After the Breakup, I Rejected His Second Pursuit

The night my apartment caught fire, my firefighter boyfriend Yannis was nowhere to be found.

As smoke filled my lungs, I desperately dialed his number, praying to hear his voice one last time.

Instead, his ex-girlfriend Wendy answered.

"Jasmine? Yannis is here celebrating my birthday. What's up?" she chirped, oblivious to my dire situation.

Before I answer her question, I heard Yannis in the background, his voice laced with irritation. "It's my day off. Tell whoever it is to stop bugging me."

The line went dead, and when I tried calling back, I found he'd blocked my number.

By some miracle, I survived that night. When I returned to work at the fire station, I immediately requested a transfer.

Suddenly, Yannis was everywhere, begging me to stay. But it was too late.