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The day my ex received the world's highest philanthropy award... My doctor told me I was running out of time. During the live broadcast, the host asked Adrian Whitlock one question. "Who is your greatest regret?" He called me without hesitation. The first words out of his mouth were: "Was leaving me for money worth it?" I looked at the surgery estimate in my hand. Then I smiled. "If you're so rich now..." "Can you spare two hundred thousand dollars?" He hung up instantly. Live on stage, he said, "I don't regret loving her anymore." I quietly folded up the bill. What Adrian never knew... The life he hated me for choosing over him... Was the life I had already given to him. The day Adrian Whitlock received the Global Philanthropy Leadership Award, my doctor told me my condition had become critical. I could not afford another surgery to overhaul my heart implant. On the television in my hospital room, the host smiled and asked Adrian to call the one person who was his greatest regret. Without hesitating, he dialed my number. I answered, and his voice came through the line, cold and clear. “Elise, was the money worth it? Do you ever regret walking out on me?” I looked down at the staggering bill for my upcoming surgery and let out a soft laugh. “Adrian,” I said, “since you’re so rich now, how about sending me two hundred thousand dollars?” The call ended at once. On the screen, Adrian’s expression turned distant as he said, “I have no regrets now.” He had no idea. Back when his heart was failing, I had kept my secret buried. I had given him the chance to live. ******** After the livestream ended, a transfer of two hundred thousand dollars hit my account like a slap in the face. For a second, I just stared at it, my chest tightening with a dull, aching irony. I used the money to pay part of my medical bill. Then, from outside my hospital room, I heard a voice I knew too well. Through the narrow crack in the door, I saw Adrian. Seven years had passed, but time seemed to
