Over the following weeks, he sent encouraging emails and redistributed my workload so I wouldn’t feel overwhelmed. After months of my ex telling me I wasn’t enough, having someone recognize my worth felt like a lifeline.
“You’re handling everything with such grace,” Marcus told me after a successful presentation. “I really admire your strength.”
I genuinely thought I had the best boss in the world.
For three months, life felt almost back to normal. I settled into comfortable routines of work, gym sessions, and quiet evenings in my apartment. I was healing, slowly finding my way back to myself.
Then small, strange things started happening.
It began during a Monday morning team meeting.
We were discussing projects when I casually mentioned that I was craving Thai food.
“Oh man, I could really go for some pad thai right now,” I said, laughing. “I haven’t had good Thai food in forever.”
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