Eternal Temptation: Awakening Sinful Desires - Chapter 301

Chapter 301: How Can You Love Me If You Love Someone Else?
As Asher said this, Alia’s anger didn’t subside, as she was still unable to accept what he was saying.

It was as if there was a wall between them now, separating them from each other forever.

It felt like she was trapped within a small box that kept growing smaller and smaller, making her feel suffocated. It was like an invisible force that held her in its grip, refusing to let go.

She wanted to scream at him. She wanted to shout at him. But most of all, she wanted to cry. Tears welled up in her eyes, threatening to spill down her cheeks, but she fought back the urge to let them fall.

Instead, she glared at him. Her eyes burned with a fiery rage as she gritted her teeth, struggling to contain her emotions.

“You’re lying! You don’t love me anymore! You don’t care about me anymore! You don’t even think about me anymore! After all, how can you love me if you love someone else? You’re lying!” Her words were filled with venom as she spat them out with a hateful tone. “If you love me, then why did you give your heart to someone else? If you love me, then why are you abandoning me?”

She couldn’t understand why he would do something so cruel to her. Why would he betray her like this? Didn’t he realize that he was hurting her more than anyone else in the world ever could? Didn’t he care at all about her feelings? Did she mean nothing to him anymore?

The pain in her heart intensified as she clenched her fists tightly, unable to bear the thought of losing her little brother forever.

“I’m not abandoning you!” Asher shouted back without hesitation. “Don’t you understand? I never wanted to hurt you. I never wanted to cause you pain or sorrow. I’m just trying to live my life! And I’m sorry that I haven’t been there for you like I should’ve been, but that’s not because I stopped loving you. I haven’t changed. I’m still me. I’m still your brother. I’ll always be your brother, no matter what happens between us. So please, please, Big Sis, forgive me.”

“I can’t! How could I ever forgive you? You’re betraying me! You’re hurting me! How can I ever forgive that?” Alia retorted angrily, unable to accept Asher’s words.

But Asher wasn’t backing down either. He couldn’t afford to back down. Not now. Not when there was so much at stake. He needed to convince her to give him another chance. Otherwise, he’d lose her.

“Big Sis, I don’t know what else to say except that I love you. If I could, I would give you everything I have to make you happy. I would give up everything for you. But I can’t. I can’t do that because there are others who love me, too. And I can’t just throw away their feelings because I love you. That’s not fair to them. And it’s not fair to me either. I don’t want to be forced to choose between the people I care about most. I want to be able to love all of you and be happy with all of you.”

As Asher said this, he slowly reached over and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer to him. “Please, Big Sis. Please believe me when I say that I love you. I always have, and I always will. Just don’t make me choose. You can punish me however you want. You can hurt me in any way you see fit. I don’t care. Just don’t force me to give up one for the other. I can’t live like that.”

Alia didn’t speak, nor did she push him away. Instead, she remained silent, as she didn’t know whether or not to believe him. But she couldn’t deny the fact that there was something about his tone of voice that made her believe every word he spoke. There was something about the way he held her in his arms that made her feel his unconditional love for her.

There was a part of her that wanted to accept what he was saying. She wanted to believe that everything would be fine between them. That they’d find a way to work things out. But there was also another part of her that refused to let go of her anger and bitterness towards his other women.

That part of her was still holding on to her pain and sorrow. It wouldn’t allow her to move forward.

“Aren’t you being selfish now, Little Ash? You know that I can never hurt you, so how can you say that? But how can I forgive them? Those girls who took away my little brother? Those women who are stealing your time away from me?” Alia asked as her voice cracked at the end. “You expect me to just accept them like that and allow them to love you like I do? Is that what you want from me, Little Ash?”

Asher tightened his hold on her body, hugging her even tighter as he whispered into her ear, “Big Sis, I know how much it hurts to see the person you love with someone else. Believe me, I understand. But sometimes you have to accept the fact that things won’t always go the way you want them to. And in this case, I’m sorry to say that there’s no way around it. You have to accept my selfishness and the fact that I love these women just as much as I love you.”

In the end, tears began streaming down Alia’s face. She couldn’t bear it anymore. She couldn’t bear to hear him talk like that. She didn’t want to believe it. She didn’t want to hear any of it.

But no matter how much she wished it weren’t true, she couldn’t change it. She couldn’t change him. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t get him to be hers alone.

As the realization hit her, Alia’s anger dissipated, and all that was left was sorrow and regret, making her cry bitterly while burying her head in his chest.