He is refined and gracious, but no gentleman.
She speaks sharply, but is a proper lady.
He doesn't believe in love. He only wants the marriage he should have had long ago.
She doesn't believe in marriage. She only wants a love that can come and go as it pleases.
They meet, come to know each other, fall in love, and stay together, but their bond belongs only to the next life.
If they'd met sooner, perhaps they wouldn't have fallen in love. If they'd met later, they would never have been able to stay together.
They wanted to give each other their very best, but all they had left to offer was what was broken inside them.
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