Chapter 33
It was a Thursday, and Sebastian had the day off.
In the afternoon, he decided to book an appointment with a psychiatrist at Silver Pine Hospital, a distance away from the Slate City Medical Center.
It was a district away and located near the Uptown District.
After all, everyone in the Slate City Medical Center knew who Sebastian was. He was a rising star among his generation, and the hospital had marketed him as such.
Hence, it was inevitable that his peers would recognize him.
After all, going to see a psychiatrist wasn’t embarrassing, as a lot of people suffered from
mental health issues.
Once it was time for his turn, Sebastian stood by the door and smiled self-deprecatingly. He finally understood why patients would avoid seeing a psychiatrist.
He did not want to spill everything in his mind to a stranger, but he had no other choice. So, he pushed open the door and walked in.
The psychiatrist was a woman. Gladys Garcia was her name.
Gladys had asked him a few questions, to which he explained the issues he had been recently struggling with.
Looking at him, she asked, “Do you like her? Your first love, I mean.’
own, he fell into silence, not answering her question.
at the man in front of her. Although he wore a mask, judging from the way he
self, she could tell he came from money.
She could also tell he was quite good-looking and never had much of a problem with women.
“If you don’t like her, does that mean you decided to get together with her because of some other reasons, or perhaps out of obligation?”
Although Gladys had phrased it as a question, Sebastian instinctively got defensive. “Let’s change the topic.”
Looking at him, she commented with a smile, “You think she’s fat, not pretty, and not worthy to be with you. However, you had no choice but to go out with her. So, do you think dating her is humiliating for you?”
“I didn’t…” Sebastian frowned.
“Did you feel relieved after breaking up with her?”
His expression darkened. “Rephrase your question.”
“Who initiated the breakup?”
He took a deep breath and fell silent.
Gladys gave him a knowing smile and continued, “Then, tell me. What type of person was she? What was your relationship with her like?”
Sebastian gave
it some thought before he answered hoarsely, “She’s quite stupid. When she was living with her relatives, she spent an entire week without eating anything, and she nearly fainted just because she wanted to rescue a stray cat with a broken leg.”
She froze, not expecting such an answer. So, she added, “So, she’s a kind woman?”
Sebastian snorted, but he did not deny it.
Instead, he continued, “She was a quiet person, rarely sharing with me what was happening in her life. Although I did not enter the relationship willingly, we had been together for a long
time.
“Her presence did not throw off the balance I had in my life, so I allowed her to stay with me. However, she wouldn’t reach out if I didn’t contact her first. Being with her felt no different than being alone. She would not rely on me, flirt with me, or disturb me. Except when we were intimate with each other, we didn’t feel like a couple at all.
“She was the one who initiated the breakup. Honestly, I didn’t really care much back then, but I wouldn’t have minded staying with her. However, it was up to her. She would want to adopt every stray she saw by the road. She would also stop to watch the ants carry their food back to their nest and even take her phone out to record it.
“She would do everything I ask of her. Even when she was crying hard, she’d stop if I asked her to. She’d look ridiculous as she tried to hold her tears in.
“I suggested we keep our relationship a secret, but she took the suggestion to heart.
“Every time I inched closer to her when our schoolmates were nearby, she’d be much more afraid of being caught than I was. I wasn’t as nice as she thought I was, and I never put on an
act in front of her.
“Sometimes, she would look at me nervously or with fear in her eyes. However, she’d always hug me, almost as if she were trying to comfort me. Wasn’t that stupid of her?
“She would never wear the things I bought her. She wouldn’t even accept the expensive ones.
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When she did, she would keep them inside her suitcase. I would tell her those gifts weren’t expensive, but she wouldn’t believe me.
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“When we broke up, she returned everything I had given her, even though she didn’t have a lot of money on her. Her jeans were so worn, they’d turned white, but she’d never accept my money or my gifts.
“She’s also super hardworking. Although she was stupid, she was so much more determined than anyone else. I watched as her grades and rankings slowly improved.
“She works so much harder than anyone else, and I have never seen someone with that much motivation in them. Did you know that our SAT had the hardest maths and physics questions in years to come?
“Yet, despite all that, during all three mock tests, she was only eight to 25 marks away from qualifying for Stredview University. I don’t know how she managed to improve so much
within a week.”
In truth, Sebastian had made such a request because he wanted to make things hard for Jane.
Gladys observed him. He was a prideful man, but his feelings were a complete mess. He claimed he didn’t like his first love, but he would get upset when she returned the gifts he had given him.
He had called her stupid, yet he claimed he had never seen anyone who worked harder than
her. Claiming that he felt nothing toward Jane, he still could recall many details from when they were together.
Maybe attraction often began with one’s looks. Whether it was lust or love at first sight, both parties needed to spend time together before they could understand their partners.
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