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When Logan emerged from the shower, all he saw was "This message was retracted."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

he concluded it was time to let go. His presence seemed only to

the cause yet maintaining a polite facade under the watchful eyes

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

all-nighter? Those are some serious

glanced over, noticing the truth in Dr. Pendleton's

reviewing some patient files," Logan responded, maintaining

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

curiosity was piqued by Logan's hasty departure and the unusual silence between him and Faye.

for the uncomfortable probing she knew

have we known each other?" Dr. Pendleton began,

Faye tried to

time, would

leading, declared she wouldn't

concern. "I'm just curious. Did you and Logan have a

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

further, trying to piece together the reason behind their

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

dumbfounded by Dr. Pendleton's

what's the real story? He's always been

would you

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