The streetlights cast yellow pools of light through the trees as I stand across from our old apartment building. My heart pounds in my chest - not from exertion, but from nerves. It's been three weeks since we broke up, three weeks since I've seen Lele. Three weeks of staring at an empty apartment, replaying every mistake I've ever made on an endless loop.\n\nI told myself this was just about the dog. That I wasn't thinking about Jiang Heng at all. But as I slip through the side gate and approach the building, I know that's a lie.\n\nThe security code still works when I punch it in - the same combination we've used since we moved in together. Some things apparently don't change overnight. The elevator dings softly as it reaches our floor, and I take a deep breath before stepping out.\n\nJiang Heng's car isn't in the parking lot, which means my carefully planned "visit" might actually work. I use the same code to unlock the apartment door, and Lele immediately launches himself at me with a happy bark.\n\n"Hey buddy," I whisper, kneeling to bury my face in his soft fur. "I missed you too."\n\nI barely have time to enjoy the reunion before I hear the sound of a key in the lock. My heart stops. Jiang Heng is home early.\n\nLele runs to greet him, and I freeze in place, caught red-handed with my hand on Lele's collar, halfway to making my escape. The lights flip on, and there he stands in the doorway, looking exactly the way I've been trying not to remember - tall, broad-shouldered, and devastatingly familiar.\n\nOur eyes meet across the room, and for a long moment, neither of us speaks. The air crackles with all the things we haven't said since I walked out three weeks ago. Lele circles between us, tail wagging furiously, as if he knows exactly what's happening.\n\n"What are you doing here, Peien?" Jiang Heng finally asks, his voice softer than I expected.