Again with this same excuse; my ears are practically calloused from hearing it.

Before I started dating Aaron, Mina had warned me to think carefully. It was only because Aaron had a difficult-to-let-go-of first love, someone who was still entangled with him even through college—Lydia. At that time, I had refused Aaron for this very reason, but he promised me that he would never contact her again. Only then did I relent and agree to be Aaron’s girlfriend.

I never expected that Aaron would end up proving Mina’s offhand remark true.

Clutched tightly in my hand, my phone displayed a chat interface with the note: HR.

“Aaro, I went shopping...