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Jeffrey’s face darkened. Just as he was about to scold Gregory, the door to the hospital room suddenly opened, and Rebecca walked in, dressed in casual clothes.

Jeffrey turned at the sound, and when his eyes landed on the person at the door, his pupils dilated in surprise.

Rebecca… Jeffrey thought, his heart skipping a beat.

She looked thinner than before.

There was also a newfound calmness about her, as if she had weathered life’s storms and come out stronger.

What has she been through during all this time?‘ Jeffrey couldn’t help but worry to himself.

“Oh, Ms. Jensen, you’re here!” Gregory called out, concern clear in his voice. “Did you eat breakfast yet?”

“Yes,” Rebecca replied.

Gregory said, “Mr. Hanson hasn’t had breakfast yet. Would you like to…”

Rebecca looked up, right into Jeffrey’s intense gaze.

Their eyes met and locked.

She was cool and distant, like the moon hanging high and out of reach, while he was burning with warmth, like sunlight breaking over the horizon.

Noticing the tension, Gregory quietly stepped out and gently closed the door behind him.

Jeffrey pressed his lips together, his voice still a bit hoarse from sleeping too long. He couldn’t bring himself to look away from her. “You came by yesterday, didn’t you?”

What he’d sensed in that darkness hadn’t been a trick of his mind.

It was really her–she’d been there.

“Mm, Rebecca said, her tone carefully restrained. Her gaze flickered over the untouched breakfast, cold and distant. “Co ahead and eat first. Whatever you want to say, let’s talk after you’ve finished.”

Jeffrey started eating.

He couldn’t tear his gaze away from her the whole time.

She was the one who told him not to barge into her world, but now she’d walked right into his. So this didn’t count as him crossing any lines.

“Rebecca,” Jeffrey blurted out, unable to stop himself. His voice was gentle, steeped in affection.

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her close–even just being able to see her–was enough. Even

straightforward as ever. “Everything alright with

her tone distant and businesslike, “I’m managing.

“If you need anything,

Rebecca said, “Eat first.”

Jeffrey said, “Okay.”

Jeffrey

weight lift off his shoulders. Before leaving, he leaned in and whispered to Rebecca, “Mr. Hanson

Rebecca asked, her

“Most days,” Gregory replied.

“Okay,” Rebecca replied.

watching Jeffrey closely for the next thirty minutes, ready in case anything happened,

she’d said hardly two words to him since she’d walked in. After hesitating a moment, he finally blurted out the question he probably shouldn’t ask: “Did Gregory or Stanley tell you to come

“No, Rebecca replied.

emotion crossed Jeffrey’s

actually came here on

hitting like

Jeffrey’s eyes grew darker.

even spare me a comforting

was here, there was no way

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really missed you,” Jeffrey said, his voice low and

didn’t,” Rebecca shot back, blunt

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reported, his voice low and steady despite the hoarseness. “For impersonating you and

remained

to add, just tell me. I’ll take care

no interest. “This

him now, Jeffrey couldn’t help a twinge of

she asked directly, “Gregory and Stanley told me you’ve been having a miserable month–can’t

Jeffrey admitted, not bothering

“Why?” Rebecca asked.

I couldn’t see you,” Jeffrey admitted, his deep eyes filled with complicated emotion. “That conflict and the stress of not seeing you really got to

expected him to be this

her–partly so she wouldn’t worry, partly because he just wanted her to love him without being weighed down by anything

was the first time he’d ever spoken his true feelings to

but quietly determined. “I’ll try to put myself together. I’m not

sized him up, her eyes flickering over him more than once. “This is what you call

at a loss for

door, Gregory and Stanley

woke up,” Stanley whispered, having come early just in case he needed

be real, he doesn’t want anyone else controlling Rebecca–not Stephen, not anyone

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she still cared–if some part of her heart still missed him,

pulled that in the past,” Gregory said, nodding like he’d seen it

him a curious look.

Mr. Hanson knows full well Ms. Jensen’s heart isn’t with him anymore. If he

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