“I planned to love you.”
My voice cracked slightly.
“That was the only plan I ever had.”
For a moment, nobody spoke.
Then Aaron walked around the table.
“Alyssa, listen to me.”
I looked up.
His voice softened.
“I made mistakes.”
“You cheated.”
“I was confused.”
“You humiliated me.”
“I was angry.”
“You replaced me.”
His expression tightened.
“It wasn’t like that.”
I stood.
“It was exactly like that.”
He reached for my hand.
I stepped away.
That small movement seemed to hurt him more than anything I had said.
“Alyssa…”
“I begged you for nothing.”
I looked at him.
“I never asked for your money. I never asked for your company. I never asked you to worship me.”
My eyes filled with tears.
“I only wanted you to remember who was standing beside you when you had nothing.”
Aaron lowered his head.
I continued.
“When the banks refused to lend you another dollar, I saved Prescott Technologies.”
