Did he think Mary was a girl and I was old?

I nodded to show that I understood.

He took my hand and asked me to face him. "Are you angry?"

I was confused. "No."

He confirmed it. His expression turned from cautious to somber.

"You're angry. I've explained everything to you. What are you dissatisfied with? You didn't even cook for me, and now you're pretending not to care about me!"

I just realized that if yesterday's events had happened in the past, I would have started to argue with him hysterically.

Whenever this happened, he would frown and watch me in silence, like watching a clown.

Now that I thought about it, I must have looked hideous, which was why he didn't like to go home.

But now, I just watched him blame me quietly, but I couldn't get angry at all.

I was tired after being busy while I was sick.

"I'm going to take a shower first."

He was surprised.

"I want to go with you."

He was attempting to ease our relationship through intimate contact.

I pushed him away calmly. "No, I don't want to have sex today."

I went into the bathroom and heard the living room door slam shut.

Gideon might go out again.

Gideon was having the cold war with me again.

In the past, every time we had a quarrel or a cold war, I would worry and feel that I couldn't keep him.

I would start to wonder whether he really loved me.

I frequently opened my chat history with him and pretended to have sent him the wrong message, but he ignored me.

He wasn't interested in what I sent him.

I pretended to touch the phone and called him accidentally, but he didn't answer.

Every time this happened, I would become restless, not want to listen to the class, and only want to find him.

But now, I felt physically and mentally relaxed.

Because I was sick, I just wanted to have a good sleep. Gideon moved to the guest room, which was exactly what I wanted.

I cooked and ate by myself and no longer cared whether he had eaten or not.

Anyway, he wouldn't eat it even if I cooked dinner, and he would even think I was annoying.

I brought breakfast and lunch to the university and ate dinner in the cafeteria.

I spent the whole day in the library working on my paper.

I invested time in myself and felt fulfilled every day.

After living together, I always concentrated on Gideon.

I matched clothes for him, prepared nutritious meals for him, shared my daily life with him, and reminded him to drink water and eat.