The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 1172

The moment Faye hit send, she regretted it. She realized she had no grounds to call out Logan.

Their relationship wasn't at that level.

She wasn't sure if Logan had seen the message, but figured it was better to act as if it never happened rather than let it linger in their chat.

Without a second thought, she withdrew the message.

When Logan emerged from the shower, all he saw was "This message was retracted." He had no clue what Faye had sent, but it left him feeling uneasy.

"?"

Faye was lost in thought when a simple question mark pinged on her screen, inflating her irritation.

"Sent the wrong thing."

Logan didn't reply.

He lay in bed, a turmoil of thoughts preventing sleep. Their connection, it seemed, was veering off the path he'd envisioned. But why?

Gazing out at the moon, its light failed to clarify his muddled feelings.

The next morning.

Logan, sporting dark circles under his eyes from a restless night, headed to the hospital.

Logan pretended not to

time to

of the cause yet maintaining a polite facade under the

Pendleton, on an early shift

did you pull an all-nighter? Those are some serious

the truth in Dr.

reviewing some patient files," Logan responded, maintaining

his day ahead, Dr. Pendleton pressed on, but Logan excused himself,

Pendleton's curiosity was piqued by Logan's hasty departure and the unusual silence between him and Faye. "Something's up," Dr. Pendleton mused, catching Faye's eye with a

for the uncomfortable

have we known each other?" Dr.

to deflect, but eventually

in that time, would

where this was leading, declared she wouldn't

Pendleton laughed off her concern. "I'm just

conversation was momentarily drowned out by a vendor hawking "Hot, fresh

prodded further, trying to piece together the reason

Logan bring you food last night? Are you upset because you thought it

by Dr. Pendleton's wild

real story? He's always been

would you know?"

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