One Day, Unrequited Love Ended

I loved him helplessly, even though I never expected to be loved in return. One day, when this agonizing love felt like a curse... He suddenly began to whisper words of love to me, as if it were a lie. --------- Excerpt from the text Xenia looked up at him with tear-filled eyes and said, "Please love me, Your Highness." It was a word she sincerely wanted to say to him, a request she longed to make, but could never bring herself to utter. Not only because of her pride and misery, but also because she feared what he would say if she disgusted him completely by saying those words. Begging for love. "I love you." His words, returning as if it were the most natural thing in the world, fi...