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Instantaneous Regret

Conan

I immediately stepped away from Jade as she asked me to stop. She looked unsure and bit her lip, as I have noticed she usually did whenever she was confused or in inner turmoil about something.

"Is something wrong?" I asked, my breathing a little bit too fast for my liking.

She wrapped her arms around herself, looking tiny and fragile seated on the table, half-naked. It made me want to go to her and take her in my arms… to comfort her, but I wasn't certain how she would react…

Her gaze flickered back down to the phone.

"Who's calling?" I gestured towards the persistently ringing phone on the desk, not wanting to move closer to get it and hoping to divert the focus from the palpable tension between us.

Jade glanced at the phone, her expression shifting from uncertainty to resignation. "It's Brad."

Instantaneously, a wave of understanding crashed over me. The name echoed in the charged air, bringing with it the cold reality of our choices.

"We shouldn't have done this, and… and w
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