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A minute ago, I'd actually felt bad for Ryan, seeing how hurt he looked. But now? Looking out for myself means
keeping my distance from him, no matter what.
When | got home, | flipped on the lights, put on ssoft music, and dragged my yoga mat into the living room.
| spent an hour doing yoga, letting the music soothe me. Then | opened the fridge and whipped up sdinner
for myself.
To keep myself in shape, I'd been cutting out greasy, salty foods lately. My skin was looking way better, and |
wasn't even cutting out carbs-just eating less of them.
Nathan texted me, asking what | was up to.
| sent him a photo of the city at night and told him | was going to get srest.
Nathan seemed like he wanted to keep chatting, but my tone was cold, and he could feel it.
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These days, the only calls | made were either to Yvonne or for work. Unless Nathan comes clean about what
happened that day, I'm not going to bother with him.
Now that | know, it just keeps botheringlike a thorn.
Five days slipped by in a flash. The renovation plans kept getting revised over and over, and all those nitpicky
details were seriously wearingout. Meetings-big, small, endless-just kept coming.
Even though work was hectic, | felt pretty at peace. My days were full, and every so often, my parents would call
to check up on me. Latways kept things upbeat, never mentioning anything stressful.
They never outright pressuredto get married, but there was always that gentle nudge-if | met someone
good, | should at least give it a shot.
Just because | ran into someone like Jared doesn’t mean every guy out there is like him,’ | kept reminding myself.
| had to keep my mind open and not let one bad experience closeoff.
Having parents who actually getis honestly a huge stroke of luck. I'm really grateful-even though I didn’t
grow up with a silver spoon, my parents have always backed my choices.
Whenever | spotted something my parents would like while out shopping, I'd just buy it and have it shipped to
them. These days, | barely bought anything for myself-most of my shopping was just spoiling my parents a little.
They’d complain aboutspending too much, but | knew deep down they loved it.
“Hello, is this Ms Murphy?” a stranger's voice cthrough the phone.
“Yes, this is the May | ask who's calling?” | answered, keeping my tone businesslike.
“Our young master is sick. He won't eat or drink anything Could you please cand try to talk to him?” the
caller pleaded, sounding desperate
“Who exactly are you talking about? Tasked, momentarily stunned-Ryan was the first person who cto mind.
“It’s Ryan. He got sick right after coming hfrom playing basketball. The doctor already gave him an
injection, but it hasn't done any good,” the person said, pounding even more anxious
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“I... I'm not sure ifgoing will help,” I said, honestly surprised that Ryan could actually get sick.
“It's not his body that’s sick-it’s his heart,” the caller added, sounding even more desperate.
| thought back to the last t| saw Ryan, that look of disbelief on his face. ‘Did I really break his heart that
badly?‘ | wondered.
“So... where can | find him? Which hospital is he at?” | asked. Even if | wanted to just walk away, after everything
he’s done for me, | couldn't just ignore him while he’s sick. Checking on him was the least | could do.
“I'll send you the address. He's at his apartment,” the caller replied, then shota text with the details. They
toldto bring sfood, since Ryan hadn't eaten anything in over twenty-four hours.
| furrowed my brows, thinking, ‘Ryan really does have that young master attitude. He skips a meal and
everyone's losing their
minds over it.
| walked out of the office, picked up sfood to go from a local restaurant nearby, and drove over to his place.
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