Eight Years Of Silence Ended When I Saw Him Talk To Her Chapter 06
Sophie’s expression changed.
“Why?”
“Because I don’t feel that way about you.”
“But you were so good to me. You spent my birthday with me, took me hiking, and helped me change out of my shoes.”
“I would have done those things for anyone.”
Evan’s tone was calm.
“You’re my employee, and being on your own in a new city isn’t easy. I had a responsibility to look out for you.”
“But that was responsibility, not love.”
Sophie’s eyes reddened.
“You’re lying.”
“I’m not.”
“If you weren’t my employee, I wouldn’t have given you a second look.”
Those words landed hard.
Sophie’s tears fell.
She bit her lip, her shoulders shaking.
“Evan, how can you do this?”
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have given you the wrong
idea.’
He offered her a tissue.
Sophie did not take it. She wiped her tears with the back of her own hand.
“So you never liked me?”
“No.”
“What about that hike? When you carried me on your back and looked at me with that smile, was,
that all fake too?”
“I was just looking out for you.”
Evan looked straight ahead, his voice low.
“I thought you understood that.”
“I was the one who read too much into it.”
Sophie broke down crying.
She pushed open the car door and ran off without looking back.
Evan sat in the car and watched her disappear into the apartment building.
He did not chase after her.
He lowered his head and looked at his phone again.
Our WhatsApp thread still showed only that single gray check mark.
All at once, he felt exhausted.
He closed his eyes and leaned back against the seat.
My last words filled his mind.
[Let’s break up.]
The next day, Evan flew to my city.
After landing, he went straight to my apartment.
He knocked for a long time, but no one answered.
The door next to mine opened, and a middle-aged neighbor poked her head out.
“Who are you looking for?”
“Excuse me. Do you know where the girl who lived here went?”
“You mean Claire? She moved out a few days ago.”
Evan froze.
“Moved out? Where did she move?”
“I don’t know. She sublet the place to my niece and said she was going out of town.”
“Did she say where?”
“No. She left in a hurry.”
Evan stood in front of the door and stared at the tightly shut door.
He took out his phone and sent me a WhatsApp message.
Only one gray check mark appeared.
He called my number again.
The number was not in service.
He stood in the hallway, lost and helpless.
He looked just like I had when I traveled all that way to celebrate his birthday, only for him to abandon me and ignore me.
In the end, he went to my company.
The receptionist recognized him. He had come by a few times before.
“Hi. I’m looking for Claire.”
The receptionist glanced at him, her expression complicated.
“Claire has been sent overseas on assignment.”
“Where was she sent?”
“I can’t tell you that.”
“I’m her boyfriend.”
“Ex-boyfriend, right?”
The receptionist’s tone was a little cold.
“When she left, she said that if anyone came looking for her, especially you, we weren’t supposedl
to tell you where she was.”
Evan’s heart sank.
“She really said that?”
“Yes. She said the two of you were over.”
