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\u00a0It started with a notification on my phone. A shared playlist, the kind he used to send me when we first started dating. The title read, <\/span>For Us.<\/span><\/i> My heart fluttered. It had been months since Ethan did something like that\u2014months of short texts, distracted conversations, and late nights he couldn\u2019t explain. For a moment, I let myself believe he was trying again, that maybe we were finding our way back.<\/span><\/p>\n

I curled up on the couch, plugged in my headphones, and hit play. The first song made me smile\u2014our first dance at that tiny dive bar. The second was from our road trip last summer, when we sang it at the top of our lungs. But then the third song started. And my blood ran cold.<\/span><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t ours. It was hers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Backstory: Ethan had an ex, someone I\u2019d always felt insecure about. Her name was Lauren, and though he swore they were long over, her shadow lingered. They\u2019d been together for years, and their history clung to him like perfume you couldn\u2019t quite wash off. I tried not to think about her, but late at night, when he smiled at his phone, I wondered.<\/span><\/p>\n

And now, here she was\u2014woven into <\/span>our<\/span><\/i> playlist.<\/span><\/p>\n

I kept listening, my chest tight, as the songs played on. One after another, I realized most of them weren\u2019t ours. They were theirs. Songs he never played with me, lyrics about memories I hadn\u2019t shared. A whole world of love I wasn\u2019t part of.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the time I reached the last track, I was shaking. The title? <\/span>Her Song.<\/span><\/i> The one he told me once she had called \u201cthe soundtrack of their love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

My phone slipped from my hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Ethan came home that night, I confronted him. \u201cWhy did you send me this playlist?\u201d I demanded, my voice sharp.<\/span><\/p>\n

He blinked, surprised. \u201cBecause I thought you\u2019d like it. It\u2019s romantic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRomantic?\u201d I shoved the phone at him. \u201cHalf of these songs are hers. Do you think I don\u2019t know? Do you think I don\u2019t see it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His face went pale. \u201cIt\u2019s just music,\u201d he said weakly.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMusic is memory,\u201d I snapped. \u201cAnd every song you chose is a reminder that you\u2019re still with her\u2014in your head, in your heart. You sent me a love letter that wasn\u2019t even mine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For a moment, he didn\u2019t speak. Then, quietly, he said, \u201cMaybe because I don\u2019t know how to let her go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The words gutted me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I laughed bitterly, tears streaming down my face. \u201cThen why am I here, Ethan? Why do you keep telling me you love me, when you\u2019re still writing playlists for her?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He reached for me, but I pulled away. Because the truth was already playing in my ears, over and over, in lyrics that weren\u2019t meant for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

That night, I deleted the playlist. But the songs? They haunt me still.<\/span><\/p>\n

Final Thought<\/b>
\n<\/b> Love doesn\u2019t always end with silence. Sometimes it lingers in melodies, in lyrics meant for someone else. A playlist can be a confession, even when no words are spoken. And the one he sent me told the truth louder than any argument ever could: his heart was never mine.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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