Even so, I invited Nolan to dinner to thank him properly.
Things between us became much less strained after that.
Unfortunately, he started taking advantage of every bit of leeway I gave him.
"Audrey, give me another chance. Let me win you back."
I turned him down just as firmly as before.
"Nolan, if you say something like that again, we shouldn't stay in contact."
Nolan was very good at finding loopholes in everything I said.
He stopped saying he wanted another chance.
Instead, he simply started trying to win me back without asking.
Whenever he had time, he drove me to and from work.
He worked around my schedule and tried every way he could think of to win me over.
Eventually, I couldn't take it anymore.
I also knew that the longer this went on, the more painful it would becom
