Chapter 730

I knew why things had turned out this way.

It was all because of the mess I’d made.

“What do you want me to do to make things right?” I asked.

Christine offered a smile, but it was more a slight curve of her lips than anything. No real joy lit up her beautiful face.

“Why are you picking fights with me, Mr. Clarkson? Especially when you’ve got that sweet, gentle girl from your childhood waiting in the wings, right?”

I scratched my head, puzzled at how the conversation had suddenly veered towards Ellie.

“Ellie and I just grew up together, that’s all. Calling her a childhood sweetheart would be stretching it, let alone anything more.”

“Who told you that?”

There was no way Christine hadn’t discussed this with Jane, which meant Greg would’ve set the record straight with Jane.

couldn’t have come from

Ellie to be dragged into

because of those hurtful things I’d said back then, pushing her away. So, I believed I deserved whatever was coming

else would

Christine said, “Dailey, how is what you’re doing now

could let go because of your cold words, why can’t you let go after I’ve physically lashed

ever dared to hit you

many drinks tonight, not enough to be drunk but enough to feel

took me a moment to grasp her words, and then she

shouldn’t have hurt

overhearing her talking to Jane about an

on easily but

hurt her deeply when she’d offered her heart

time, I just

serious about you, not just

“Christine, you can hit me, yell at me, do whatever you need to

this level

told her today

gap between Christine and

Jane

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