Lena turned to him, her heart in her throat. “Then don’t go. We can figure something out. We’ll make it work, I know we will.”
Ethan shook his head, a sad smile on his lips. “Lena, I can’t ask you to put your life on hold for me. I’ve always been someone who chases after opportunities, and this is mine.”
Tears welled up in her eyes as she reached out to him, her fingers trembling. “But what about us? What about this—what we have?”
Ethan cupped her face gently, wiping away the tears. “I love you, Lena. I will always love you. But I need to do this. For me.”
The pain in her chest was unbearable, but she knew he had to go. And so, with a heavy heart, she let him go.
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### **Page 5: The Reunion**
Months passed, and the distance between them grew, but neither of them ever truly let go. They spoke on the phone, wrote letters, and shared their dreams of a future together. But the absence of his t