eanwhile, Professor Moore’s voice rang out from inside. “Why aren’t you coming in yet?”
He looked a lot older than he did five years ago. His hair was speckled with gray now. After looking at me, he simply said, “Now that you’re back, don’t leave again.”
I lowered my head and nodded firmly.
After heading to my dorm, I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. It was the piercing sound of my phone ringing that woke me from my slumber. Head still foggy, I answered the call, and at the very next second, I heard a furious voice snarling at me. “Where are you, Nina?”
It was Dante.
My mind cleared at once. After checking the time, I realized that I’d only slept for less than an hour. The exhaustion fueled my anger even more as I retorted sharply, “The message I left on the calendar was very clear. Our relationship is over.”
Scoffing in anger, Dante replied, “It’s over, huh? Well, I didn’t agree to it! You ditched message saying that we’ve broken up?”
me on our wedding day, and all you left me was a
getting slapped in the face.
His voice was laced with hurt and indignation, as if he had finally returned to his senses a
But all I wanted was some peace and quiet so I could get my rest.
“Isobel is pregnant with your baby. I won’t marry the father of someone else’s child. And more importantly, it finally dawned on me that you’ve never loved me.”
Dante was silent for so long I nearly drifted off, until he finally said softly, “So you left me because of the baby?”
I didn’t reply.
“Tell me where you are,” he demanded. “I want to see you.”
“A breakup doesn’t require consent from both parties, Dante. You can refuse, but I’ve made up my mind. Have some self–respect. At least try to be a decent ex.”
I ended the call without waiting for his response and blocked his number. After that, I found he’d sent me several dozen messages. All in all,
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he sent me more messages from this morning till now than he did in the last 30 days.
I couldn’t be bothered to read his messages. After blocking him on every platform, I returned to bed.
This time, no one could disturb me anymore.
