I'm going to distance someone who wanted to use me
Do you have any other reasons for this?
You may argue that one of those was the primary reason which made me cut off the relationship
You have every right to remove someone from your life who tries to take advantage of you. In fact, I recommend it.
I'm going to play along with it before I say bye.
It is good to exit that bad situation. But you should not string people along you should just end things before anyone else gets hurt by it.