"Because I’m not the man you thought I was, Elena," he said, his voice a cold, practiced blade. "I never loved you. You were a means to an end. A beautiful, naive distraction."
"I trusted you," she said, her voice rising. "I gave you three years of my life. And you did this for a board seat? For money?" Necesito que me odies - Josh Alfredo.epub
He heard her sharp intake of breath. He felt the shift in the air—the warmth of her affection curdling into something sharp and jagged. "Because I’m not the man you thought I
The rain lashed against the windows of the penthouse, but inside, the silence was louder. A beautiful, naive distraction
"Why?" she whispered. "After everything we built, why destroy it like this?"
Elena stood up, her eyes flashing with a fire he had never seen before. She didn't cry this time. She walked toward him, stopped inches from his chest, and slapped him—a stinging, desperate strike that echoed through the room.
"Consider it done," she hissed. "I hate you, Julian. I will spend every day of the rest of my life making sure you regret choosing power over me."