After the divorce, I unexpectedly reunited with him, whom I had been secretly in love with for eight years.
It wasn't until I saw the rows of red exclamation marks on his phone that I realized that he had never deliberately alienated me. It was my ex-husband who secretly blocked him, and we missed two years together.
The thoughts he has held back for many years and the journey across mountains and seas are all hidden in worries that no one knows about.
But the estrangement between teachers and students and the past divorce made me retreat and avoid myself again and again. He approached persistently, and I was full of tangles. Should I accept this belated preference?