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.

it wouldn't be too late for her to step in and mediate

tell her that I won't be able to visit her in

between them, she didn't

wanted to be a proper wingman to her

furrowed at her

a bit off tonight, like something is on

into the ward,

from Alana, Eric could immediately tell

was only able to deceive

don't want to

hardest to

felt a pang of guilt for lying

to be so perceptive when it came

something you can't tell

forward and

her shoulders and looked down

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

tall, and Janessa was more than

to crane her neck to look him

comforted by the fact that she had a younger brother

there was someone she could share her

that point, Janessa didn't know what to do next,

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

bed and looked up at the sky as she took

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

Janessa nodded in reply.

a flash of light coming

and looked back suspiciously but

it onto the edge

his coat and

are you looking at,

back, thinking that Janessa might have

"You might catch a cold.Put it back on.I'm

trusted him enough to share her troubles

on the coat made her

kindness was too intimate

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

okay? How could I stand around and watch you

his coat on Janessa's frail shoulders and bent

choice but to let him do

it so much.You need to get a good night's rest.I'll contact my friend to see what he could do

anything terrible happen to you,’ Eric silently swore to Janessa as he followed her out of the

Eric escorted

Janessa had the feeling that someone was watching

do you keep

asked when he noticed that

saw nothing but the road and the street lamp behind