Love Unspoken

Just as Quinn was on the verge of relaxation, the name field in their chat flickered, morphing once again.

"User is typing..."

Her features contorted, her mind whirling with questions. 'What is he up to? Is he not messaging me, but chatting with someone else?'

A moment later, his name resurfaced, only to be replaced by the typing indicator once more within the span of two minutes.

Quinn released a deep sigh, her patience wearing thin. She couldn't help but send him a message.

Quinn: [Are you writing to me?]

Suddenly, everything came to a halt. Almost instantly, as if someone had hit the pause button, all activity ceased.

Undeterred, Quinn fired off another message.

Quinn: [Is it about signing the divorce papers?]

No sooner had she sent the message than a red exclamation mark materialized on the screen!

Frozen in place, Quinn stared in disbelief at the exclamation mark and the message accompanying it: "This message is successfully sent but rejected by the receiver."

Had he... removed her from his contacts?

to be met with

the situation hit her like a ton of

at a loss for how to react. She had never anticipated such a turn of

for her grown

allowed her to collect her clothes,

gaze fell on his profile picture, and a

long ago, probably out of laziness rather than sentiment. It didn't hold any real

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he once reserved his smiles for her alone, now he was bestowing them upon Getty

fluttered as she slipped her phone into her pocket and exited the dorm, stepping out

The pack of pups yipped and chased each other around the expansive backyard, their

joined in the caretaking efforts, playing merrily with the

a scene of joy, one she yearned for in her fleeting moments of freedom. But as she stood on the balcony, surveying the yard teeming with

of her surroundings amplified the sense of emptiness and disconnection in

alienated from

food in his hand. He waved at her, "Quinn, you're

smile, Quinn turned and descended

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