Se connecterOn the day I sold my house, my best friend asked me. “Aren’t you getting married soon? Why are you selling your new home?” I signed the transfer agreement and replied, “Because I’m breaking up with him.” We were supposed to buy a particular couch for our new home. Caleb Graham said he had not managed to snag it yet, so he asked me to wait a little longer. Then, I saw that very couch in Claire Silva’s Stories. She had specifically tagged Caleb. [It’s the one I’ve been waiting for so long! He still knows me so well!] In the comments section, Caleb simply replied, [Don’t mention it.] That was followed by a bunch of trivial chatter between the two of them. I stared at that Stories post for a long time. Then, I canceled the order for the matching pajamas. I scrolled back through my order history. I had ordered over a hundred packages. They were all for furnishing our new home. At first, Caleb would enthusiastically pick things out with me. Later on, he did not even bother to reply to my messages. It was because Claire, his first love, had gotten divorced. His attention toward me and our new home had shifted elsewhere. “If a buyer contacts us, I’ll let you know right away.” The real estate agent slid his business card across the table. I reached out to take it. Then, I cast one last glance at this place. ‘Caleb, I admit that I regret it,’ I thought. Seven years had passed, and I no longer wanted to build a home with him.
Voir plusHowever, when he met my calm gaze, he suddenly found himself at a loss for words.“About the house, I was wrong. As for the furniture and the security cameras, I shouldn’t have made those decisions on my own.“I...” He paused. There was hoarseness in his voice that I had never heard before.“I’ve gotten used to making all the decisions for you. I’ve gotten used to you always being there, always forgiving me.“Also, I never imagined you’d actually leave.”As I listened to these words, my heart remained completely unmoved.Seven years ago, I might have been moved, but not anymore.“Caleb, are you done?”He froze, as if he had not expected this reaction from me.“Do you know what I regret the most?” I looked him in the eyes, enunciating each word clearly.“It’s not the seven years I spent with you. Rather, it’s that during those seven years, I lost myself.“I revolved my world around you, making your preferences my own.“I put your affairs ahead of everything else in my life
After sending that message, I placed my phone face down on the bed.The room fell silent, and moonlight seeped through the cracks in the curtains.I thought I would feel sad, but surprisingly, I was not sad at all.It just felt like a weight that had been pressing down on me for a very long time had finally been lifted.Even my breathing felt much easier.From this moment on, the name Caleb Graham had absolutely nothing to do with Shannon Lane.I turned off the light, closed my eyes, and went to sleep.That night, I slept exceptionally soundly.(Third-Person POV)Caleb stared at his phone. Those words stung his eyes like needles.[Don’t contact me anymore.]He typed out a long message. Then, he deleted it word by word.From the moment he had reached out to her, his original intention had been to get her to come back.However, every message he sent only pushed her further away.Frustrated, he grabbed a handful of his hair and yanked it hard.He did not dare send another m
[Shannon, where are you? Don’t scare me.][I asked your friends, and they all said they didn’t know.][Did you really go abroad? When did that happen?][Could you please call me back when you see this message?]After that, it turned into furious threats.[Shannon, what exactly are you trying to do?][What can’t we talk out face-to-face?][Do you really have to do this? What kind of person just walks away like that?][If you’re all that, then never reply to my messages again!]After reading all this, I could not help but laugh.It was not because I found it funny, but because I found it absurd.We had been together for seven years, and he had always been like this.It was always him grilling me, and always me backing down.I was always waiting for his explanation, and he would keep me waiting.It was always me making concessions, and him taking them for granted.Even after we had broken up, he was still using the same tone.He spoke as if I were still that Shannon who wo
I did not look at it and just turned off my phone.The moment I turned it off, the whole world fell silent.I tossed my phone into my bag, turned around, and boarded the plane.The cabin was nicely air-conditioned. I sat by the window.As the plane taxied, the runway lights formed a golden river.The fuselage jolted, and the city lights were left far below.The place I had called home for seven years grew smaller and smaller.Clouds obscured everything, and I suddenly felt a weight lift from my heart.It was as if a stone that had been pressing down on me for many years had finally been removed.The flight lasted over ten hours, and I slept almost the entire time.I must have been too exhausted—too tired even to feel sad.We landed just as evening was falling. The sunset glowed with bright oranges and reds.I dragged my suitcase and spotted Willa Scott at a glance.She was holding a handwritten sign with a funny face drawn on it.[Welcome, Ms. Lane, to your inspection vis
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