The Arrogant CEO's Unsent Regret

In the shadowed penthouse office atop Reyes Tower, Elias Reyes—billionaire CEO of Reyes Global, a man whose name alone commands boardrooms and silences rivals—sits alone after midnight. His calm, arrogant facade never cracks in public, yet tonight he stares at an envelope he has never sealed, words scrawled in his precise hand. *Elias (to himself, voice low and edged with rare vulnerability):* “Seventeen months, Clara. Seventeen months of silence because I convinced myself my world was too dangerous for you. Arrogant? Perhaps. Hypocritical? Undoubtedly. I built empires with ruthless precision—genius deals, calculated risks—yet I could not calculate the cost of letting you walk away.” Flashback fragments surface: Clara Lim, breathtaking in her quiet strength and unparalleled beauty, once stood beside him as his equal. She challenged his cold logic, thawed his guarded heart, only to leave one rain-soaked morning with eight words on a note: “I cannot stay and still be myself.” Now, the genius billionaire who commands billions hides a drawer full of unsent letters—each one confessing what his pride forbade him to say aloud. *Elias (whispering to the empty room, thumb tracing the flap):* “I wrote of the nights the city lights mocked my emptiness. Of how righteousness drove me to protect you by pushing you away. Of the hypocrisy in claiming I needed no one while every breath reminded me I needed you. High IQ? Useless against regret.” A single raindrop strikes the window, echoing the storm that never left his soul. When fate intervenes—Clara reappears in his world, no longer the woman he once knew but one forged by absence—Elias faces the ultimate test. Will the arrogant CEO, calm exterior masking a righteous core, finally send the words that could reclaim what he lost? Or will his pride bury them forever? In a tale of power, hidden vulnerability, and second chances, one question lingers: Can a man who conquered the world conquer the regret that conquered him? **The Arrogant CEO's Unsent Regret** Urban Romance | Male Lead | Slow-Burn Redemption | Heartbreak to Healing