Too Late For Her Regret

Too Late For Her Regret

Li Zi Hai Shi Xing

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For 15 years, Lena and I were Apex and Viper, Sentinel Group's best. We moved like ghosts, always got the job done. I thought our bond was iron, that nothing could break what we had. A lifetime together, quiet, away from it all – that was the future I saw. Then Julian Thorne, a tech billionaire's son, walked into our lives. I saw the shift in Lena's eyes, a flicker I hadn't wanted to acknowledge. Her laughter grew too loud, too often with him, and her subtle jabs at me turned sharper, more dismissive. She started calling him Julian, shared operational details she shouldn't have, and openly mocked my ruggedness, insisting Julian preferred 'polish.' My gut twisted when he tossed our custom-made challenge coin in the air – the symbol of our unbroken partnership, given to him like trash. But nothing hit harder than her cold laugh, "A future? With you? Don't be ridiculous, Alex. You think I' d ever be with someone like you?" Twenty years of belief, shattered in an instant. The woman I loved, my partner for fifteen years, saw me as nothing but a grunt, a relic, beneath her ambition. The pain was a physical blow, a cold, hard truth: this wasn't a partnership. To her, it was just a job, and Julian Thorne, a shiny, disposable perk. Watching her laugh with him, the knot in my gut tightened, then snapped. I pulled out my burner phone, the one I hadn't touched in years. "Grandfather," I said, my voice rough, "It's Alex. About that arrangement... is it still on the table?" It was time to leave everything behind, to find a peace she could never offer.

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For 15 years, Lena and I were Apex and Viper, Sentinel Group's best.

We moved like ghosts, always got the job done.

I thought our bond was iron, that nothing could break what we had.

A lifetime together, quiet, away from it all – that was the future I saw.

Then Julian Thorne, a tech billionaire's son, walked into our lives.

I saw the shift in Lena's eyes, a flicker I hadn't wanted to acknowledge.

Her laughter grew too loud, too often with him, and her subtle jabs at me turned sharper, more dismissive.

She started calling him Julian, shared operational details she shouldn't have, and openly mocked my ruggedness, insisting Julian preferred 'polish.'

My gut twisted when he tossed our custom-made challenge coin in the air – the symbol of our unbroken partnership, given to him like trash.

But nothing hit harder than her cold laugh, "A future? With you? Don't be ridiculous, Alex. You think I' d ever be with someone like you?"

Twenty years of belief, shattered in an instant.

The woman I loved, my partner for fifteen years, saw me as nothing but a grunt, a relic, beneath her ambition.

The pain was a physical blow, a cold, hard truth: this wasn't a partnership.

To her, it was just a job, and Julian Thorne, a shiny, disposable perk.

Watching her laugh with him, the knot in my gut tightened, then snapped.

I pulled out my burner phone, the one I hadn't touched in years.

"Grandfather," I said, my voice rough, "It's Alex. About that arrangement... is it still on the table?"

It was time to leave everything behind, to find a peace she could never offer.

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