"If I could go back and change everything, I would've ended it all the day I made you cry." His words pierced the silence, each one hanging in the air like a heavy burden. His gaze was intense, unwavering, as if every regret he'd ever had was packed into those few words.
"Aaron..." I breathed out, struggling to find the words that my heart refused to speak.
"Please, Ali," he implored, his voice cracking with desperation. "Just one chance. You're my everything. Don't leave me again."
He had crossed oceans, left everything behind in New York, just to say this-to beg for something I never thought he'd ask for. The same man who once couldn't even tolerate my presence, the same Aaron who made me feel like I was nothing... now stood before me, vulnerable, broken, desperate to make amends.
I was torn. I never imagined the day would come when he'd beg for my heart.
"Your tough guy persona, scary mean big bad wolf attitude doesn't scare me one bit mister, so you can use it on them I said pointing around the room, you don't get to use it on me and think I will get scared, like one of your man sorry to bust your bubble, but it won't happen "I said daring not to blink and looked at him square in the eye and he looked back at me with eyes full of amusement and I dare to say pride.