It was as if there was a wall between them now, separating them from each other forever.
It felt like she was trapped within a small box that kept growing smaller and smaller, making her feel suffocated. It was like an invisible force that held her in its grip, refusing to let go.
She wanted to scream at him. She wanted to shout at him. But most of all, she wanted to cry. Tears welled up in her eyes, threatening to spill down her cheeks, but she fought back the urge to let them fall.
Instead, Alia glared at Asher. Her eyes burned with a fiery rage as she gritted her teeth, struggling to contain her emotions.
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"You're lying! You don't love anymore! You don't care about anymore! You don't even think about anymore!" Her words were filled with venom as she spat them out with a hateful tone. "If you love , then why did you give your heart to soone else? If you love , then why are you abandoning ?"
Alia couldn't understand why Asher would do sothing so cruel to her. Why would he betray her like this? Didn't he realize that he was hurting her more than anyone else in the world ever could? Didn't he care at all about her feelings? Did she an nothing to him anymore?
The pain in her heart intensified as Alia clenched her fists tightly, unable to bear the thought of losing her little brother forever.
"I'm not abandoning you!" Asher shouted back without hesitation. "Don't you understand? I never wanted to hurt you. I never wanted to cause you pain or sorrow. I'm just trying to live my life! And I'm sorry that I haven't been there for you like I should've been, but that's not because I stopped loving you.
I haven't changed. I'm still . I'm still your brother. I'll always be your brother, no matter what happens between us. So please, please, Big Sis, forgive ."
"I can't! How could I ever forgive you? You're betraying ! You're hurting ! How can I ever forgive that?" Alia retorted angrily, unable to accept Asher's words.
But Asher wasn't planning to back down either. He couldn't afford to back down. Not now. Not when there was so much at stake. He needed to convince her to give him another chance. Otherwise, he'd lose her.
"Big Sis, I know it feels like I'm betraying you, but love isn't sothing that can be controlled. It isn't sothing you can choose to stop. It's just sothing that happens. And once it does, you can't help but feel happy and excited, and you start wanting to spend more ti with that person. You want to share every mont of your life together because it feels like you belong with them."
Asher paused and took a deep breath, calming himself before speaking again. "Don't you feel the sa way about too? Don't you feel excited to see ? To spend ti with ? Because I sure do! I love spending ti with you.
I love being close to you. I love seeing you smile and hearing your laughter. I love holding you in my arms. I just love everything about you."
"Then what about the other won? You don't love them? Are they just gas or pastis?"
"No, they're not just so gas or pastis. They an sothing special to . I love them. And they love too. As I said, it's impossible for one person to choose who they fall in love with. Love is beyond our conscious choice.
You can't control who you have feelings for." Asher said as he slowly reached over and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer to him. "Please, Big Sis. Please believe when I say that I love you. I always have, and I always will."
Alia didn't speak, nor did she push him away. Instead, she remained silent, as she didn't know whether or not to believe him. But she couldn't deny the fact that there was sothing about his tone of voice that made her believe every word he spoke. There was sothing about the way he held her in his arms that made her feel his unconditional love for her.
There was a part of her that wanted to accept what he was saying. She wanted to believe that everything would be fine between them. That they'd find a way to work things out. But there was also another part of her that refused to let go of her anger and bitterness towards his other won.
That part of her was still holding on to her pain and sorrow. It wouldn't allow her to move forward.
"Aren't you being selfish now, Little Ash? How can I forgive them? Those girls who took away my little brother? Those won who are stealing your ti away from ?" Alia asked as her voice cracked at the end. "You expect to just accept them like that and allow them to love you like I do? Is that what you want from , Little Ash?"
"Big Sis, who says that I can't love all of you? Who says that I can't make you happy? Who says that I can't give you what your heart desires? I can give all of that to you and more. All I ask is that you trust and accept this small selfishness—that I love these won just as much as I love you."
However, there was one thing she couldn't change. One simple fact which couldn't be denied. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get him to be hers alone.
As the realization hit her, Alia's anger dissipated, and all that was left was sorrow and regret, making her cry bitterly while burying her head in his chest.
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