MAYA POV
'I really hope you won't regret this,' his voice lingered in my head barely a whisper. His gaze, intense and full of unspoken words, lingered on my face. There was so much in those eyes – disappointment, perhaps, a tinge of sadness, and a flicker of hope. It was as if he was trying to convey a thousand emotions, a silent plea, in a single glance.
He had stared at me, his eyes boring into mine. It was the look of a man who thought he owned me, body and soul. And then I said it, the words that would push him away, the only words that could make him leave. I told him I had feelings for someone else.
How could I have been so cruel? So selfish? All I could think about was him, every waking moment. But I was desperate. I needed him gone. I needed to break free from his possessive gri
