"The crabs at that restaurant today were delicious. Let's go again someday."
"Austin, thanks for peeling the crabs for me, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to eat them at all."
"You silly girl..."
They in front were chatting casually.
I was dozing off in the back seat. They were so noisy!
Austin suddenly turned to me.
"Lara loves crabs but doesn't want to peel. Danny, you must have helped her peel at home a lot, right?"
Obviously, he was being sarcastic.
In the past, whenever we ordered crabs, I would pick up the special tools and start peeling them for here. I would carefully put the crab meat onto her plate.
I still remembered. She put down the fork and pushed the plate filled with crab meat a little further away.
"Are you deliberately trying to embarrass me in front of so many people? I have hands. I can peel them myself!"
She didn't love me, so everything I did was wrong.
After that, I never peeled crabs for her again.
Austin's eyes were so eager, making it impossible for me to ignore him.
He looked at me triumphantly, his eyes full of mockery.
It seemed he was saying, "So what if you're Lara's boyfriend? She loves me more."
In the past, I would have snapped when I saw this look in his eyes. Yet now, I simply found it boring. She was just a heartless woman. Whoever wanted her could have her.
When we got home, I put down my bag and was about to take a shower.
Lara stopped me.
"Danny, don't you have anything ... to ask me?"
She pinched the corner of her clothes as if she had made a great determination before asking me.
"What do you want me to ask?" I was impatient and just wanted her to leave me alone.
"Luna organized today's gathering. They are all my college classmates, and I figured that if I turned them down, I'd be rude... I didn't know they invited Austin, too..."
In the past, it was always me who mentioned Austin. I was jealous, angry, or aggrieved.
Now that I didn't care anymore, she took the initiative to explain.
"It is your business. No need to explain to me. You can call the shots."
"Danny, these days... You have been cold to me... I'm scared..."
I interrupted her before she finished speaking.
"You're overthinking. I'm too tired, so I'm going to sleep."
After saying that, I turned around without hesitation, leaving Lara behind.
The next night after work, I unexpectedly saw Lara's car downstairs again.