Worse before better?

Quick backstory - reconciliation/love spell was casted on my ex by a credible source on Jan. 2. We broken up in June. We went no contact but starting in November he had been liking all of my IG stories and breadcrumbing me through IG. This stopped immediatelyafter the spell was casted. He still watches them but no reaction which is weird to me just because it was so constant before. I know there is no time limit on spells, but can anyone tell me if they took steps back in results before forward?