What He Wanted

Summary

After we got back together, I stopped being all over Julian.

I no longer asked when he’d be home from his work dinners, and I stopped offering to pick him up. I didn't get angry when he was friendly with his female colleagues, and I stopped checking his phone.

Julian finally couldn't take it. "I feel like you've changed. Why aren't you… all over me anymore?"

I looked up at him and said quietly, "You used to say I was suffocating you. You told me to be more independent. Isn't this what you wanted?"

He just stared.