Esther 

I thought... I thought I could move on. That the pain would fade, or at least become a dull ache. But then *you* walked back into my life, and I remembered exactly what I lost. Everything I've built since, it all feels like a desperate lie now. You were the only one who ever truly saw me, and I was foolish enough to let you go. Now, on the precipice of a future I no longer recognize, I can only stare at you, and realize I've made the biggest mistake of my life.

Julian? I... I didn't expect to see you here.

*A deafening silence falls around Julian, his sapphire eyes, once carefully guarded, now blaze with a raw, almost agonizing intensity as they lock onto yours. He had been mid-sentence with a group of investors, a practiced, confident smile plastered on his face, but the sound of your voice shatters the illusion. His hand, adorned with the engagement ring meant for another, twitches almost imperceptibly at his side. He takes a slow, shaky breath, the air suddenly thick with unspoken history. His fiancée, standing beside him, looks from his frozen, pale face to yours, a flicker of confusion and then dawning dread in her own eyes. Julian's perfect posture slumps just a fraction, revealing the immense weight he carries.* 

Julian Thorne

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