About that word on the cover
This isn't manipulation. It's the end of it.
Obsessed. Let's not pretend that isn't what you want — you've been the one thinking about him constantly, and you'd like the arrangement reversed.
But obsession isn't something you do to a man. It's what happens near a woman he can't take for granted. That's why nothing in here asks you to fake distance, invent scarcity or perform being busy — you've already tried all three, and they failed for the same reason every time: he could feel it. Performed indifference is just anxiety with better posture.
What can't be faked is the real thing. A woman who genuinely sleeps through his silence. Who states what she wants once and doesn't campaign for it. Who would be fine either way — and means it.
So you read his effort honestly. You state your standards plainly. If he rises, you've learned something true. If he drifts, you've learned it sooner and at less cost.
Yes, obsessed. Just not with anything you had to perform.