"Because wanting you the way I do...it'll ruin everything."Tears burned at the back of her eyes. "But what if I don't care?"
He sighed again "You should."
She squeezed her eyes shut. "And what if I told you... I love you?"
His whole body stiffened.
She held her breath, waiting-praying for something, anything. But the silence stretched between them, suffocating.
Then, just when she thought he wouldn't answer, he whispered, "Don't."And just like that, whatever little hope she had shattered into a thousand pieces.
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