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.

welled up in Rebecca’s eyes as she snatched the suitcase back. She had never felt

expression remained cold, all traces of the warmth and tenderness he once had

crush my dignity to feel satisfied?” In that moment, all the pride Rebecca had carried since childhood was completely shattered, leaving only the broken shell of a fallen heiress.

anyone and was certain she wouldn’t take anything else. He simply wanted her to understand the consequences of her poor

recognizing Jeffrey’s hesitation from his expression and stepping forward to give him an honorable way out.

Would y

said, he voice filled with the same

a familiar surga of frustration, “She’s so impulsive–always speaking without thinking when she’s upset. That sharp tongue of hers is

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destroyed out there. Why can’t she understand it’s

of here. For Andrea’s sake, I’ll let it slide this time,” he said, though his words left Rebecca feeling completely

and was about to

and announced, “Mr. Hanson, Ms. Jensen,

bouncing in behind Victor, looking adorable in his

“Mommy,” he asked in that sweet–but–serious way of

to say something, but couldn’t come up with a good

go away

obediently and said,

and

looked toward Andrea and asked,

said smoothly without hesitation, “and she’s coming

on my

business trip.”

suitcase handle, though her

rose and naturally took the suitcase from her, kissing her lips in his usual manner.’m heading out how. Call me if

down her discomfort, Rebecca managed a

His fingers

now, or you’ll miss your

stand being near him for even a second longer. All she

quick, deliberate

time she looked up with anger in her eyes, he was

softly as

feelings aside and turned to