DAPHNE YILDIZ WHITE "If you truly believe I will simply yield to your declaration of love, Daphne, you are gravely mistaken." Her voice cut through the quiet room, catching me completely off guard. I froze, the raw finality in her tone sending a chill straight to my chest. I had expected hesitation, perhaps even fear, but I had not anticipated this level of rigid, unyielding resistance. "I have endured far too many hardships," Cara continued, her breathing turning shallow as she gripped the sterile duvet. "Every single tragedy and heartbreak I went through won't just miraculously vanish from my soul because of a single, sudden confession from your lips." A heavy, suffocating wave of profound sadness washed over me, violently crushing my chest. Even though her tongue had not explicitly shaped the word no, the sheer weight of her words felt exactly like a physical rejection. Yet, looking down at her fragile frame, the desperation in my chest only hardened into an absolute, unwa
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