Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Jeffrey shot Stanley a sideways glance.

Stanley froze. ‘Oh my god. Did I just say that out loud?‘

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“I mean, your gifts are always so special. Someone like me, who didn’t really help, doesn’t deserve a gift from you,” he explained quickly, afraid he’d signed his own death warrant by speaking without thinking.

Jeffrey said coolly, “Nonsense. Just bei

Mr. Garcia gets you at least ten.”

Stanley tried to argue, but the moment he met Jeffrey’s flat, unreadable stare, he instantly backed down. “My mistake,” he

said.

Gregory cleared his throat softly from the driver’s seat.

“Stop laughing,” Stanley snapped, quickly changing the subject. “Or I’ll have your boss send you a hundred of ‘gifts.“”

“Mr. Hanson has always been fair and reasonable,” Gregory replied seriously. “He isn’t swayed by petty words. Or you

think he is?”

“Suck–up,” Stanley muttered through gritted teeth.

Jeffrey glanced sideways at him. “Don’t mess with my guy.”

Stanley fell silent. If it weren’t for the drama, he wouldn’t stay in the car for another second.

A little further down the road, Gregory asked, “Mr. Hanson, Ms. Jensen’s car is heading toward Samuel’s martial arts class. Should I take you and Mr. Garcia home, or would you like to go see Samuel?”

“To see Samuel, obviously,” Stanley cut in. “I haven’t seen him since I got back to town.”

Gregory glanced at Jeffrey in the rearview mirror. When he got no objection, he followed Stanley’s directions.

lost in

her phone buzzed with a message from

Rebecca: [What is it?]

voice message from Jessica played, “That stingy, ridiculously

Rebecca froze–lan Yeats?

arts studio. She paid the driver and

Jessica.

of motion rushed toward her. Before she could

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a warm, strong hug that carried a faint

cheerful male voice

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glinted off his handsome face, his eyes crinkling with a smile,

Rebecca was surprised. Jessica had just mentioned him, and now here he was–right in

grin spreading across his face. “Surprised? Bet you didn’t see this coming.

surprised–and genuinely happy,” Rebecca admitted honestly, her gloomy mood

onto his shirt collar. “You look totally underwhelmed. Next time

changed at all,” Rebecca said, genuinely happy to see her old

had stayed in Jelasburg for college at Amelia’s request, while Jessica and lan went abroad to study. Not long after graduation, Rebecca got married. lan

her wedding.

other. But thanks to

world might change, but I don’t,” lan

Rebecca chuckled.

family’s martial arts studio, asking bluntly, “Here to

now. I’ll pick him up after six,” Rebecca said. She checked

I landed. Didn’t

Rebecca smiled, “My treat.”

seeing Samuel might lift her

suddenly back in town, the weight of

straightforward as ever. “If Jessica finds out I let you pay,

wave of warmth and familiarity washed over Rebecca. She hadn’t felt this light in days–it

lan said,

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