Reclaiming My Life, Redefining Love

This wasn't my furniture. The warm, worn-in armchair where I used to spend hours coding was gone. The

behind me, as if he were a real estate agen

ng for something, a presence

him. I meant the physical interface, the

the MindLink headquarters now. More secure. Chloe thought it

sonality, a companion. I would never have let its core be moved from the custom-buil

prepare for a Series A funding round. He was charming, ambitious, and he told me everything I wanted to h

or it. I thought his ambition was for us, for our future. I now saw it wa

wasn't to reclaim a lost love.

hloe is the CEO of MindLink now. She's the face of the company. The board,

?" I asked, my v

it's not good for business. Chloe has worked hard to build a stable im

. He wasn't talking about a business problem. He was

man I thought I loved was a complete stranger. Or worse, he wa

d erased me from his life, from our home, from my own

e," I

. He wanted a fight, a scene. It would have validated his narrative

alked towards

you going?"

I said. "I assume

. He and Chloe had taken my company, my home, and m

g. They didn't