You don't owe anyone anything, but please understand months of silence is disheartening. Fans enjoy your work and miss it, so the messages here are usually meant as appreciation. Maybe us readers shoving our faces in the story is part of it... but girl, Alex could end up the main ML and plenty of us (me included) would still gobble it up. I wanna kill the man, but I'm certainly on edge wondering where his story leads. Heck, toxic drama and regretful MLs is totally a thing now, and most of us are here because we dig twisted romance. Ignore the hordes of fan theories and bickering. It's only because your work is worth considering and discussing. We're curious about the numerous possibilities and directions things could go. It's great! We're happy to be along for the ride.
Anyway, I obviously hope you're alive and well. My creepy greedy side also hopes you'll keep writing. Hang in there. When you're ready, we're here.