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She stopped answering texts within seconds. She returned to her painting—a hobby Jake had called “cute but pointless.” She said “I can’t, I have plans” even when her plans were a bath and a book. She stopped explaining.

Nina stared at the message. The old Nina would have replied: Sure! How many? She stopped answering texts within seconds

Nina’s living room had become a shrine to someone else’s life. Jake’s gaming controller rested on her coffee table. His protein shaker sat next to her grandmother’s vase. His laundry—he claimed his machine was broken—overflowed from a chair. Nina stared at the message

Not a fantasy woman. Not a cold-hearted bitch . A woman who knew her own value. Who said “no” without a novel of explanation. Who filled her own calendar so full that a man had to earn an appointment. Nina’s living room had become a shrine to