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When Logan emerged from the shower, all he saw was "This message was retracted."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.

crossed as usual, but Logan pretended not to

night of reflection, he concluded it was time to let

of the cause yet maintaining

Dr. Pendleton, on an early shift as usual, was the

did you pull an all-nighter? Those are some serious bags under your eyes,"

glanced over, noticing the truth in Dr.

caught up reviewing some patient

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

between him and Faye. "Something's up," Dr. Pendleton mused, catching

braced for the uncomfortable probing she knew was

long have we known each other?" Dr. Pendleton

huh?" Faye tried to deflect, but

in that time, would you

wary of where this was leading, declared she wouldn't

concern. "I'm just

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

remained silent, Dr. Pendleton prodded further, trying to piece together the

Are you upset because you thought

was dumbfounded by Dr. Pendleton's wild

the real story? He's always been good to you,

would you know?"

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