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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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her to leave, not when she’d

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

didn’t seem surprised

on her. “Why

put on a straight face, making up an excuse without missing a beat. “We’ve just been friends for

eyes stayed

she means,’ he

didn’t really turn him

chasing after you now?”

to

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

of your business, Mr. Hawthorne,”

himself, “just offering some advice as someone who cares about you. The decision

blink. “Of course it

Jeffrey started, his voice

for nicknames anymore,” Rebecca said, her

Rebecca from now on.”

a gentle

it way too easy to fool herself, to forget the wounds and fall for the illusion

accepting it without a

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trying to distract herself, while Jeffrey’s eyes never left her. The air between them was awkward, but a sense of calm and nostalgia seemed to settle in–a moment so gentle and fragile, neither of

slipped by, and Rebecca sent Stanley a message:

Stanley: [Two minutes.]

her phone down

Stanley arrived right on time. Rebecca didn’t stick around—she quickly handed everything over and headed

Jeffrey 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 being weak, maybe she wouldn’t have just glanced at

him, snatched up his tablet, and buried

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

normal mentally—even if his body still

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 really want to watch

was unfazed, sounding completely certain.

at him,

treated her well for five years, but those two months after the divorce? You really put

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