They say it’s better to fix a relationship than to break it, but here I was, willingly playing the villain.

I’d had this same conversation with Ken so many times I’d lost track. If he still couldn’t figure out how he felt about Alice, the answer was clear—he didn’t love her.

Dragging this out would only hurt her more. It was better to push him to let her go now, no matter how cruel it seemed.

“What are you saying? That I should leave ...