Bye, My Ex-husband

As they walked down the empty hallways of the hospital, Janessa and Eric remained silent.

"You..."

"You..."

The two suddenly spoke up at the same time and smiled at each other in embarrassment.

"Janessa, please go first!"

Eric insisted with an awkward smile.

"I wasn't going to say anything important.All I wanted to ask was how you were getting along with Alana..."

Initially, Janessa had no desire to mediate between the two, but she couldn't help but do so.

She hoped in her heart that the two of them could find their way to each other.

"We..."

As he looked back at Janessa, Eric couldn't help but feel disappointed.

He suddenly realized that Janessa had always hoped for him and Alana to be a couple someday.

But that wasn't what Eric yearned for.

The last thing he wanted to do was make Janessa sad.

He knew that if he did anything to upset Alana, Janessa would be forced to keep a distance from him.

If he wanted to stay close to Janessa, he had to reign in the affections he had for her.

"We're just friends, that's all."

Eric didn't want to think too deeply about the relationship he had with Alana.

As of now, he only saw her as a friend.

However, if things changed, they might become a couple in the future.

Janessa merely nodded with satisfaction.

She was relieved to hear those words from his mouth.

It seemed like she made the right move to invite both of them on the mountain climbing trip.

The next step was to watch and wait to see how things would develop between the two of them.

Janessa had no intention of interfering with their relationship.

Things had to happen naturally between the two of them.

be too late for her to step in and mediate

I won't be able to visit her in the hospital

that things were progressing between them, she didn't want to

to be a proper wingman to her best

brows furrowed at

seem a bit off tonight, like something is on your

stepped into the ward,

she tried her hardest to conceal her worries from Alana, Eric

was only able to

me! I just don't want to be

tried her hardest

turned to look at Eric, she suddenly felt a pang of guilt for

to be so perceptive when it

something you can't tell

stepped forward and

his hands on her shoulders and looked down on her with a sullen

see me as your younger brother, am I right? You

over six feet tall, and Janessa was more than a foot shorter than

had to crane her neck to look him in the

felt comforted by the fact that

burdened her, there was someone she

what to do next,

mess, but I don't have the evidence to prove it.I feel like my investigation's hit a dead end,

edge of a nearby flower bed and looked up at the sky as

would be tricky for you to locate the hacker.I know someone who majored in computer science.I could ask him to check it out for you.Maybe he could find

Janessa nodded in reply.

she noticed a flash of light

back suspiciously but she couldn't see

cardboard and laid it onto the edge of

that, he took off his coat and placed it

you looking

also looked back, thinking that Janessa might

coat as she said, "You might catch a cold.Put it back on.I'm

him enough to share her troubles with him, she couldn't accept

him on the

act of kindness was

dear friend of hers, she wanted to

It's no big deal. I'm your brother, okay? How could I stand around and watch you

frail shoulders and bent down

but

rest.I'll contact my friend to see

hell I'll let anything terrible happen to you,’ Eric silently swore to Janessa as he followed her out of the

walked side by side as Eric

walk, Janessa had the feeling that someone was watching her, but she never

you keep looking

when he noticed that Janessa kept

but the road and the