The Billionaire Regret

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he laughter stung like knives. And there I was, on my kne

rist, my nails biting into his skin as though I

ad seen too many times behind closed doors. Tonight, he wa

nt shuffle of expensive heels against marble. People were staring. They loved it. They lived for it. Ava Reynolds, wife

, though I knew he wanted me to repeat it aloud. "You

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d kissed it slowly, savoring the sight of me watching. My knees pressed harder against the

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ll, smooth and steady like he had rehearsed it. "I think it's time to

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nstantly, flashes going off like fireworks. Some recorded me, my humiliation framed for

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ear. "You did the right thing." She tilted her head towar

with stone. My palms pressed into the floor as I tried to stand. I could

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ke steel. "You should have known better t

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r him, that I had given up everything to stand by him. But nothing came out. Just a strangled breath. My ches

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ng already," s

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this. Not socially

gether, every time I had sat beside him smiling like a perfect wife while he whispered promises in my ear. I th

ving me wrong in fron

oud, cruel laugh that cracked ag

pped against the polished floor. The crowd gasped, not

he's nothing

d crawl out. That

ag her away, she's

zabeth on his arm, basking in the spectacle h

could feel the cold marble against my palms, slick with the sweat of my shame. My knee

me, but maybe it was just my mind rea

ast thing I heard before

of here. She

boldness, others whispered in horror. But