To Be Yours Again novel (Alec and Jenny)

Stephanie stayed by Leonard's side until night fell over the city. Then, Leonard slowly woke up.

"Stephanie?" When he opened his eyes, he saw Stephanie and her reddened eyes. "Why are you crying? Did someone pick on you?"

It was as if he was completely unaware of the situation he was in. His first instinct was to worry about Stephanie.

It made Stephanie's eyes turn even redder. "You're the one picking on me."

"Me?" Leonard was stunned. He got up, but then the aches in his body sent waves of pain washing through him. It hurt so badly that he gnashed his teeth.

Stephanie got up to hold him back. "Don't move. Rest well."

Leonard had no other choice. He wanted to move, but he couldn't. "Sorry. I've made you worry." It was then that he remembered what had happened, and he understood why Stephanie would have tears in her eyes.

He was careless. He hadn't thought the criminals would be brave enough to kidnap him.

Stephanie pouted, doing her best to calm herself down. "You don't have to apologize. You did nothing wrong."

"Stephanie..."

"I'm not mad. That's truly how I feel." Stephanie was serious. She continued, "I get your principles, so I'm supportive of it."

Now it was Leonard's turn to tear up. "Stephanie, I..."

"I just want you to be more careful in the future and not throw yourself headlong into trouble." She didn't want to stop him from doing what he wanted as long as he protected himself.

Leonard nodded, feeling touched. "I will. I promise that something like this will never happen again."

"Alright. That would put me at ease." Stephanie smiled.

They shared an embrace.

After Alec sent Paul his food, he left the hospital with Jenny. Paul didn't need someone to look after him, and Leonard had Stephanie by his side, so it didn't mean much for Alec and Jenny to stay there. "So, how did Paul take it?" Jenny was finally alone with Alec. The first thing that she asked about was Paul's demeanor.

Alec smiled wanly. "Did you really think that he would press charges against Stephanie?"

"Who knows?" Jenny pouted. What if Paul wanted to use that to force Stephanie to return to his side?

"Don't worry. He'll let it go. In fact, he won't even bother Stephanie anymore," Alec said.

Jenny was surprised to hear that. "Can he really do that?"

"You already said it was even. And since it was, there's no need for him to keep pestering her." Alec pulled her into his arms as he spoke. He'd seen too many couples break up to know that ending up with the person he loved was no easy feat.

Jenny didn't know what he was thinking. But when she heard that Paul was willing to call it even and would not bother Stephanie anymore, she was glad.

"That's good. They should each have their own lives. If they can't be with each other, they should stop torturing each other." Jenny sat in Alec's car once she was done speaking.

The car began moving. However, they didn't go home right away. After all the events of the day, Alec was in no mood to cook.

They chose a restaurant that they both liked and sat down. Alec then said, "Things have come to an end for them. You don't have to worry about them anymore."

"That's right. I won't have to anymore." She was always worried that Paul would not let it go and come to trouble Stephanie and Leonard.

Now, it seemed that it wouldn't happen.

That was great. It was time that they both moved on.