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 that

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

supposed to mean?" Yvette's eyes locked onto

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

not getting any younger, that your family's pressuring you to settle down, that you're tired of waiting and might

you think he might finally realize how much

over Sherry's

"Just a thought, of course. If it's not your thing, feel free to

she turned

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

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

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

as Sherry stepped out of the elevator, she bumped into