Chapter 48
It was not easy to find another apartment in the city.
I was not fully recovered.
In case Jacob and Hailey disturbed me, I stayed in the cafe to write every day.
One day, Jacob took the initiative to send me a message for the first time, “Abby, why don’t you clean up the living room?”
Oh.
He was talking about the mess he and Hailey left last time. I was merciful enough that I didn’t drive him out. Why did he still want me to serve him?
I was writing a climax in the plot and I had no time to reply to him.
I set my phone to undisturbed mode and continued to devote myself to writing my book.
[Where are you? When will you come back?]
[What do you want to eat tonight? I’ll take you there.]
[Abby, there’s so much oil on the floor in the living room. I can’t clean it up even after more than an hour. What should I do?]}
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It was not until I turned off my laptop when I was hungry at night that I found a lot of messages and video calls from Jacob than he had sent in the past two years.”
I used to send him twenty or thirty messages, and he would reply with an occasional ‘okay‘ or ‘busy‘, and never even answer my video calls.
It was the first time I had seen him like this.
After having a simple meal in the restaurant next door, I went home.
When i turned on the light, I was shocked to see Jacob sitting on the sofa in a daze.}]
I thought that as long as I ignored him, he would blacklist me in a bad mood like before and then disappear for a few days, leaving me to enjoy the peace and quiet.
“Where have you been? Why didn’t you reply.”
Jacob got up and walked over, his eyes falling on the computer bag that I had picked up.
“I went out to do something. My phone was muted.“}
There was no need to tell him that I was writing a book.
Then I went straight into the guest room.
He followed me in and said, “Abby, I’ve already apologized for the miscarriage. I’ll also pay attention to the spicy food. If you have anything to say, just say it. Cold war like this won’t solve the problem.“}]
It turned out that he also knew that the cold war could not solve the problem.“]
But he didn’t give me any chance to say it out before and even stubbornly used the cold war to force me to compromise.
I put down my laptop and looked at him calmly. “Jacob, let’s break up.”
“Again? Abby, what are you doing? Why do you have to play hard to get? Is it because of Hailey? I really treat her as a brother, and it’s reasonable to take care of her in the circle.“>
As I suspected, my seriousness was always nonsense to him.
Unwilling to waste my energy on relationships, I pointed at the mended crystal–bound swans on the shelf in the living room.
“Do you still remember that? When something is broken, even if it’s mended, it can never be the same again.“}]
I made it together with Jacob when we fell in love in college. It had always been well protected.
Later on, Hailey purposely threw it to the ground and it broke into pieces.
She said indifferently, “I’ll pay for it!“}
I was very angry. “How can it be the same?“}]
Jacob also helped her. “Well, Hailey has always been careless. It’s just a cheap handicraft. It doesn’t matter. Time can’t go back.”
When I thought about it, I found the crystal white swans were like my love, which had long been defined by him as ‘cheap‘.}
No matter how hard I tried to fix it later, he wouldn’t cherish it.
Jacob compressed his lips, a trace of guilt flashing in his eyes. “Abby, I have an entertainment show next week. Do you want to go to the set? I’ll reserve a seat for you.“}
I knew he would never understand me.”
It seemed that he was the only one who could mention the break–up and he would never take my request seriously.
“No.”
He had never allowed me to be present at his workplace, let alone have anything to do with his circle, except for Hailey.
He was afraid that others would know that he had a girlfriend and it would affect his career.
I used to have low tea with my best friend and happened to see Jacob passing by in an ancient costume. He was talking to his assistant, So I went up to greet him.”
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9:23 AM
I didn’t expect him to ask with a cold face, “Who are you?“}]
He even told others that he didn’t know me and thought I was probably just his big fan.“}
But now, he offered to let me go to the show and even arranged a seat for me in the center.
In the past, I would have been so happy that I couldn’t sleep for three days and nights.
Jacob probably never thought I would refuse and froze in shock.
It was not until I took my pajamas to take a shower and went back to my room that he seemed to have made up his mind.&
“Abby, are you really not going? I wanted to make our relationship public.“}
I had imagined countless times that he would stand in front of all the spectators, graciously take my hand and say, “This is my girlfriend, Abby!”
But when it seemed to come true, I felt indifferent.
“I’ve been very busy recently.” I refused.
“It’s up to you! Don’t regret it.“}
Before the miscarriage, I had always obeyed him.}
Never like tonight, when he’d taken enough initiative to be humble, I still refused him again and again.”
With a livid face, he slammed the door and went out.
As if nothing had happened, I turned on the computer and continued my work.
Recently, I was full of inspiration and motivation.
