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Chapter Hundred and Twenty-Four

Finally, after two weeks of stress, I am done with the first part of the work we had to do and have two full days off that I want to use to explore the city and relax.

In my mind, the perfect start to that would be speaking to my boyfriend. Especially since I finished early, meaning that we can talk for longer.

So, while I order some food, I call Dan via Skype. Still picking the toppings, I don't even notice that the call ends because he doesn't pick up after quite a while.

Even though that is really unusual, I try not to think about it too much and call Zoe instead, who luckily accepts the call right away: "Hey love. How are you, you look so beautiful!"

"Hello Zo, good thank you!", I exclaim while widely smiling at the camera, "How are you, what have you been up to?"

"Alright, I'm actually quite relaxed since I don't stress with uploading at the beginning of the year. How's work?"

"Good! I have a couple of days off so I think I'll explore the city tomorrow. Sucks that none of my friends are here though but oh well."

"Yea...", she hesitates, "um, did you already speak to Dan today because I was confused about you calling me in the evening, we normally speak mid-day."

"Oh, no, he didn't pick up and I wanted to talk to you anyways."

"Why didn't he? Everything alright between you two? What did you want to talk to me about?", she asks.

"I have no idea if I'm honest. Maybe I'm just overreacting but he's been so weird recently. Like, whenever we talk he seems extremely uninterested and always has a new excuse for why he didn't call earlier."

"Really? Do you have any idea why he could act like that? Did something happen between you two?"

I sigh: "Not really. I mean, every time I basically talk about how much I love it here, he goes quiet."

"I think he just really misses you. That's honestly the only explanation I have because even though he's mostly very jealous, he has no reason to be. And I'm certain he's loyal, I mean..."

"Wait wait wait. What do you mean 'I'm certain he's loyal'? Did you think that there's a possibility that he could be... cheating?"

"No!", her expression changes, "Dan would never. He's in love with you."

"And I trust him with all of my heart but what if? The excuses for not calling me, seeming uninterested... It would make sense."

"Hey!", Zoe stops my ramble, "Listen. He would never do something like that. Don't you get how much he loves you? He adores you with everything he has to offer and, personally, I think, makes that very clear. I'm sorry I worried you that was dumb of me to say. I'm sorry."

I look down at my hands. Deep down I know that she is right. Cheating. Dan would never do that. He would never throw away everything like that. He's told me that he's in this with me forever. He told me that he wants to grow old with me. But even deeper down I have a tiny shimmer of worry. An aching feeling that maybe he could have broken that trust we built over this past year or maybe has lost interest in growing old together.

"Y/N?", Zoe questions, "Are you alright?"

I respond with a quick nod before saying, "Yea sorry. I think I'll actually go to bed, I'm very tired. Good night, love you." and hanging up.

Obviously, I don't go to bed this early even though I truly am tired. Instead, I eat the food that arrived at this point and continuously check if he has responded to my text from earlier.

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