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."

hit Sherry with a sharp irony. After all, it was Yvette's feelings for

consider seeing other people.

that supposed to mean?" Yvette's eyes locked onto

wasn't until I ended things that he finally started seeing me as

him that you're not getting any younger, that your family's pressuring you to settle down, that you're tired of waiting and might just go along with their plan to pair you up

think he might finally realize

over Sherry's

"Just a thought, of course.

that, she turned and walked

where she was sitting alone. She couldn't even remember when she first fell for Gavin. Maybe it began in high school, or perhaps

into something more. By the

caught herself wondering why it had to be Gavin. There were countless exceptional men in her life, any of

the elevator, she bumped into Sasha,