I listened to the noise outside the stairwell before finally saying, “Jasper, it’s over between us. You need to let it go.” His trembling voice replied, “No, Selena. It’s never over. Not for us.” Since I didn’t plan to stay in Cloudflare for long, I opted to stay in a hotel. I had no idea how Jasper found out my room number, but when I opened the door to head out for dinner, I saw him crouched at my doorstep. He looked up at me, like a pitiful stray dog. The sight took me back to when we were seventeen. Jasper wanted to attend the same university as me to study design, but his father insisted he major in finance. They had a huge argument, and on a freezing winter night, Jasper ran away from home, leaving his family frantic with worry. I eventually found him at the amusement park we used to visit. He’d looked just as pitiful then, sitting on the cold ground in nothing but a thin jacket, curled up against the biting wind. When he saw me, he gave me a bitter smile. “I ca
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