- 2.
Four years was enough to make us strangers. The campus was large, chance encounters rare. But news traveled fast. Privileged, attractive students were always in the spotlight. Like her. Like Ethan. Her pictures were everywhere, usually with Ethan by her side. She was always smiling, warm and approachable, her gaze fixed
on him with adoration. She was confident and
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graceful now, a far cry from the shy girl I remembered. Ethan had changed her. We barely
interacted during my remaining years at college.
I watched from afar, a silent admirer. Love
wasn’t about possession. Seeing her happy… well, it didn’t make me happy.
