After the divorce, he begged

“I thought you were

ere moving out,” Jeffrey said, holding Rebecca’s gaze. “What are you still doing here?”

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“I don’t need you to tell me, Rebecca shot back, snatching her suitcase. This place is a dump. I can’t stay here another second.” Then she walked out without another word.

Seeing how determined she was, Jeffrey narrowed his eyes. “Wait

His voice made Rebecca stop in her tracks.

Before she could speak, he eyed her suitcase and said to the bodyguard outside, “Check Ms. Jensen’s suitcase. Make sure she isn’t taking anything that’s

not hers.”

“What do you mean by that?” Rebecca asked as she instinctively pulled her suitcase closer.

“Witor you tried to take the jewelry earlier, I have reason to be concerned about what else might be in your suitcase, Jeffrey said, knowing exactly how to push her to her limits. “It’s better for everyone if we check its contents.”

“Is that really how you see me?” Rebecca asked, her eyes filled with both disappointment and anger.

For a brief moment, Joffrey felt his heart soften. But remembering her determined expression when she was preparing to leave, he replied without emotion, “Yes, it is.”

Rebecca’s heart ached with a sharp, physical pain, She Fad made peace with Jeffrey’s lack of love for her and even grown accustomed to his cold distance:

But she couldn’t bear him humiliating her in front of Andrea this wasn’t just questioning her character, but felt like a direct insult to her dignity.

won’t let you violate my privacy like this,” Rebecca said, her grip on the suitcase handle tightening. “If you want it inspected, call the police. Otherwise, you’ll have to cut my hand off to get this suitcase.”

She met his gaze with the same defiant expression he had seen before.”

Jeffrey stepped closer and began prying her fingers from the suitcase one by one, ignoring her stubborn resistance

Though she held on with all her strength, he overpowered her effortlessly.

He handed the suitcase to a bodyguard, his tone all business. “Search everything thoroughly. Don’t miss a single comer.”

“Yes, sir, the bodyguard replied promptly.

eyes as she snatched the suitcase back. She had never felt so humiliated in her entire

remained cold, all traces of the warmth and tenderness he once had now gone from

Rebecca had carried since childhood was completely shattered, leaving only the broken shell of

knew that. He understood Rebeca’s character better than anyone and was certain she wouldn’t take anything else. He simply wanted

stepping forward to give him an honorable way out. “You

Would y

just shut up? Rebecca said, he voice filled with the same contempt she always felt

of frustration, “She’s so impulsive–always speaking without thinking when

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Why can’t she understand it’s safer here with me?‘

out of here. For Andrea’s sake, I’ll let it slide this time,” he said, though his

suitcase and was about to give them a piece

Victor came in and announced, “Mr. Hanson, Ms. Jensen, Mr. Samuel Hanson is

Before they could even react, Samuel came bouncing

in Rebecca’s hand. “Mommy,” he asked in that sweet–but–serious way of his, “how come you’ve got

something, but couldn’t come up with a

Jeffrey cut in, crouching down to Samuel’s level. “Daddy’s gotta go away for work for a few days, You be good for Mommy while I’m gone,

nodded obediently

hair and replied, “That’s my

looked toward Andrea

smoothly without hesitation,

on my

business trip.”

grip tightened unconsciously on the suitcase handle, though

lips in his usual manner.’m heading out how. Call me if

managed a stiff response “Got

His fingers trailed along her jaw before Engering

now, or you’ll miss your flight, Rebecca urged

a second longer. All she wanted was

quick,

the time she looked up with anger in her eyes, he was already walking out with her suitcase, with Andrea

Samuel said softly as they

her feelings aside and turned to him calmly. “What is