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.

they were to encounter some problems, it wouldn't be too late

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

were progressing between them, she

to be a proper wingman

furrowed

seem a bit off tonight, like something is on your mind.Is there something

into the ward, she

she tried her hardest to conceal her worries from Alana, Eric could immediately tell that

was only able to deceive

me! I just don't want to be a third

hardest

at Eric, she suddenly felt a

expected Eric to be so perceptive when it came

something you can't

and blocked Janessa's

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

as your younger brother, am I right?

feet tall, and Janessa was more than a

had to crane her neck to

the fact that she had a younger brother by her

her, there was someone

to do next, so she

suspecting.I have a feeling that Gracie is behind this whole mess, but I don't have the evidence to prove it.I feel like my investigation's hit a dead

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

hacker.I know someone who majored in computer science.I could ask him to check it out for

Janessa nodded in reply.

a flash of light coming from

suspiciously but she

cardboard and laid it onto the edge of the flower

his

are you looking

back, thinking that Janessa might have seen

might catch a cold.Put it back on.I'm not cold right

share her troubles with him, she

him on the coat made

act of kindness was too intimate

was becoming a dear friend of hers, she wanted to keep him at a safe

brother, okay? How could I stand around

coat on Janessa's frail shoulders and bent down

had no choice but to let him

night's rest.I'll contact my friend to see what he could

terrible happen to you,’ Eric silently swore to Janessa as

by side as Eric escorted

that someone was

you

asked when he noticed that Janessa

saw nothing but the road and