Whenever he was with her, he never failed to give her gifts. At that time, he thought that it was only natural.
She was the girl he loved, so he should treat her well.
But it wasn't until he lost her to someone else that he realized how satisfying it felt just to have her using the things he gave her.
People are always like this, desiring more when they have something. If he had kept his greed in check back then, would the situation between them be different now?
With mixed emotions, Steve clicked the 'like' button, then put his phone down and prepared to focus on driving. Just at that moment, his phone dinged with an incoming message. It was a direct message from Ruby Gregory: "Are you home yet?"
Steve kept one hand on the steering wheel, glancing at the road ahead while his eyes also stayed glued to the phone screen. He quickly typed out a response: "Not yet, almost there."
Half a beat later, his phone dinged twice in succession.