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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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bring himself to tell her to leave, not when she’d

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to understand why Rebecca was still talking to lan after all

seem surprised

kept his eyes on her. “Why

without missing a beat. “We’ve just been friends for

stayed fixed

she

didn’t really turn him

he chasing after you

keeping things vague. She was only saying this to make sure he’d

a good friend, but that doesn’t make him boyfriend material,” Jeffrey said bluntly, not even bothering to hide his feelings. “He’s way too easygoing and thoughtless–he wouldn’t know how to take care of

of your business,

some advice

didn’t even blink.

started, his voice

close enough for nicknames anymore,” Rebecca said, her expression

Rebecca from now on.”

it still held a gentle warmth, lingering with memories and affection from

him like that made it way too easy to fool herself, to forget the wounds and fall for the illusion that

replied quietly, accepting

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between them was awkward, but a sense of calm and

slipped by, and Rebecca sent Stanley

Stanley: [Two minutes.]

set her phone down

didn’t stick

tried even once to 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 faked being weak, maybe she wouldn’t have

his tablet, and buried himself in work, all cold

down on Jeffrey’s hand, determined to get through to him. “Ever thought of

He was mostly back to normal mentally—even if his body still felt

don’t play the sympathy card and make Rebecca feel sorry for you, you can forget about her ever coming back. Seriously, do you really want to watch her

certain. “She’s

at

glancing over at Jeffrey. “Yeah, you treated her well for five years, but those two months

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