"I know something happened," Valentin snapped. When Pavel took too long to reply to his texts, he had had an inkling of what had been up, of what might have been happening. "I'm no fool."
He then caught himself and laughed. It sounded bitter. "Or maybe I am. You see, it almost seems to me like you're breaking up with me because it's better for me. It's so nice of you, making my choices for me like that."