Junior Ashe

Karely was lying on her bed staring at the ceiling for the fifth time in an hour. Her boyfriend, Junior H, had been in Tulum for three days.

"For work."

That was what he had said.

And perhaps it was true.

But that didn't change the fact that he had left without her.

"How infuriating..." she muttered as she watched a new story on Instagram.

Junior appeared on a beautiful beach, with palm trees, white sand and the blue sea behind.

Below were thousands of comments.

"So handsome 😍"

"Junior, take me to Tulum."

"And Karely?"

That last question brought a bitter smile to his face.

Because she wanted to know the same thing.

Before leaving, Junior had promised to call her every day. He kept his promise for the first two days. On the third, he barely sent her a message.

"Sorry, love, I'm busy."

Busy.

The word he hated the most.

Karely opened the chat and left the message on read.

Five minutes later another one arrived.

"Are you angry now?"

She did not answer.

Ten minutes later.

"Answer me."

Nothing.

Half an hour later.

"Love 😔"

Karely let out a giggle.

Now I was worried.

When he finally replied, he only wrote:

"Have fun in Tulum."

Junior took seconds to score on him.

—Why did you write that?

—Because you're having fun.

-I'm working.

—Uh-huh.

—Don't you believe me?

-I don't know.

Junior sighed.

—You're jealous.

—And you're on a paradise beach without me.

Silence.

—I was going to take you later.

-After?

-Yeah.

—How thoughtful.

Junior started laughing.

—I already missed you.

And that was the worst part.

Because when she said things like that, Karely forgot her anger a little.

—Well, not me.

-Lie.

-A little.

—I knew it.

After hanging up, Karely continued watching stories.

In one photo, Junior appeared having dinner with some of his team.

In another one, she was recording content.

And in another she was smiling in front of the sea at sunset.

She put her phone away and crossed her arms.

—She's having a wonderful time.

That night she decided not to answer any more messages.

Junior wrote several times.

"What are you doing?"

"Did you have dinner yet?"