The moment the call disconnected, Dante froze. I had never ended the call on him before. He quickly tried to call me back, but he heard the robotic message saying that my number was unavailable.

He tried to message me, but I'd blocked him.

Dante's heart sank. In the past, I had never reacted like this, no matter how upset I was. He immediately thought of Linda, my closest friend.

It was already ni