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#51 "I Can't Imagine Being With Anyone Else."
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2023-09-15 10:30:30Collecting herself, Sophia took a deep breath, her voice steady as she responded to him.
"I see that you have solved the puzzle," Sophia smiles at him, but the smile does not reach her eyes. ''It doesn't change anything, Alexander. You didn't visit me once in these three years and now you pretend that there was something between us. There is nothing to fix because there was never a real connection.''
Alexander sighed deeply, acutely aware of the gravity of the situation. "I know I was wrong, Sophia," he began cautiously.
Sophia's voice turned cold and distant. "You were not wrong, Alexander; you made a decision. Your decision is that you don't want to know me or have anything to do with me. I accept it."
"Sophia, that was before I knew you," Alexander pleaded, desperation creeping into his voice.
She let out a bitter laugh. "There were three long years in which I sat alone, waiting for you to get to know me. It's late now. I suggest that the d
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