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The Group Chat That Ended Us
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I've been with Sebastian Radford for five years, and I assume there are no secrets between us. Then, the night before our engagement party, Sebastian says, "Cece, check the group chat." I open the four-person group text, confused. "Nobody sent anything." Sebastian goes, "Oh. I misread it." When he heads into the bathroom, the tablet on the coffee table lights up with two new messages. My friend, Noelle Frasier, texts, "You scared me to death. You almost gave away our trip plans." My childhood friend, Wade Kirby, writes, "I really don't want Cece to tag along. I can't even cut loose with her around." Sebastian replies, "I'll be more careful next time." I glance at the group name. "No Cecilia Ward Today!" I scroll up. There are over 2,000 messages, documenting an entire life I know nothing about. Just last week, on the night of my promotion dinner, they're all texting about that barbecue joint on the west side. I ask Sebastian why everyone seems so unenthusiastic, and he tells me, "Everyone's got their own stuff going on." It turns out "their own stuff" is figuring out how to do everything without me. I don't make a scene. I quietly set the tablet down, pick up my phone, and call to cancel the engagement banquet. Then I walk into the bedroom and start packing.
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The Group Chat That Ended Us Chapter 11
Sebastian ended up renting a short-term place nearby and didn't leave.I didn't ask why he was still in the country, and I didn't care how long his visa would hold out. Every day, he showed up outside my apartment building, or in front of my office, or at the grocery store I always went to.Sometimes he tried to talk to me, and sometimes he just stood at a distance. I ignored him every single time.Sonia asked me who the man was."No idea," I said. "Probably a lost tourist."A month and a half later, Sebastian finally stopped showing up. I assumed he'd come to his senses and gone home.I found out later that it was because Wade had gotten into serious trouble. His father's company was under investigation for financial crimes, and the entire business had been frozen.Every property, car, and bank account under Wade's name was seized overnight. He went from a trust-fund kid who spent money like water to someone buried in debt with nothing to his name.Sebastian had to fly back to
The Group Chat That Ended Us Chapter 10
Sebastian quickly said, "I shouldn't have said those things. I shouldn't have let them talk about you like that. I—""You've apologized plenty of times," I cut in.He looked up at me, confusion in his eyes."Every time you forgot my birthday, you apologized. Every time you bailed on me at the last minute, you apologized. Every time you let Noelle take my place, you apologized."You always sounded so sincere about it, and every single time, I believed you. But you never once actually changed."You never thought there was anything wrong with what you were doing. You just didn't like seeing me upset. As long as I said 'it's fine,' you could go right back to what you were doing with a clear conscience."I paused and looked him straight in the eye. "This time, I don't want to say it's fine."Sebastian was completely speechless. He stood there, his lips moving without making a sound, his eyes growing redder by the second. It was a long time before he managed to get anything out. "Then
The Group Chat That Ended Us Chapter 9
"Sebastian." I cut him off.My voice was so quiet it nearly got lost in the wind."Do you think I left because I was throwing a tantrum?"He went still."Do you think the reason I haven't contacted you in months is that I've been waiting for you to come find me?"He didn't answer, but the look on his face said everything. That was exactly what he thought. He thought I was sulking, that I'd eventually get over it.He assumed that if he flew all the way out here and humbled himself enough to ask me to come back, I'd nod and say "okay" the way I always did.I shifted the grocery bag to my other hand and took a long breath. "Sebastian, do you remember your last birthday?"He hadn't expected me to bring that up. It took him a second before he said, "Yeah.""I got up at 6:00 am to make you breakfast. You said you needed to go pick up Wade and Noelle and told me to meet you all at the restaurant on my own. You were two hours late."His expression shifted."When I got to the restaur
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My new social circle was slowly taking shape. There was a woman at the office named Sonia Decker who struck up a conversation with me on my very first day."You're the one who got sent over straight from headquarters? That's amazing. I looked through your portfolio and your design style is really unique. A few of us are planning to check out the flea market this weekend if you want to come."I started eating lunch with them and talking shop about design. The days blurred together, and I rarely thought about Sebastian. Or maybe it was more accurate to say I made a deliberate effort not to.Every once in a while, late at night when everything was quiet, I'd lie there staring at the ceiling and let the memories drift back.I'd think about how he scoured every store in the city to track down that out-of-print art book when he was first pursuing me, or how we used to sit on the campus lawn on warm evenings in college and he'd tell me he was going to marry me after graduation.I'd remem
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