wondering why it had to be Gavin. There were countless exceptional men in her life, any of whom would

soon as Sherry stepped out of the elevator, she