“Are you there?”

Late at night, she sent the first message to a man she had only met once.

From that moment on, it spiraled out of control.

Until one day, she found herself in dire straits, stumbling toward him in desperation.

But he walked straight past her without even a glance, as if they had never known each other.

She woke up completely.

Those turbulent undercurrents she had seen in his eyes during their most intimate moments—they weren’t love.

They were just her overestimating herself.