After the divorce, he begged

Chapter 18

Rebecca shot a look at Jessica.

Jessica was focused on the road, talking a mile a minute. Finally, she asked, “So, what do you think? Can you live with that?”

“You’re the one who bought it, aren’t you?” Rebecca called her out without holding back. But deep down, she felt grateful to have a friend like Jessica.

“What?” Jessica tried to look cool.

Rebecca didn’t want to drag her any deeper into this. “Jeffrey already told me everything. As long as he says no, nobody dares buy that ring. In the whole company, you’re the only one who’d risk pissing him off to help me.”

“You’re such an idiot,” Jessica said, still playing it cool. “Okay, maybe people are scared of him–but not his enemies. They wouldn’t think twice.”

Just then, her phone lit up with notifications. Each message said her cards were frozen.

There was also a text from Eugene: [I froze your accounts. Jeffrey just made it clear–none of us is to get involved in Rebecca’s business, or our company will face consequences we can’t handle.

[If you need anything during this time, let me know. I’ll take care of it.]

Both Jessica and Rebecca fell silent.

Jessica pulled into the parking lot, still making excuses. “What if I told you this was just another one of my dad’s stupid jokes? Would you believe me?”

“Sure,” Rebecca said smoothly, then quickly added, “Not.”

Jessica was about to lose it. She didn’t even care that Rebecca saw right through her lie. Grabbing her phone, she dialed Eugene.

‘My cards are frozen. How am I going to transfer 3 million to Rebecca now?‘ she thought.

Rebecca reached over and ended the call.

“What are you doing?” Jessica asked, totally confused.

seen the messages and knew Jeffrey wanted her to

Jessica asked sharply. “Can’t you see? Jeffrey’s cutting off all your options so you have no choice but to

course, Rebecca could see

just being petty–angry that she’d refused his terms during the divorce and bruised

ego.

–

in deep trouble, and Jeffrey’s words echoing in her ears, the way he held her trapped that day–it all finally made sense. Not to mention everything she’d just

Rebecca said, trying to keep her tone light. “You’re my last real backup. I can’t

to argue, “Jeffrey can’t take me down that easily.” But then she remembered–he had frozen all

a week. The Scott

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casual, like we used to be,” Rebecca said calmly. She understood exactly how Jeffrey operated, and she was ready to face him alone. “You can help nie pick up Samuel if I’m busy, but don’t

frustration simmering. For the first time, she hated feeling so

gave her forehead a gentle tap. “Be

me what trouble you’re in,” Jessica insisted. She couldn’t relax without knowing. “Why are

for the worse. She needs surgery now,” Rebecca explained honestly. “It’s going to cost at

cards were

Rebecca stopped her.

mom comes first,” Jessica said, all hesitation gone. ‘If Jeffrey has a problem with it, let him

said calmly, her

not thinking of going back to Jeffrey, are you? I’d rather deal with him myself than watch you

said. She’d gotten

won’t say no. Especially since Jeffrey blacklisted me everywhere—Stephen loves messing

Jessica frowned. She didn’t know much, but the rumors were enough. “Won’t Jeffrey lose it if he

secret in their circle. If Rebecca went to Stephen, she

couldn’t let her best friend take the fall

on Jeffrey’s pride and possessiveness–he

paid for. If she lost, she could sell

Stephen, Jeffrey had already