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“I can’t believe you’re leaving,” he says, softer now. “You could’ve stayed. We could’ve built something here.”
That one hits.
“I know,” I say.
“And if she’s the reason,” he adds, “just be honest about it.”
I hold his gaze.
“She’s not the reason. How could she be? I didn’t know. I never looked her up,” I say carefully. “But she’s… unfinished.”
Jade’s expression softens.
“You still like her,” she says.
“Yeah, I do. Maybe more now than before.”
Leo shakes his head, “Just don’t screw it up again.”
X raises his glass.
“To unfinished business.”
We all clink.
And for the first time since signing, the move feels real.
I have a second chance. And next time, when the lights come on?—
I’m not freezing or letting her walk away.
