The Billionaire’s Regret
She turned around to look at me like her eyes were kissing me goodbye.
A moment later, Emma appeared at the terminal. She smiled. Soft, secret, and dangerous.
“Is it done?” She smiled with sparks in her eyes.
“Yes, my love,” I said as I gently pressed my lips against hers.
I felt both alive and hollow. I had been planning this moment for months. But why does it sting a bit to lose Emily? I brushed the thought from my mind. She deserved it anyway.
We talked about what came next, our voices barely above a whisper. Plans. Futures. As if Emily was nothing more than an obstacle we’d finally cleared. I nodded along, my face like stone, but inside there was that ache again, faint but insistent.