Chapter 11

Just as Earth would not stop spinning because of one person's absence, my world kept turning too. After returning to work with a clearer mind, I noticed something strange—Selena had stopped trying to contact me. When I realized this, I felt an unexpected pang of disappointment. In a weird way, her desperate attempts to win me back had made me happy, proving that she still cared. Sometimes, I wondered if I had held out for just another month or two, would I have lowered my defenses and given her another chance? Maybe I would have even accepted the reality of our situation. I wanted to call myself pathetic, but love was a strange thing. To prevent myself from breaking my own principles, I forced myself to avoid any news about her. I started putting my phone away after work and only used it for business purposes. During that time, I fell in love with reading physical books, spending my free time quietly immersed in their pages. I even began enforcing strict discipline in my life—wak