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JAYSON

"I don't want." Those three words are like a knife being stabbed in my heart and twisted it. As soon as I heard it, I wanted to slump on the floor and weep like a child.

Those three words are more painful than what Loren did to me. Yes, It hurt. I cried to sleep last night, but in the morning, I stood up, and here I am, asking her to marry me, but her rejection is like a punch that knocks me out.

Why I'm feeling this? I love Loren, and I'm willing to disregard my grandfather's opinion just for her, but why Mara's rejection is painful, double how I felt about Loren's betrayal?

I quickly ran out of her room when she turned her back to us. My eyes clouded with tears, and I accidentally bumped into someone causing me to fall on the floor.

"I'm so, sir. Are you alright? " I heard a male voice, but I ignored him. I quickly stood up and went to the ICU. I want Grandpa right now.

I wiped the tears that rolled down my face, and I'm thankful that the nurse in charge in the ICU just gre
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