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48: Coming Clean

Author: Rosa Kane
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-15 00:03:38

Elodie agreed to meet Bryce, but she made it clear....this would be the last time. No more calls. No more chances.

She took a cab to her old house, the streets blurring past as if the city itself wanted to hurry her to the inevitable. When she stepped out and saw him standing by the door, she almost didn’t recognize him. The arrogance that used to hang on him like an expensive suit was gone. His shoulders slumped slightly, his hands fidgeted at his sides, and his eyes....once sharp with ego, were heavy with something that looked like regret.

The moment they were face to face, he got straight to the point.

“I asked you here to apologize,” he said quietly, as though the words themselves cost him something. “For everything. For what I told Williams… and for the ways I helped Mandy hurt you, even indirectly. I never meant to destroy you, Elodie. I just...” his voice faltered, “I just wanted you back.

I've spent most of my life not knowing what love truly means. I grew up selfish,
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I wonder what Williams wants to apologize for
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