"I was wrong to let you live," Elara cut him off, her voice devoid of any anger, carrying only a cold, chilling finality.She ripped her hand out of his grip with enough force to make him stumble back. "I was wrong to think that leaving you alive to crawl in the dirt as a servant would be enough to teach you your place. That is the mistake I am admitting to, Greene.""Pack your things and leave the White House. I don't want to see you ever again.""Ella..."Elara whipped back instantly."Look, yeah... I took revenge on you because I was so mad about how much I labored for you, how much I wanted us to work, how much I cared! But in the end, you treated me with so much contempt.""I gave everything to you, but all you gave me was nothing but pain, pain, and more pain. I mean, why am I even explaining myself? But I figured I should because you keep getting the wrong idea."Greene opened his mouth to speak, but she didn't give him the chance, her words cutting through his like air. "I d
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