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.

too late for her to step in and

tell her that I won't be

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

proper wingman to her

furrowed at

off tonight, like something is

stepped into the ward, she had

tried her hardest to conceal her worries from

able to deceive Alana, not

worry about me! I just don't want to be a

her hardest

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

so perceptive when it

you can't

stepped forward and blocked

placed his hands on her shoulders and looked

me as your younger brother, am I right?

and Janessa was more than a foot shorter than

had to crane her neck to look

moment, she suddenly felt comforted by the fact that she had a younger brother by

what burdened her, there was someone she could share her difficulties

do next, so she

but I don't have the evidence to prove it.I feel like my investigation's

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

the hacker.I know someone who majored in computer science.I could ask him to check

Janessa nodded in reply.

of a sudden, she noticed a flash of

looked back suspiciously but she couldn't

piece of cardboard and laid it onto the edge

his coat and

you looking

looked back, thinking that Janessa might have seen

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

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

smell of him on the coat made her feel

of kindness was too intimate for

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

okay? How could I stand around

on Janessa's frail

but to

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

in 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 escorted her back

someone was watching her, but she never saw

do you

noticed that Janessa kept looking

but the road and the street