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I’ve been in therapy since the second day I met her. Since the moment I saw her sitting across from Luca in that penthouse dining room—her eyes sharp, unaware, and I knew. She would be mine. To ruin. To own. To burn and be burned by.
But twenty days ago, she left, her words—“You think I can’t leave? Watch me.”—a blade in my heart. I’ve searched every corner of the world—New York’s slums, Chicago’s docks, London’s alleys, my men scouring, my empire’s resources drained. Nothing. I’ve never failed to find someone, but Charlotte’s gone, vanished like a ghost, and it’s killing me.
“I can’t breathe without you,” I say, voice raw, like sandpaper on an open wound. “I—I loved you so much I don’t even know who I was before you.”
“Come back. Come back. Come back.”
You looked at me with love, and I gave you pain.”
“But I never stopped loving you. Not for a moment. Even when I was angry. Even when I was punishing you for sins you didn’t commit. It was always you, Charlotte. Always you. From the bar. From that kiss. From the second you walked into my goddamned life and ruined every plan I had for revenge.”
“Plea...
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“Please forgive me. For all of it. Fo...
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“Come back. Just for a second. Just one fucking second. Let me see you again. Let me feel your lips on mine—even if it’s the last time. Even if it ...
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“I miss you. I miss your voice echoing through this place. I miss your coffee mugs. Your footsteps. The smell of your skin on my pillow. I miss y...
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“I would give an...
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“to have you beside me again. Your warmth. Your skin against mine. Your head on my chest. Your fingers in my hair. Just to wake up and find you curled beside me in bed—Christ, I wouldn’t waste it this time. I wouldn’t use my words like knives. I wouldn’t touch you like you were a possession. I’d ...
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“Please, baby... one more chance. Just one more. Show up at my doorstep, even if it’s to scream in my face, slap me, spit on me—I don’t care. Just show up. Let me look at you. L...
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“I need you. I want you. I can’t fucking breathe without you.”
“Please, come back. Please... I’m begging you, Charlotte. Forgive me. Even if it’s just enough for a single kiss. One. Kiss. That’s all I need. I’ll die with it. I swear. Just let me see you again.”
“No,”
“I lived twenty days without her. It’s worse than death.”
Charlotte left me. She. Left. Me. And I don’t know how to live in a world where she’s not mine anymore.
“Charlotte, I’ll wait here,”
Two days, three days, four weeks... one year. I’ll sit here on this cliff until my body can no longer take it. Until my soul rots from the inside out.” I press a trembling hand to my chest, over the place she once rested her head.
“Please...” “Come back to me.” “Come back to me.” “Come back to me, Char...
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Come back. Come back. Come back. Come back.
