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Jason pecked into the hospital ward, silently thinking to himself, ‘Let’s hope things really turn out okay!

When Rebecca arrived in the afternoon, Jeffrey was sitting up in bed, scrolling through his tablet and handling some work. The moment he saw her, he immediately put the tablet aside, his eyes glued to her, unable to look away.

Rebecca sat down in the chair next to the bed.

Jeffrey waited for a while, but Rebecca didn’t say a word. Finally, he broke the silence. “What do you want for dinner? I can have Jason order something.”

“No need,” Rebecca replied, not taking the bait. “I’m only staying for half an hour. I’ve got things to take care of at home.”

Jeffrey asked, “Work?”

Rebecca nodded. “Yeah.”

Jeffrey offered, “I can help you with it.”

Rebecca refused without a hint of emotion. “I can handle it myself. You just focus on getting better.”

Jeffrey barely got out half a word before Rebecca’s phone started ringing.

She checked the caller quickly, then stepped aside to take the call.

Even without catching everything, Jeffrey could immediately recognize Ian’s voice from Rebecca’s end of the conversation.

He couldn’t make out what Ian was saying–he could only catch Rebecca’s replies.

Rebecca said, “Yeah.”

“At the hospital.

“Not me, it’s Jeffrey.”

“No, Stephen asked me to check up on him. We had a deal before–I’m just paying him back.”

“Probably about half an hour. I’ll let you guys know when I leave.”

Even without hearing anything lan said, Jeffrey could easily piece together the questions from Rebecca’s answers. When she hung up, he asked, “Something’s come up?”

Rebecca replied truthfully, “Just a friend reached out.”

Jeffrey said, “Ian?”

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Rebecca nodded. “Yeah.”

Jeffrey kept quiet.

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Jeffrey said bluntly. He really needed to understand why Rebecca was still talking to lan after all that. “Did

didn’t seem surprised at

on her. “Why not give it

without missing a beat. “We’ve just been friends for so long–it’s hard to flip the switch. I

eyes stayed fixed

what she

didn’t really turn

he chasing after

private business,” Rebecca replied, keeping things vague. She was only saying this to make sure he’d finally give up and stay away. “I don’t owe you

bluntly, not even bothering to hide his feelings. “He’s way too easygoing and thoughtless–he wouldn’t know how

of your

interfere,” Jeffrey defended himself, “just offering some advice as someone who cares about you. The decision is

blink. “Of course

Jeffrey started,

close enough for nicknames anymore,” Rebecca said,

Rebecca from now on.”

Jeffrey used that name, it still held a gentle warmth, lingering with memories and affection from

like that made it way too easy to fool herself, to forget the

replied quietly, accepting it without a

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The air between them was awkward, but a sense of calm and nostalgia seemed to settle in–a moment so gentle and

by, and Rebecca sent Stanley a

Stanley: [Two minutes.]

phone

didn’t stick around—she quickly handed everything over and

keep Rebecca around. Shaking his head with a smirk, he jabbed, “Seriously, sometimes I wonder if you’re a genius or just hopelessly naive. If you’d at least

ignored him, snatched up his tablet, and buried himself

it,” Stanley pressed down on Jeffrey’s hand, determined to get through to him. “Ever

sharp. He was mostly back to normal mentally—even if his

be,” Stanley said, genuinely worried. “If you don’t play the sympathy card and make Rebecca feel sorry for you, you can forget about her ever coming back. Seriously, do you

sounding completely certain. “She’s not gonna

stared at him,

eyebrow, glancing over at Jeffrey. “Yeah, you treated her well for five years, but those two months after the divorce? You really put her through

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