Chapter 122. The Pain of Rejection

Dexter

"Don't tell me that you are still pining for a woman that rejected you? I thought you wouldn't be capable of falling in love again, but here you are, sulking like a breast-starved baby." Wyatt made a jest of me as he twirled his chair around playfully, raising his eyebrows at me in disbelief.

If he wasn't genuinely concerned about my situation, I'd have thrown him a punch. But right now, he was the only one I could bear my feelings to without getting judged.

"I don't know how it's happening, man, and please, don't make a jest of me. My life is in shambles and right now I don't even know what to do." I confessed.

My mind replayed the conversation Melissa and I had, and my heart skipped a beat. I knew that I shouldn't be thinking of getting into another relationship when I hadn't even gotten out of my failed marriage with Lorraine, but I didn't know what to do.

"Why did you ask her out anyway? We haven't even found Lorraine yet,"

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