Chapter 203

Harper paused, then continued, "If someone has the intention, no matter what, what's supposed to happen will still happen." Love is never about restraining the other; it's about self-restrain. Pamela said, "Your point makes sense, but in my opinion, giving the silent treatment is not the best plan unless you've seriously decided to part ways." Decided already? No! Compared to breaking up, Harper wished more for the two of them to reconcile. But this reconciliation, she hoped, would be filled with emotion, arising from an impossibility of severance, arising from love. Not merely a perfunctory act of existence, where hearts no longer coincide, but still mutually depleting each other. With the prolonged sexless cohabitation, it was tormenting for Harper, causing her to incessantly question - whether her charm was utterly nonexistent, whether she was so excessively dull and bland that even the most primal impulse was nowhere to be found in Steward. Her heart gradually turned cold, not that