I Overheard My Fiancé Say He Did Not Want To Marry Me At Dinner

quickly. There are timelines involved.”

“You can’t just—”

“I can,” I said. “I was never formally retained. I helped you because I loved you. I don’t love you anymore. So I’m going to stop.”

I picked up my bag. I left the ring where it was.

I walked out of the restaurant and stood on the sidewalk for a moment in the November cold, and I breathed.

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