Chapter 46 Are you subjecting yourself to voluntary slavery?

• Some people are known to strive through every challenge easily, making others think they were superhuman. Everyone had a breaking point but it depended on what could trigger them to that point. Mercedes must have triggered Nathans'. She saw him be so strong, forgetting he was human with emotions just like her. She never understood that whenever her heartbeat once, Nathans' doubled. The day he held her hand to his chest, he wanted her to read the beat, that it matched hers but she missed it.
• That night when she left him in a vulnerable state, Nathan hoped that she wouldn't leave but when he heard the door shut, he knew it was over. Everyone was different, with a different fate. Some people were opportune with multiple partners to choose from but some were only destined with one. Mercedes was like the candle that lit his heart, bringing it out of the dark tunnel.
• Unfortunately, she also became the cold air that blew out the candle of his heart. Nathan couldn't take it. He thought he was strong enough to do the right thing but it damaged him. His mind told him that it was over but his heart could not accept it. After Mercedes left that Saturday, he put a call through to Lanre to tell him he let her go. Lanre knew how hurt he was and wanted to come to him but the typical Nathan, won't just tell him his whereabouts. He pretended to be fine, pretended to be strong but his heart bled with every breath he took.