Previously: "I want an answer, Xin! Please... what I really want is a positive answer. Give me that!!!"
"I can't. I can't love you."
Hana sucked her lips in, blinking a few times to keep back the tears that were threatening to spill. His words were a cut to her core, and she hated herself for trying too hard instead of moving on when she could have.
Xin could tell her sadness was welling up, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't force feelings. He warned her a year ago, but she was making it look like it was solely his fault. Being cold to her was all he could do to prevent what was presently happening, but things ended up in a way he dreaded.
A tear rolled onto her cheek, and she quickly wiped it away. She could feel her fragile heart cracking like glass as she drowned in waves of helplessness. "I feel so stupid. A whole year... I gave you my body…"
"Please, Hana… Don't say it like that. We both agreed to an only sex relationship."
