Acquired: A Billionaire Auction Romance by Charlotte Byrd

Author:Charlotte Byrd [Byrd, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Byrd Books
Published: 2017-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

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My heart is breaking into a million pieces. It takes all the power within my body to hold back my tears. After we get out of the car, Gatsby walks me to the plane. I want to go by myself. I want him to leave so that I can cry in peace. But I say nothing.

There’s a moment when I think our hands will touch. My body pulls for him as if he were a magnet. I am about to run my fingertips over his hand. But he grabs the railing.

“What, you don’t think I can make it into the plane by myself?” I am angry. I’m not afraid to show it.

“I need to tell the pilot where you’re going,” he says nonchalantly.

Coldness is emanating from him. I hate this side of him. I hate all of him.

I drop my bag on the floor and take a seat. Less than twenty-four hours ago, we were both in this exact seat doing something else completely. I look out at the runaway at the empty pavement. He’s talking to the pilot, but I feel as if I’m all alone. As if no other soul exists in the world.

Gatsby walks towards me and sits in the recliner opposite from me. He looks me straight in the eyes. Sadness and disillusionment looking back at me.

“I’m sorry,” he finally says. “I’m sorry for raising my voice. I don’t know what came over me. I’m sorry for getting so mad. But most of all, I’m sorry that you’re leaving.”

Ask me to stay! Ask me to stay!

“I’m sorry too,” I say. “For everything.”

I want him to touch me. If we were just to touch again, everything would go back to normal. The chemistry between us would take over. But I can’t move. Something is holding me back. It’s as if my body is stuck to the seat. When I finally break free, he’s already walking down the runway.

Run out there after him! I scream to myself. Go! What’s stopping you? Don’t think. Just act!

But I remain motionless. My mind and my heart are fighting an epic battle within me, leaving me completely powerless.

Suddenly, I start to choke. Big fat tears start rolling down my face. I can’t catch my breath. My throat closes in. I gasp for air, but no air enters.

My sobs are so loud. They echo off the walls of the plane. I bury my head in my knees and rock from side to side.

I cry for everything that I have lost. I cry for losing what we had and for what we could’ve had.

Regret is a dark storm cloud that swirls around me, turning everything black.

Slowly, my thick, all-consuming sobs turn into a stream of tears. My pangs of regret over Gatsby morph into other regrets.

I regret never telling him about my sisters and how much I love them despite everything that has happened.

I regret not telling him about my mother’s death and how much her passing affected me.

I regret not telling him how

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