In the hospital corridor, Brandon asked Eric, “Are you having second thoughts about Vanessa?”

He loosened a few buttons on his black shirt, looking rakish as ever. Eric remained silent, his gaze dark. With one hand in his pocket, Brandon leaned against the window, his eyes smiling. “Eric, are you serious? As far as I knew, you got married because your grandfather was sick, so you were forced into it.”

Seeing Eric’s silence and his lost-in-thought ...