《We Stopped Loving Each Other》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 9 章

I stared at him, wondering how he could sound so convincing while spouting nonsense. When I did not respond, Nicholas grew visibly flustered.He repeatedly assured me that he was simply looking out for a colleague.“I helped her with the itinerary because I didn’t want her coming back late and holding up the team’s work.“There’s nothing else to it. Don’t overthink this.“Rey, if it bothers you that much, I’ll block her and never see her again. Just don’t use breaking up as a threat, alright?I scrolled across the screen.Those chat messages kept flashing back into my mind, no matter how hard I tried to push them away.His “no other intention” meant that they were more than friends, but less than lovers.“How naive do you think I am, Nicholas?“Blocking her doesn’t mean you can’t unblock her later. You two work at the same company. You can’t avoid her forever.“It was such a detailed itinerary. It even included which hotel to stay at, where to go, and what to eat.“I waite

“Why didn’t you text back?” Nicholas was out of breath. He must have rushed over.Annie spoke with a sharp, mocking tone.“Rey, if you’re going to be jealous, at least do it at the right time. Nick walked out of a business dinner just to come find you.”The colleagues around us all cast strange glances in my direction.I knew Annie was doing it on purpose.She was deliberately shifting the blame onto me to humiliate me.Nicholas probably caught on to that as well, but he said nothing.After a brief silence, she shoved her phone in front of my face.“Rey, you’re upset just because Nick made a travel plan for me, and I got him a ticket in return, aren’t you?“Seriously, don’t overthink this. I invited a lot of people on this trip, not just him.“I’ll send you the whole itinerary right now to prove I’m not hiding anything. Is that enough for you?”Her voice grew more intense as she spoke. With red-rimmed eyes, she jabbed at her phone as if venting her frustration.She delibera

The work group chat flooded with messages attacking me.After scrolling through the chat, I learned that Nicholas had left Annie alone at home.Annie had slit her wrist. She was only saved when a colleague found her.[@Audrey, how cruel can you be? You drove a young girl to attempt ending her own life. You’re a woman too! How could you destroy another woman’s reputation with lies?][She’s practically middle-aged already, isn’t she? That’s exactly how bitter old women act. No wonder Nick never married her all these years. He must have seen her for what she really is!][I’ve already talked to management about firing Audrey!]Annie was so quick to act.Very quickly, my direct supervisor, Briar Perry, called me.“Audrey, the branch office filed a complaint against you for defaming a colleague. You’ve just freshly transferred to headquarters, and this is already happening. Take care of it.”“Okay.”After I hung up, the work chat flooded again.Nicholas had spoken up in my defense

I closed the door behind me.For a long while, I did not hear Nicholas leave. For the next few days, he secretly showed up. He rented the apartment across from mine.In the vase by his window, he placed a fresh rose every single day.Several times, when I worked late into the night, he would quietly walk me home.Before I left the country, my mother called me.“Rey, are you really breaking up with Nick for good?”“Mom, if you’re going to try and talk me into getting back together with him, don’t bother.”What my mother said next made me so stunned that I stopped moving my mouse.“I’m not trying to talk you into anything, Rey. You should put in a request with your company to go abroad. Annie jumped from a building.”I did not like Annie, but hearing that she had passed away, as a fellow human being, I still felt a momentary pang of sadness.On the other end of the line, my mother kept rambling.“Yesterday, she went to the tallest office building in town and jumped. The phon