Loved by the Villain
He has made his choice when he decided to hurt Emily.
The sight of him, once so smug and arrogant, now reduces to a desperate, broken shell of a man, fills me with a cold satisfaction. This is justice, the kind that only someone like me can deliver.
He tries to speak, tries to beg for mercy, but the acid has done its work. His voice is nothing more than a hoarse whisper, his words lost in the agony that consumes him.
I take another drag of my cigar, exhaling the smoke slowly. “You should have known better,” I say, my voice calm, almost detached. “You should have known that there are consequences for your actions. And that some lines you just don’t cross.”