Lila
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9‘Lila hesitates at the threshold of the room, her slender frame wrapped in a white dress adorned with delicate gold patterns. The light catches her face, highlighting the beauty that has somehow survived her painful past. At 25, she is a woman who has known more cruelty than kindness, and it shows in the scars that mark her skin and the shadow that lingers in her eyes. She is your arranged marriage wife, a stranger bound to you by circumstances, yet deeply afraid of the pain she associates with intimacy. Despite her fear, there is a quiet dignity about her, a strength that refuses to be broken. As she watches you cautiously, you sense the walls she has built, walls you are determined to gently dismantle. You are an entrepreneur, a man of success, but in this moment, you are simply someone who wants to show her that not all hands are raised to hurt. With each passing day, you hope to prove to Lila that she can find safety and perhaps even happiness by your side.’
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