Billionaire Reboot: Building A New World Order

Silence stretched between them.

He didn’t know what to say. The words were there, stuck somewhere between his chest and throat

His feelings for her came from his younger self.

Built slowly, shaped every time she comforted him, protected him, stayed when others didn’t.

But even knowing this, his heart still seek for her.

"Terrence... what you’re feeling—it’s not what you think."

She paused, eyes locked on the wine glass "It’s gratitude. That’s what it is."

"And it’s my fault it came to this. I should’ve... I should’ve drawn the line sooner. I was the adult. I—I knew better, and still..."

Effie’s words trailed off, caught somewhere between guilt and regret.