"I don't want to run away from the truth any longer," Jia Li answered Wei, devoid of any emotions.
"Do you know that you are killing me with your words? Why are you doing this? I am sorry that I brought up the topic today about us. I promise to never do it again. Just don't… don't say that you are walking out of my life," he didn't care any longer about his self-respect or anything else, as long as she didn't walk away.
He was begging her. His worst nightmare was coming true. How would he survive? Who would he survive for?
Jia Li's heart broke and shattered into a million shards. Those shards poked her conscience and she nearly took her words back. It had taken her an inhuman effort to say all this to Wei. But she also knew that this was the best gift that she could give him as his friend. She clenched her hands tightly till the nails dug into the palms and that pain muted the one in her heart.
Thankfully they had reached the banks of Little Venice.
