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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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tell her to leave, not when she’d finally come

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really needed to understand why Rebecca was still talking to lan after all that. “Did you turn him

seem surprised at all.

her. “Why

“We’ve just been friends for so long–it’s hard to

stayed fixed on

she

didn’t really

after

this to make sure he’d finally give up and stay away. “I

boyfriend material,” Jeffrey said bluntly, not even bothering to hide his feelings. “He’s way too

of your business, Mr.

some advice as someone who cares about you. The

even blink. “Of course

started,

said, her expression cold and distant. “Just

Rebecca from now on.”

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

fool herself, to forget the wounds and fall for

quietly, accepting

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awkward, but a sense of calm and nostalgia seemed to settle in–a moment so gentle and fragile, neither of them

sent Stanley a message: [How much longer till you

Stanley: [Two minutes.]

phone down

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

a look–he hadn’t 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

him, snatched up his tablet, and

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

was mostly back to normal mentally—even if his body

used to 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.

unfazed, sounding completely certain. “She’s

at him,

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

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