We'd been married for eight years, but Lu Youchuan never made our relationship public. He never posted a single moment about me on his social media.
Yet on our wedding anniversary, he announced his relationship with his female assistant, posting a photo of them holding hands in wedding attire:
"Love means wanting the whole world to know."
The comments were filled with things like, "So glad we finally have a sister-in-law" and "She's lovely."
In that moment, I finally admitted the truth: Lu Youchuan wasn't reserved or introverted. He simply didn't love me.
I chose to let go.
But Lu Youchuan regretted it.
I shook off his hand as he clung to me, begging me to stay. Smiling with more freedom and abandon than ever before, I said each word slowly:
"Don't ask me to come back. After all, once I stopped loving you, I've been having the time of my life."
