Elowen felt that her words made sense. After all, no matter how heated our arguments had been before, I had never treated him this way. He probably thought that it was because he kicked me, which made me angry and broke the understanding between us.

But I had hurt Maya first and Maya was the woman he loved the most. He wouldn’t allow anyone to hurt her.

Since I wanted to make a scene, he would play along to the end and see how long I could hold out.

So, he gave up on calling me and turned to peel an apple for Maya.

"Since Callista likes to make a fuss, let her. We shouldn't bother with her. What's most important is that you recover your health."

***

As we neared the airport, Elowen suddenly sent me a message.

[Didn't I ask you to come to the hospital? How long has it been, where are you?]

I guessed that it was because I hadn't gone to the hospital and Elowen was getting impatient, which led him to send me this message.

But I had no intention of replying to him. I continued to focus on the journey.

Ten minutes later, we finally arrived at the airport. Just as we were about to walk into the terminal, Elowen called me again.

"Callista, you..."

Instinctively, I pressed the answer button, but as soon as I realized what I was doing, I quickly hung up.

Hearing the sound, Vero leaned in close.

"I heard that scumbag's voice. Did he call you?"

Not wanting to discuss Elowen any further, I quickly covered my phone and shook my head.

"No, you misheard."

Vero scoffed.

"If he dares to call you, I'll curse him out. That damn scumbag! He really turned my precious best friend into this state."

I remained silent, simply deleting and blocking all of Elowen’s contacts.

From now on, we were truly strangers.

I hoped we would never cross paths again in this lifetime.