Chapter 1117:

Marshall laughed. “Come on. You’ve been away for two whole months. Your mom’s probably just happy to have you back. I doubt she’ll push you into anything immediately.”

“That would be ideal,” Denver said with a hopeful lift of his eyebrow.

He set down his glass and stood. “I’m going to the bathroom.”

Eric, who had been quietly smoking, extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray. “I’m going out for some fresh air.”

Emerging from the bathroom later, Denver encountered Eric at the end of the hallway.

“Eric?”

“Yeah,” Eric responded, turning slightly with his hands in his pockets, as if carefully choosing his next words.

Denver had a feeling. “Do you have something you want to say?”

Denver directly. He hesitated for a moment, his expression

the weight of Eric’s scrutiny. But Denver wasn’t one to shy away from his feelings. He clenched his fists, gathering his resolve, and nodded firmly. “Yes, I still

that followed seemed

before finally breaking the silence. Taking a deep breath, he revealed

confused. “Didn’t you two

breakup, yet he

a depth of seriousness. “What I mean

process the news, his mind

had found a matching donor, then the

now at

to stay by Eric’s side anymore—not out of obligation, not

in his chest. His breathing quickened, sharp and

flicker of emotion across his face. So this

a resigned smile. “It’s exactly as you think. Hadley and I

hardly

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