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.

his

sank

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

blurted out. “If I’m not back in ten minutes,

her threat. Shaking like a leaf, Rebecca had no

woman you treat like precious glass. How can you stand to scare

way to make a lesson stick,” Jeffrey’s cool voice responded.

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Chapter 15

his eyes locked

If I don’t teach her a lesson now, who knows

always more considerate toward women. “If she

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what he had just

gaze.

to touch her?” Jeffrey’s voice held a quiet

was following your plan.

I’m crazy…”

“If that’s how it’s gonna be, count me

a derisive snort. “Some backbone you’ve

in frustration. The only thing stopping him

as he thought of the terrified Rebecca next door. “And nobody comes

want to interrupt,” Stanley said, his voice dripping with sarcasm, though he couldn’t help adding a word of caution. “Just take

a

alright, I’m gone,” Stanley said immediately, backing off with his hands

bodyguards and secretary in tow. Jeffrey waited until he heard the

hinges made Rebecca flinch, her bound body trembling against her will. She tried to scream, but the tape over her mouth trapped the sound, turning it into a desperate, muffled

the floor grew closer, sending fresh waves of fear through

taken, every other sense became painfully

made him soften. But then he remembered how she tried to sell the ring he gave

a slow path across her

her head wildly, trying to escape

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