My Boyfriend Proposed Right After Seeing My Luxury Apartment—He Had No Idea It Was a Test

“He really thought he played you,” she said, unwrapping her chopsticks. “Meanwhile, you were three steps ahead, glass in hand.”

I gave her a half-smile, eyes still pulled toward the skyline. It looked the same as it always had, endless and glowing, but somehow… brighter.

Maybe it was just me, finally seeing clearly. “It’s weird,” I murmured. “I’m not even heartbroken, maybe a little bit.

But I am… disappointed. Like I wanted him to pass the test, Jules. I really did.

I was rooting for Ryan.”

“Girl,” she said, mouth full of noodles. “He didn’t even bring an umbrella to the storm. You made one phone call and he bailed like you were on fire.

That man was in it for the perks, not the person.”

I laughed, really laughed, but there was a lump in my throat anyway. Not for Ryan. Rather for what I thought we could’ve been.

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