Fading Feelings

'I didn't get a chance to say this earlier. But I'm grateful that Bryan said that you were the one who helped convince Mr Hart that he was willing to be a partnership again.'

Vivi had just eaten dinner in the hospital cafeteria after making sure Darren was asleep, and in the middle of her meal, she got a message from Lucas.

Vivi put down her spoon and used both hands to answer Lucas' message. 'You don't need to thank me because I should be the one to apologize because it's of me that you have to go through all this. From now on, I'll try to make sure that Darren doesn't bother you just because of our past.'

Vivi hadn't even had time to put her phone down on the table when Lucas replied quickly. It was a short message that gave Vivi a strange feeling when she read it.

'I'm sorry. And thank you for everything.'

Vivi didn't understand what the words 'sorry' and 'thank you' were for, but the more she thought about it, the stranger it made her feel. And when she imagined Lucas' face, which