Chapter : 12

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With a sudden jerk, Priya wrenched her hand away, creating a palpable distance between them. "Why can't you understand, Ram?" she implored, her voice tinged with a mixture of frustration and sadness. "We can't be so selfish and self-centered. It's not just about us; it's about your family too. Think about how everyone will suffer if we continue down this path. Does that do any good for our relationship?"

Ram, his gaze following her retreating form, felt the weight of her words settle heavily upon him. "But I can't let you go," he murmured, the desperation in his voice belying the turmoil that churned within him.

Priya, her eyes glistening with unshed tears, met his gaze with a blend of determination and sorrow. "You have to," she replied softly, her voice a poignant plea for understanding. "For everyone's sake, including ours, you have to let me go."

"It's not that I don't want to be with you, Ram," Priya murmured, her voice tinged with a trace of longing. "But I can't build my life by hurting others. If we are destined to be together, it will happen, but I can't abandon everyone else."

Ram, his gaze unwavering, took a step closer to her. "But do you love me?" he asked, his voice barely above a whisper, the raw vulnerability in his eyes belying the turbulence of emotions that churned within him.

Priya, her breath catching in her throat, halted at the question, her heart torn between the echoes of the past and the uncertainties of the future. In the charged silence that enveloped them, the weight of unspoken confessions and buried desires hung suspended in the air, leaving them both suspended in a fragile moment of reckoning.

"I can't do this to Ved," Priya whispered, her voice tinged with a palpable sense of anguish. Ram, his gaze searching hers, asked softly, "Do you love Ved?"

Priya, her heart heavy with the weight of her conflicting emotions, met his gaze with a mixture of tenderness and sorrow. "Yes, I love Ved," she confessed, her voice barely above a whisper, the admission carrying the weight of a truth that had long remained unspoken.

Ram, the lines of his face etched with resignation, nodded silently. "If that's the case, I won't bother you anymore. I'll leave you be,

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