Malik gulped down the lump in his throat, his hands became sweaty, he knew it has come to an end. How would he repress those words? What he saw in her eyes was a clear assurance of not accepting him. "Betty, complete your sentence," Hayfah's husky voice slurred, her whole body was weak, she wasn't expecting something close to this from him. He rubbed his nape with his right hand, and kept staring at tensed Hayfah; unable to utter a word. "I love you, Hayfah. It wasn't something of recent, but the years we took together. I've found no girl in my life, but you. I've loved you since the first day I met you, I tried obfuscating my feeling for all those years__but it has come to a point that I couldn't. Don't turn me down, do find a place in your heart and accept my feelings. I'm ready to se