Kiss me 2.1
My ex-partner stood up, slightly embarrassed, but his eyes expressed a mixture of respect, recognition, and deep regret.
ÉRIC
Each step I take towards her weighs on me like centuries of remorse. I lost her, betrayed her, and for months I looked for excuses, for ways to see her again, to tell her how much I regretted it. But seeing her now… in this setting, in this grandeur, in this power… my heart tightens. She is no longer the fragile woman I knew. She is a queen, sovereign of her life. And I… I am beside her, tiny, insignificant, a ghost from her past.