“Stop. Stop asking for something that will destroy you. I’m not the man you think I am. I’m the one you should run from, not toward. Just leave it alone,” he said, as he shook her slightly. His words stunned her to silence and she could see behind his intense stare that he believed what he was saying. He was warning her. She could read between the lines, but she had always been a stubborn girl. She would have to learn the lesson the hard way. She stood on her tip-toes and placed her hand on the side of his face, the imperfect side, touching him so tenderly that it felt like she was touching
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