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When Logan emerged from the shower, all he saw was "This message was retracted."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

but Logan pretended not to notice Faye's

was time to let go. His presence seemed only to cause her

maintaining

Dr. Pendleton, on an early shift as usual,

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

noticing the truth in Dr.

caught up reviewing some

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

the unusual silence between him and Faye.

Faye braced for the uncomfortable probing she knew

have we known each other?"

tried to deflect, but eventually admitted, "Three

that time, would you

leading, declared she wouldn't be party to

laughed off her concern. "I'm just curious. Did you and Logan

drowned out by a vendor hawking "Hot, fresh

prodded further, trying to piece together the

last night? Are

dumbfounded by Dr. Pendleton's wild

He's always

you know?"

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