Chapter 164 Asset And Liability

• I couldn't bring myself to say anything as my heart screamed in agony. I never dreamed that I would be so torn between the two people that I loved most in the world. It felt as if I was being ripped in half.
• We stayed like that for a while, and it felt almost like hours as we both drowned in our tears. I hoped that by holding each other, we might keep ourselves from sinking completely. But even as I kept whispering apologies to her and letting my mother soothe me, one truth lingered like a shadow at the back of my mind. I wasn't sure I had the strength to give Raphael up. The truth was that I wasn't ready, and I couldn't bring myself to give him up.
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