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Chapter Nineteen: Headset

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Alliyah Agustin-Astley

“God, is he serious about these messages?” I muttered under my breath, blinking several times as I stared at my phone screen. Message after message filled it, each one arriving without pause, as if he were narrating his entire day to me.

[Wife, I’ve arrived. How’s work?]

[Wife, I already ate breakfast. What about you?]

[Meeting’s done. Nothing I couldn’t handle. I’ll call you later.]

[Why aren’t you answering? It couldn’t be that busy.]

I let out a quiet breath, sinking back into my chair, unsure whether I should feel annoyed—or strangely unsettled by how consistent he was being.

The steady stream of updates felt foreign, almost intrusive, yet oddly attentive. Or maybe it was unsettling because I wasn’t used to this kind of treatment.

Chester and I used to fight about things like this. He hated checking in. Said it was unnecessary, suffocating even.

Eventually, I grew tired of staring at the screen and decided to let Chester be back then. That became our routi
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