Chapter 15

Gary continued his commentary. Evan lowered his gare to the photo on the screen: a woman in a black business suit. She looked capable, confident, and bright. He couldn’t help but recall his encounters with her disheveled, despondent, broken, and desperate. She had tried to impress him, then fleeted in disgrace after being rejected… A wave of annoyance washed over him. He’d been too harsh to her earlier.

Around 9 pm, I was making noodles in the kitchen when my phone buzzed. It was a message from Gary. Since my inquiry about his employer’s measurements, he hadn’t responded. Now, a series of numbers arrived, followed by a few words: My boss says you wants to buy him a new suit, here are his numbers.

was completely stunned. What did this mean? Did he change his mind and decide to give me a chance? I immediately Esmissed that thought. No, perhaps I was overthinking

Alternatively, he might be preventing me from using the suit as an excuse to contact him again. If I misinterpreted his intentions and came to him with the suit, I might embarrass myself again.

I wanted the job, but not at the expense of my self–respect.

I cautiously replied “Okay, got it, I’ll buy a new suit for him and ship it as soon as possible.”

Gary relayed the message to Evan

“Mm‘ Evan responded flatly, turning a page of his book.

“Should L. Gary knew his boss was giving Olivia a chance, ‘remind her?”

“Don’t bother. She gave up

at this conclusion? Gary was confused but said nothing more.

legs ached, and I still hadn’t found one. It wasn’t that the smoke–gray suit was particularly rare, but rather that his piece was unmistakably a bespoke masterpiece from

imagined his haughty, disdainful expression

I impulsively entered a store and chose a similar charcoal grey suit. The saleswoman said

model? Hah, Evan would consider that an

the suit, I asked

Olivia was texting, her stalker snapped a picture and

returned to the office. The figure at the golf course had been haunting him; it looked so much like Olivia. More importantly, a man was with her. He could cheat, but his wife couldn’t; if even one of her

shopping, finally bringing a men’s suit home. Julian

but my message was unanswered, so I brought it home. Throwing the bag on the sofa, I went upstairs to shower. That afternoon, I packed the rest of my belongings.

a wave of sadness washed over me. The house was designed to my preferences; every item was my choice,

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bottom drawer of my study, I found an old USB drive. Plugging it into my computer, I saw photos of Julian and me high school, college he was so clean–cut, so handsome hack then. Looking at those pictures, I laughed and cried, as if transported back in time… Suddenly, I felt an overwhelming urge to revisit those memories, to say

dinner. I didn’t cook for him; I didn’t want to. I took out a box of instant noodles, possibly

Julian was speechless

find your meals out there then.” Don’t you just love outside stuff? Other women,

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