All Chapters of He is.... Not Him: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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Chapter 21 Sorrowful Understanding

"You look really happy when talking about Liam," Julian said. He was smiling at me, but it didn't reach his eyes. I looked closer and saw the sorrow there, deep and quiet."Ah," I said, the warmth from my memories cooling quickly. "I'm sorry. For talking about him like that." He shook his head, not needing my apology but accepting it. He looked out over the city for a moment before asking his next question. His voice was low."Do you ever regret loving him? Or did you ever try to forget him?" "I did try to forget him," I admitted, my own voice soft. "Many times. But it's never easy to forget your first love. I burned every diary I ever wrote about him. But sometimes... I really wish I could read them again. To remember. I can never forget him, no matter how hard I try." I gave him a smile I knew was too dramatic, too sad. Julian was silent for a long time. The air between us felt heavy. When he finally spoke, his words were clear and direct."The kiss. I

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Chapter 22 Playing In The Rain

I left the office with Liam. We took a company car to the location for the photoshoot. The air between us was a little awkward at first, filled with all the things we hadn't said yet. But slowly, the old comfort began to return.While he worked, I kept my distance, not wanting to get in the way. I busied myself with a notebook, taking down all the necessary details. I was so focused on my work that I didn't notice him at first.Click.The sound of a camera shutter made me look up. Liam had his lens pointed directly at me. He had taken my picture."What are you doing?" I said, startled. "Delete it!"He looked at the screen on his camera and smiled."The result is

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Chapter 23 I Love You

He flinched like I'd burned him. His left hand moved in a flash, fingers curling to hide the ring, coming up to rub the back of his neck in a nervous habit I knew well."...Yes," he answered, his voice thick.He couldn't look at me. He stared at the ground between us and murmured yet another apology."So that's it?" The words tumbled out, ugly and raw, fueled by a hurt so deep it turned mean."That's the real reason you want me to find someone else? You feel guilty for having your happy little love life while I'm still hung up on you? Do you think I'm some kind of pathetic homewrecker? Do you think I'd try to ruin it?"I knew I wasn't making sense. I knew Liam would never think something so cruel about me. But I was too frustrated, too miserable, too humiliated to stop.

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Chapter 24 The Man I Kiss

It wasn't easy. Nothing about this was easy. Seeing him again, breathing the same air, trying to focus on work while every cell in my body was screaming—it was a special kind of torture. And talking about my feelings? Pointless. He just kept pushing, a blunt, immovable wall of gentle rejection. I was frustrated, heartbroken, and utterly crushed. The weight of it was a physical thing, a heavy stone sitting in my chest, making it hard to breathe.I needed an outlet. A release valve for all the complicated, painful feelings threatening to tear me apart from the inside.That’s how I ended up here, sitting on the cold pavement outside a convenience store near my apartment, a bottle of soju in my hand. The streetlights cast a

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Chapter 25 The Uncontrolled Desire

Julian was stunned. Frozen. His mind short-circuited. Since the first time our lips had touched—a calculated move that had burned with unexpected truth—he had craved this. He had dreamed of it. The reality of it, the taste of soju on my lips, the feel of me in his arms, was overwhelming.For a second, he was lost in it. His body started to respond, to lean into the kiss, to finally show me how much he wanted this, how much he wanted me.But then his brain caught up. This was wrong. I was drunk. I was hurt. I had told him to stay away just this morning. This wasn't real. This was a product of despair and alcohol.As he was about to gently pull away, to end the kiss before it c

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Chapter 26 Don't Forget Me

Julian was lost. The world had narrowed to the feel of her skin under his hands, the taste of her on his lips, the soft sounds she made. The rational part of his mind, the CEO who calculated every risk, was completely silenced by a deeper, more primal need. He wanted to erase every other man, every other thought, from her memory and replace it with only him. His fingers found the first button of her shirt, fumbling slightly in his urgency. The soft pop of it coming undone was louder than a gunshot in the quiet room.He was moving to the next button, his breath coming in short, ragged pulls, when she shifted beneath him. It wasn't a conscious move toward him. It was a sleepy, unconscious roll onto her side, a search for a more comfortable position in the depths of her slumber.The movement was so innocent, so completely devoid of the passion he was lost in, that it

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Chapter 27 If I Don't Love You Anymore

The first week, I noticed the change in small things. I’d bring a report to Julian’s desk, and where he used to take it from my hands, our fingers sometimes brushing, he now just pointed to a clear spot on the glass surface without looking up.“Leave it there,” he’d say, his voice flat.He stopped asking for my opinion on donor profiles. He stopped coming out of his office to make coffee when I was at the machine.The second week, the silence grew thicker. I’d catch him watching me from behind his glass wall, but when my eyes met his, he’d turn back to his monitor, his expression blank. He started sending requests through Victoria.

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Chapter 28 Shut Me Down

Julian sat stiffly in the plush booth of the exclusive restaurant. The air was thick with the smell of expensive perfume and ambition. He had agreed to a business dinner with his father. He had not agreed to a dinner with Glam Choi and her student, Sarah. The ambush was infuriatingly transparent. “Isn’t this nice?” Archibald Thorne boomed, a false heartiness in his voice.“Two great families, sharing a meal. Discussing the future.”Glam Choi smiled, a practiced, dazzling thing. “It’s wonderful to finally have a proper conversation, Julian. Sarah has been so looking forward to it.” She nudged the young woman beside her.Sarah blushed, looking up at Julian through her eyelashes.

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Chapter 29 Chocolate and Code

The frozen silence in the office stretched into a second month. Julian’s dismissal after the article incident had been absolute. My world had shrunk to the space between my desk and his door, a distance that felt like a mile of Arctic tundra. The only thing that broke the monotony was the ever-daunting RFA guest list. The names on the screen blurred together, a scroll of intimidating titles and old money. My cursor hovered over the ‘send’ button on the tenth draft of an invitation email. My stomach churned. Who was I to ask these people for their time?My phone buzzed with the familiar chime of the RFA chat.Cipher: ONE MONTH TO PARTY TIME! My hype levels are at 1000%! 🚀 But my snack fund is at 0%. @Juli

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Chapter 30 The Realization

The department dinner to celebrate the project's success felt like walking a tightrope. I was late, thanks to a last-minute, pointless task from Victoria that reeked of deliberate interference.I pushed open the door to the private room, and my breath caught.The first thing I saw was Liam. His face, which had been engaged in polite conversation, broke into a wide, unreservedly bright smile the second he saw me. It was a look of pure, unguarded happiness and pride, and it was directed entirely at me.He’d been waiting for me.The second thing I saw was Julian. He was sitting directly across from Liam, and he had followed his brother's gaze. His head turned, and his eyes met mine. There was no

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