Chapter 8

• It was probably because someone suddenly mentioned to me that Alpha Mike finally snapped out of his daze. Maybe he just realized that I hadn’t reached out to him in days.
• Not a single message. No voice notes either.
• Only now did it seem to hit him that something was off. After all, I used to cling to him so much. Even when we saw each other every day, the moment I couldn’t see him, I’d find any excuse to contact him—whether to share a new dessert I liked, remind him to dress warm when the weather changed, or tell him to come home early because I’d prepared a surprise. Back then, he probably found me annoying.