His voice sighed, "Why would I ever look down on you?"
My eyes stung with tears as I gazed up at him blankly. He cupped my face in his hands, his touch as gentle as if he were handling the world's most precious treasure.
"My only regret is, why didn't I come into your life sooner?"
At first, he seemed a bit shy about analyzing himself, but as he continued, his words flowed more smoothly:
"I'm not exactly a paragon of virtue either. You don't know this, but when I first heard you were dating someone, I actually considered being the other man, playing the role of the home-wrecker."
Why didn't he go through with it?
Probably because on that day, when he had finally mustered up the courage to approach me, he saw me blissfully happy in the throes of my romance with Fabian, my face beaming with radiant smiles.
He didn't want to be the reason for my unhappiness.
But still—