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"Stop talking to him. Do you hear me?" Kubra's voice trembled, a mixture of rage and desperation.
"No," Raisa mumbled, her voice barely a whisper but resolute.
Kubra seized her daughter's wrist, disbelief flaring in her eyes. "No? Why?"
Raisa looked at her mother, incredulous and broken. "Because I love him."
Kubra let out a sharp, bitter laugh. "Love? After everything I've taught you? Love isn't real, Raisa. They can't love. Men don't love," she spat, her voice heavy with years of resentment.
She held up the phone, her fingers trembling. "You're not getting this back," she declared, and stormed out, her heart as fractured as her daughter's.