CEO's Forbidden Love
His eyes went blank, like he just remembered something that sucked the air out of the room.
“And...?” Lucas asked again.
“She never loved me,” Jimmy said, this time with less energy. “She had another man. She said I wasn’t her type… that I was too big for her.” He drank the rest of his juice in one gulp, the bitterness on his face not from the drink but the memory.
Lucas watched him closely. It was the first time he’d seen Jimmy let his guard down like this.
“She was everything to me. Alicia. That was her name. I bought her first car, gave her money when she needed it, and supported her dreams. Turns out, I was just a side piece. A wallet with legs, and it hurt.”