Chapter 41 Costly Conflicts

• Narrated by Alessandro
• I was upset. No one had ever dared to treat me like this, but this woman had. Essentially, she had rejected me with the same harshness with which I rejected women, and that was too annoying for me.
• It was humiliating to be rejected and have our relationship highlighted, as if I were intense and toxic. It was a blow to my pride, dignity, and masculinity. So much so that it bothered me to admit it. And because of that, I had to distance myself, let her enjoy the blow she had given me while I recovered from it.