Chapter 4 – Isabella's Final Meeting
Chapter 4 – Isabella's Final Meeting
Three weeks later...
Lucas requested one meeting.
Just one.
To everyone's surprise...
Isabella accepted.
They met in the same private restaurant where Lucas had proposed three years earlier.
He looked ten years older.
Dark circles.
Wrinkled suit.
No confidence remained.
Only regret.
When Isabella entered...
He instinctively stood.
She remained composed.
"I only have fifteen minutes."
Lucas swallowed.
"I'm sorry."
She said nothing.
"I thought success made me powerful."
"I thought money meant I didn't need anyone."
"I was wrong."
Still...
She remained silent.
Finally he whispered,
"Can you ever forgive me?"
For the first time that evening...
Isabella smiled.
Not with bitterness.
Not with revenge.
With peace.
"I forgave you months ago."
Lucas looked hopeful.
Then she finished.
"I just chose never to trust you again."
Those words hurt far more than anger ever could.
She stood.
Placed the untouched wedding ring onto the table.
"It belongs to your past."
Then she walked away.
Again.
This time...
He didn't ask her to stay.
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Because he finally understood...
He never deserved her.
