The Price of Pride

Ksenia's POV

"I love you"

I looked at him with smile when he said that but I couldn't reply to that.

I just couldn't!

He looked at me with pain in his eyes and I looked away. It's been months and I am still not able to confess my love for him. Something stops me, may be his betrayal or his past lies.

Sometimes I say it but he instantly realizes it that I don't mean it and he doesn't want to hea