122 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED (2)

Alas, days continue to pass, yet Teng Man Rui continued to be cold to him. One day he had reached his heart's limits, and decided to leave her, for good, without any promise of meeting her again.

He left a letter at her dining table, probably after dinner from the night before.

It read…

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Dear Lovely Miss Teng Man Rui,

These past months I consider myself both lucky and unfortunate that I have met you.

Lucky because you yourself is a blessing, a boon to anyone who has given the opportunity to know you, and I'm one of them. These past months I have witnessed your goodness and longing for a simple life despite the greatness of your existence. And day by day, as I come to get closer to you, I am likewise finding myself closer to the pit which my heart has failed to fathom was there in the first place.