I Quit My Job and My Relationship
"That's impossible! You've never said anything like that to me before! If it weren't for her, if she hadn't—"
"I was foolish," he said, cutting her off. "I led you on and broke the heart of the person who truly cared about me by placing too much importance on our so-called history."
Preston's eyes were ice-cold as he continued in a firm voice, "Ashley, this ends here. From now on, we're strangers. Don't contact me again, and don't bother Danielle."
With that, he drew a hard line between them.
Ashley's initial smugness crumbled, turning into confusion, then anger, and finally complete despair.