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Say It Again
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2026-03-07 03:52:24Emily couldn’t focus on work.
She tried. She really did. But every time she looked at the screen, all she could see was him.
Because you’re mine.
Her chest tightened again.
Annoying. Confusing. Dangerous.
She exhaled sharply and closed the file in front of her.
“Are you okay?” Daniel asked.
Emily blinked. “Yeah. I just need some air.”
“I’ll come with—”
“No,” she said quickly.
Too quickly.
She softened her tone. “I mean… I’ll be fine.”
Daniel studied her for a moment, then nodded. “Alright.”
Emily stepped outside. The air was cooler, quieter—but her thoughts were still loud.
“Running away again?”
Her breath caught.
She didn’t need to turn. She already knew.
Adrian.
Slowly, she faced him. “What do you want?”
“To talk.”
Emily let out a small, disbelieving breath. “Now you want to talk?”
“Yes.”
She crossed her arms. “Fine. Talk.”
Adrian stepped closer. Not as aggressive as before, but not distant either.
“You shouldn’t have left like that.”
Her brows furrowed. “That’s what you want to talk about?”
“No. That’s not all.”
Emily waited, her heart already starting to race again.
“You keep pushing me,” he said.
“And you keep crossing lines,” she replied.
He ignored that. “And I need to understand why.”
Emily stared at him. “Why what?”
“Why it bothers me.”
Silence.
That was new.
“You don’t know?” she asked quietly.
“No.”
The honesty surprised her.
“Because you don’t like losing control,” she said.
“That’s part of it.”
Her heart skipped. “Then what’s the other part?”
Adrian stepped closer, slow and deliberate. This time, she didn’t step back.
“I don’t like seeing you with him.”
Her breath caught.
“That’s not my problem.”
“I know.”
Another step.
“And that’s the issue.”
Her heart started racing again. “What does that even mean?”
“It means I don’t get to tell you what to do,” he said. “But I still want to.”
Silence settled between them.
“That’s not fair.”
“I didn’t say it was.”
They held each other’s gaze.
“You still haven’t answered my question,” she said.
“What question?”
She stepped closer. “What am I to you?”
Adrian didn’t look away this time. For once, he didn’t deflect.
He stepped closer.
“You’re—”
He stopped.
Emily’s voice softened. “Say it.”
Silence.
“You’re becoming a problem.”
The words hit hard.
“A problem?” she repeated.
“Yes. Because you’re not supposed to matter.”
Everything suddenly made sense.
Too much sense.
Emily let out a quiet laugh. “Wow.”
She stepped back. “That’s your answer?”
“It’s the truth.”
Her chest tightened.
“Then fix it,” she said. “Go back to how it was.”
Silence.
“I can’t.”
Her breath caught. “Why not?”
He didn’t answer.
Because he couldn’t.
Because he didn’t want to.
“I don’t repeat mistakes,” he said instead.
Cold. Controlled.
A lie.
Emily nodded slowly. “Then don’t.”
She turned and walked away.
This time, he didn’t stop her.
Because now he understood something.
If he reached for her again—if he crossed that line again—there would be no going back.
And the worst part?
He wasn’t sure he wanted to.
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