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 for her to

can you tell her that I won't be able to visit her in the hospital

things were progressing between them, she didn't want

a proper wingman to

brows furrowed at

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

moment Janessa stepped into the ward,

hardest to conceal her worries from Alana, Eric

able to deceive Alana, not

don't want to be a third

hardest

felt a pang of guilt for

be so perceptive when it came to

you can't

and blocked Janessa's

her shoulders and looked down on her with a sullen

as your younger brother, am I right?

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

her neck to look

by the fact

burdened her, there was

what to do next, so she

have the evidence to prove it.I feel like my investigation's hit a dead end, and I don't know what to do

the edge of a nearby flower bed and looked

in computer science.I could ask him to check it out

Janessa nodded in reply.

sudden, she noticed a flash of light coming from behind

suspiciously but she couldn't see anything

cardboard and laid it onto the edge of the flower bed for Janessa

that, he took off his coat and placed it around

are you looking

also looked back, thinking that Janessa might have seen

she said, "You might catch a cold.Put it back on.I'm not cold

trusted him enough to share her troubles with him, she couldn't accept his coat like

him on the coat

kindness was too intimate

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

I'm your brother, okay? How

Janessa's frail shoulders and bent down to

no choice but to let

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

in hell I'll let anything terrible happen to you,’ Eric silently swore

side as Eric escorted her back

the walk, Janessa had the feeling that someone was watching her, but

do you keep looking

he noticed that Janessa

saw nothing but the road