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He shouldn’t have waited He should have pushed for e sooner But he’d been terrified he’d scare her away, yet it had been hell trying to pull back But it had also been a heaven he hadn’t known existed, being with her Being loved by her

For she had loved him Her love had been so pure and intense, had permeated him from her every touch and word and action, he’d basked in its unbelievable blessing with every breath He hadn’t knohy she’d loved hi to tell hi so overt about her ereed to e was not for the right reasons That it would serve his purpose, get hi he’d planned

But with every hour in her cofrom her, with her, had overwhelmed him, undone him With her he’d finally understood what happiness was

But he’d left it too late Even when he’d done everything in his power to stop her fro the truth about hied, dangerous monster

What had he expected? He shouldn’t have been in her heart in the first place He didn’t deserve to be there

Without knowing how, he found himself on her apartasp escaped her at the sight of hi down her face thickening

Feeling sorry for hi that she had to let him down?

He couldn’t bear for her to feel bad Never on his account He’d sacrifice anything for her to never shed another tear

Before he could say anything, she dragged hied hi her face in his chest

“Rashid, ya Ullah, Rashidyou’re okay, you’re okay”

Struck to his core at feeling her against hi inside him demolished

“I went insane when I heard that commotion and the line went dead and I couldn’t call you back I thought you had an accident”

Her voice broke on a sob that fractured his muteness, made him choke, “I’m sorry I scared you”