Dumping My Ex to Flash Marry the Untouchable CEO novel Chapter 1649

Hearing those words, Aurora felt a sudden ache in her chest.

Maybe she really had been wrong before.

Why hadn’t she agreed to make their relationship public sooner?

She’d always insisted on doing things her own way, walking her own path.

If she had just said yes earlier, maybe Lucas wouldn’t have turned into the man standing before her now, carrying so much quiet longing.

Megan and Lucas had been right.

If she’d been willing to change a little sooner, she wouldn’t have trapped herself inside her own stubborn walls.

Drawing boundaries for herself had only become a prison of her own making.

The thought left her quietly remorseful. She should have agreed to him and Megan long ago.

“I’m sorry. This one’s on me,” Aurora said, admitting her mistake without hesitation.

She never saw admitting fault as something shameful. The real foolishness was in being wrong and refusing to see it.

At least she could recognize her mistakes and change, which meant she wasn’t beyond redemption.

Besides, she hadn’t caused Lucas any real trouble; she’d just realized her clarity too late.

If she had understood sooner, maybe he wouldn’t have spent so long tiptoeing around her.

Her sudden apology caught Lucas completely off guard.

“What’s this about? Why are you apologizing out of nowhere?” he asked, confused.

Lucas pulled her tightly into his arms, holding her as if he never wanted to let go. “So, you finally understand what I was trying to do.”

As he spoke, his chin brushed lightly against the curve of her neck, a quiet, intimate gesture like the soft entwining of two swans.

Aurora gave a faint hum in response.

“It’s because I finally understand that I realize how late I was to it. If I had seen my own mistakes earlier, maybe we wouldn’t have had so many misunderstandings between us.”

“I’m sorry… for making you wait this long.”

When she had first learned about who Lucas truly was, she had hesitated about going public.

She hadn’t achieved her own dreams yet and she couldn’t stand the thought of others saying she’d only come this far because of him.

She’d wanted to build something of her own, through her own effort and with her own strength.