“Pete,” Petra said, looking at him with a faint, almost pitiful expression that carried neither warmth nor sympathy. “Your greed makes you change so quickly that I’m seriously impressed.”Her tone was calm, but every word landed with precision.Pete immediately started nodding, his face lighting up with desperate hope. His hands came together in a pleading gesture, fingers interlocked tightly as though he was trying to hold onto the last thread of a collapsing bridge.“Yes, yes, I know,” he said quickly, his voice trembling with urgency. “I know I messed up. I really do. I understand now.”He nodded repeatedly, almost excessively, as if the more he nodded, the more believable his regret would appear.For a brief moment, his expression softened, his eyes searching her face with anticipation.It almost felt like Petra might reconsider.Like she might pause.Like she might forgive.But that moment passed as quickly as it came.“No,” Petra said firmly, shaking her head once.The single wo
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