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It wasn’t until after finishing my real that i saw Zack had messaged me again.
“Let’s go home together tonight!”
Zack believed that an office romance was bad for his career, so no one in the company knew about our relationship so far.
To avoid suspicion, we almost always commuted separately.
Still suffering from the aftereffects of heatstroke and feeling unwell all over, I didn’t refuse.
I warted in the underground parking lot for forty minutes after work, but I didn’t see his car.
I called him seven or eight times, but all I got was a busy tone.
So I decided not to call
Twenty minutes later, be called me
When I picked up, I heard hos dapleased voice. “Melody, what’s going on? It’s been an hour, and you still havesd come out?
Every time I saw him like that, I couldist help but feel amicus, blaming myself for making has unhappy
Regardless of who was right or wrong. I would always apologize first.
But this time, I koked around and said. Tve been waiting in the underground parking lot for an hour and still havent seen your cas
He instinctively replied. “How is that possible? I’m at the usual spot, gate 3
Mid–sentence, he snapped back to reality and lowered his voice. Til come to pick you up tight noww?”
Tremained silent for a moment and just said, “Hmm”
There was no usual spot for Zack and me.
Gate 3 was where Claire got off work
It turned out he wasnt avoiding an office romance,
He was avoiding having an office romance with me.
I waited another half hour in the underground parking lot smil Zack’s can finally arrivest
The passenger seat window rolled down, revealing Clake’s face with a sweet susside.
“Melody, sorry for keeping you waiting. I couldn’t find a cat while shopping, so thad Zack pick me up first. You’re not mind, are you?
I smiled and opened the back seat, getting in. “Not at all.”
Zack thought it was a bit much and explained. Tx hotter outside than in the underground parking lot, so I went to pick her up first”
I chuckled, “It is quite hot outside.”
He glanced at me through the rearview mirror, now my natural expression, and stayed silent.
Zack noticed my unusual behavior, knowing that in the past, whenever he neglected me for Clalie, I would definitely make a some
I’d even act like a lunatic, constantly naking whether Claire was more important than me.
He would always impatiently rebuke me, I’ve said it before, Claire and I are just normal friends now. Why do you keep harping on 17 Cart I have I
After saying that, he would slam the door and leave me alone in the quiet room, tearful and self–reflective, wondering if I was truly being too pelly
Was I really so petty and unwilling to let go?
It was just that in this relationship, he had never given me any sense of security.
As I was lost in memories, the sound of Claire munching on potato chips echoed in my man.
I instinctively glanced at the driver’s seat.
Zack didn’t say anything
“Melody” Claire leaned over the seat and offered me some. “Have somet”
Zack suddenly spoke up, “She doesn’t eat them. Potato chip crumbs are hard to clean up hi the car”
“Oh!” Claire awkwardly said, “Zack, sorry, I just dropped some crumba too“.
Zack replied nonchalantly, It’s okay, 17 clean it up ”
I quietly listened to their conversation, my thoughts inevitably drifting back to the past.
Back when we first started living together, I was running late and didn’t have time for breakfast, so I brought a pack of cookies into his car
Seeing me holding the cookies, he yelled at me to throw them in the trash
“Throw them away. No eating in my car”
I explained to him, “I have low blood sugar and need to eat something. Don’t worry, I’ll be careful not to drop crumbs in the car
But he didn’t listen to my explanation and insisted that I throw them away
When I refused, he actually kicked me out of the car, then hit the gas, leaving me behind in the garage.
it was snowing that day, and the weather was freezing I struggled in high heels to reach the platform, waiting for over half an hour in the cold wind. nearly freezing solid before the bus arrived
I was inevitably late to the office. Lisa, considering the weather conditions, didn’t scold me
While waiting for the bus, I almost fainted from low blood sugar, but fortunately, I didn’t toss away the
But now, I heard him casually falling another woman, 11’s okay I clean it up”
It turned out his principles vary from person to person
And I wasn’t the one who could make him break his principles
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