" Both are fine as shown. I prefer the first. The "you" in parentheses is optional.
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Anonymous"I hesitated to ask (you) before you wrote this." OR "I was hesitating to ask (you) before you wrote this."Both are fine as shown. I prefer the first. The "you" in parentheses is optional.