when he saw my disappearance was completely shattered. “Forget it, he couldn’t even keep his promise of showing up at our wedding on time. Thus, how could I expect him to have any reaction after knowing that I ran away?” I said to myself.
I arrived at the apartment building according to the address given by my supervisor. And, just as I was about to go up with my luggage, Antonio’s friend called again.
Now that we had already broken up, there was no need to contact him or his friends anymore. Therefore, I thought it would be better to make myself clear.
I hesitated for a few seconds before answering the call.
Then I heard Antonio’s extremely angry scolding from the other end of the phone. “Grace, what’s wrong with you? How dare you block my number? Where are you? Speak!
“Didn’t I explain everything to you? Mandy had a car accident, and I can’t leave her alone. Can you stop making such a fuss?
“You did not show up at our wedding today, did you? Where are you now? Send me the address!”
My eyebrows twisted, and I said coldly, “Didn’t you see the message I sent you? We have broken up, and where I go has nothing to do with you! I’ll also block your friend’s number. Don’t contact me anymore!”
I did not expect him to be so shameless as to call and blame me after he had stood me up on our wedding day.
Before he could speak again, I hung up and blocked this number. I then walked into the apartment building and dragged my luggage into the elevator.
After tidying up the apartment. I sat on the sofa to rest.
Just at that moment, my supervisor called and said with obvious concern in his voice. “Grace, didn’t you tell your husband about going abroad? He just called me. He was so anxious that he almost called the police, so I told him your current address.”
I gasped, then let out a long sigh.
“Never mind. he can’t really come to find me anyway. By the way, we’re not married, so he has nothing to do with me anymore.”
My supervisor seemed to understand something from my brief words.
Before hanging up, he reminded me not to let my personal issues affect my work. I ruffled my hair irritably and checked the blocked messages on my phone, and the screen was full of Antonio’s numbers.
We had been together for eight years, and the number of times he took the initiative to contact me was much less than he had done today. I felt it was really ridiculous and ironic.
Perhaps he didn’t want his simple wedding to be absent from both
protagonists, for it would be too embarrassing. I finally had time to have a look at my phone album and clean up the photos I had secretly taken of him in the past.
As my fingers slid along the phone screen. I felt like I loved him again.
The moment the album was completely emptied. I stood up from the sofa and walked downstairs to buy a bottle of whiskey.
When we were together, because he hated the smell of alcohol. I could only stare dazedly at the window no matter how sad I was. Otherwise, he would throw me and my drinks out of the house.
After the breakup, I was free to drink again.
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