After the divorce, he begged

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Rebecca turned toward the voice,

Stanley, in a perfectly tailored suit, offered an apologetic smile that reached his eyes, his whole presence radiating a friendly warmth.

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“Please excuse my bodyguards—they can be overprotective,” Stanley said, taking a seat and pouring coffee for Rebecca. “Please take a seat. Let’s talk about your ring.”

“I’ve changed my mind about selling it,” Rebecca said, checking her dead phone signal as she plotted her escape.

“Ms. Jensen, I’d encourage you to reconsider,” Stanley said, pushing the coffee toward her. “If this is about me running late or my guys being rude, l’il make it worth your while.”

“No, it’s not that. I just want to keep it for sentimental reasons,” Rebecca said.

Stanley spun his cup slowly, his whole vibe changing. “Is that so?”

“Yes,” Rebecca said.

“I guess you don’t know how I operate, Ms. Jensen,” Stanley said, dragging out his words. “I don’t usually make offers like this. When people flake at the last minute… let’s just say it pisses me off.”

Rebecca’s knuckles went white around her bag strap.

Stanley took a slow sip of coffee. “Throw out a number.”

“Fifteen million,” Rebecca said, hoping the crazy number would make him back off.

“I’m making a real offer here, Ms. Jensen. I hope you don’t take me for some easy mark,” Stanley said, setting down his cup with a calm smile. “How about 600 dollars?”

It was painfully clear to Rebecca now–he wasn’t here to negotiate, but to mess with her.

She gripped her phone tighter. “I’m not selling it.”

“Then I guess we’ll have to do this the hard way,” Stanley said, signaling his bodyguards with a look, and the two men moved in instantly.

Sensing trouble, Rebecca thumbed her emergency call button. But before she could complete the call, they snatched the phone from her hand and pinned her arms behind her back.

“This is robbery!” Rebecca shouted.

your ring?” Stanley moved closer, tilting her chin up as he delivered his lines. “I couldn’t touch you when

heart sank

Stanley snapped orders to the bodyguards. “Tie her up, blindfold her, and put her in the suite next door. My important guest will be there in

waiting downstairs!” Rebecca blurted out. “If I’m

Shaking like a leaf, Rebecca had no choice but to let the bodyguards lead

is the woman

way to make a lesson stick,” Jeffrey’s cool voice responded. He stepped out in

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Chapter 15

his eyes locked

to sell the ring. If I don’t teach her a lesson now, who knows what she’ll pull next?‘ Jeffrey

considerate toward women. “If she gets truly frightened, you’ll be the one

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had just seen, his intense gaze unconsciously dropped to Stanley’s

under the gaze. “What’s

use to touch

for real? I was following your plan. You’re not crazy enough to blame me for

said I’m crazy…”

his friend. “If that’s how it’s gonna be, count me out next time. I’m not being your bad guy and your fall

out a derisive snort. “Some backbone

stopping him from

get out,” Jeffrey ordered, his expression darkening as he thought of the terrified Rebecca next door. “And nobody comes up

with sarcasm, though he

him a

Stanley said immediately, backing

waited until he heard the elevator doors slide shut

will. She tried to scream, but the tape over her mouth trapped the

sound of dress shoes clicking on the floor grew closer, sending fresh

her vision taken, every

her terrified expression almost made him soften. But then he remembered how she tried to

a slow path across

wildly, trying to escape his touch, but she was

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