Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) If reports are anything to go by, actress Sandra Bullock is apparently disappointed that her friend and actor George Clooney got engaged to British lawyer Amal Alamuddin.

The actress held a soft corner for Clooney and apparently hoped that they will unite at some point, reports showbizspy.com.

“Sandra has secretly carried a torch for George for years. As long as he was single, Sandra held out hope that they might get together romantically someday. But now George is set to marry Amal,” a source told National Enquirer.

“After the news came out (about George’s en­gagement), Sandra wailed to a friend: ‘That could have been me!’,” added the source.

Meanwhile, Alamuddin flashed a diamond sparkler while dining at the Malibu restaurant here with the Oscar winner and friends on April 24.

The source continued: “Hearing about that, just devastated Sandy. It meant that George was off the market for good. It’s hard for Sandy to wrap her mind around it.”