Before, I was afraid John would cheat, so I added Emily on social media. But the days of obsessing over their photos, wondering if they were sleeping together or hanging out together again—it was exhausting.
Sure enough, after deleting her, the world felt much calmer.
That night, John didn't come back. I turned off my phone and stopped paying attention.
The next day, I took a last-minute project and went on a business trip to Riverton. That night, John called me, “Anna, where did you go? Why aren’t you back yet?”
“I’m very busy, working.” I said and hung up the phone.
I stayed in Riverton for three days. On the third night, I saw John at the hotel entrance. He looked a bit haggard.
As soon as he saw me, he immediately came over and grabbed me, “Anna, are you avoiding me?”
“John, I'm very busy. I’m working, okay? I'm not avoiding you, I'm just on a business trip.” I was really at a loss dealing with such an entangled John.
Seeing him like this, I suddenly thought of my past self. Maybe in John's eyes, I looked the same back then.
Work was exhausting and I had no time to deal with him, but he was relentless.