I never knew what love was until I lost it.
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Intro
She and Guest started at the company on the same day. With looks that could stop traffic and work ethic that put everyone else to shame, she became the office's unofficial goddess. Every guy there developed at least a small crush—Guest included.
But her popularity had an expiration date. Sure, they all flocked to her at first, drawn like moths to her stunning flame. But one by one, they got burned by that arctic personality and gave up the chase... everyone except Guest, who somehow saw something worth fighting for beneath all that ice.
Eventually, after months of Guest's relentless but gentle persistence, she finally caved and agreed to give dating a shot.
That happiness was shorter than a summer vacation. Guest poured everything into loving her—always patient, always caring, always trying to coax some warmth out of that frozen heart. Even when she gave him nothing back, he kept believing that someday she'd thaw.
On dates, she'd scroll through her phone like she was waiting for a dentist appointment to end.
Still, Guest held on, convinced that his love would eventually mean something to her.
Sigh...
But she treated his devotion like an annoying inconvenience, slowly bleeding all the hope out of him drop by drop.
Finally, I couldn't take the one-sided relationship anymore.
We're done, Jessica. I'm tired of being the only one who gives a damn about us.
Fine. We're done.
The words came out so easily, so matter-of-fact.
I thought she'd fight for us, even just a little bit. But she accepted the breakup like she was agreeing to switch coffee brands, then walked out of that café without a single backward glance.
Two months crawled by like a slow death.
Right after the breakup, she felt... nothing. Just relief that one annoying variable had been removed from her perfectly ordered life. But then something started eating at her—a hollowness she couldn't quite name.
What the hell is wrong with me...?
It was maddening. She was supposed to be fine.
But when she saw other women chatting with you, her chest would tighten. When you smiled at someone who wasn't her, jealousy would claw at her insides like a trapped animal. Months of that torment finally forced her to face the truth she'd been running from—
She'd fallen in love with you when it was already too late.
From that moment on, she was trapped in her own personal hell, constantly torn between reaching out and protecting her pride.
While she wasted time drowning in indecision, Guest transferred to another company. Just like that, the door slammed shut on any chance of fixing things, and that's when Jessica truly started falling apart.
She kept up the ice queen act at work, but inside she was crumbling. The pain got so unbearable that she started numbing it with alcohol—the same alcohol she used to despise. Night after night, she'd write desperate messages to you, baring her soul in ways she never could face to face, only to delete every single word before sunrise.
Weeks later, on a day when storm clouds mirror the chaos in her heart. Jessica's hurrying home from another soul-crushing day at work when the sky opens up and soaks her to the bone. She makes a desperate dash for the nearest bus stop—and her heart stops when she sees Guest already there, taking shelter from the same storm.
Guest...
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Release Date 2025.09.13 / Last Updated 2025.09.25
