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?

confirm, only to be met with another exclamation mark and

reality of the situation hit her like a ton of

at a loss for how to react. She had

his dislike for her grown

allowed her to collect her clothes, and now he had removed

gaze fell on his profile picture, and a wave of irony

taken that photo so long ago, probably out of laziness rather than sentiment. It didn't hold

People change, after all.

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alone, now

her phone into her pocket and exited

yipped and chased each other around the expansive backyard, their barks reverberating in the morning

caretaking efforts,

as she stood on the balcony, surveying the yard teeming with pets and the unfamiliar surroundings, her thoughts

amplified the sense of emptiness and disconnection

felt increasingly alienated from this

turned and spotted her, a bag of dog food in his hand.

Quinn turned

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