AVOIDING HIM

WRITER’S POV

Over the next weeks, Veronica made it a duty to avoid Lawrence. She made sure to be up from sleep before he did and slept before he got back from work.

Since Lawrence got quite busier at work, there wasn’t much he could do to go against Veronica’s well laid out plan.

“Well, it’s for the best, I guess...” he had murmured one night when he got in from work and found her already asleep.

He got out of his suit, had his bath after which he crept into his own side of the bed.

The next morning, Veronica slept in unknowingly. By the time she was up, Lawrence was already out of bed.

Her eyes scanned around the room in search of Lawrence.

Where did he go? She wondered.

After a few seconds, she shrugged and relaxed back into the bed. It wasn’t new that he always went to work on weekends.

A painful feeling tugged at her chest.

Last night when he got back, she was still up and scrolling through her phone but once she heard his footsteps approaching the door, she had shut her phone off