The Art of Detachment

Declan froze mid-pour. "And which one are you?"

Leaning back, I smirked. "Oh, I'm neither. At best, I'm the one you forget and ignore eventually."

He studied me for a long moment, then exhaled sharply. "Overthinking leads to hair loss, you know."

The jab hit its mark. Annoyance flared—I'd walked right into his game. Psychology books call this deactivation: the moment you stop feeding someone's emo