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Upon reading the message, Gregory immediately tried calling Jeffrey. The line rang once before a robotic female voice cut in, “Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable.”

Gregory stared at his phone, stunned. He quickly dialed Jeffrey’s usual number, only to get the same response. For a moment, his brain just froze.

He had no choice but to call Timothy for details. “What kind of transportation did Ms. Jensen and Samuel take?” he asked.

“A taxi,” Timothy replied.

Gregory thanked him and ended the call. His first instinct was to call the bodyguards at Maple Garden and have them wake Jeffrey, but then he remembered Jeffrey had been up all night.

When Gregory had seen him at noon, Jeffrey had seemed his usual self, but he could tell that his boss was preoccupied and running on empty. After a moment’s hesitation, Gregory decided against sending someone to disturb him.

‘Ms. Jensen is with their son, after all. Even if she finds Mr. Hanson there, it’s unlikely to turn into a huge fight,‘ he thought to himself.

Meanwhile, dressed in clean pajamas, Jeffrey lay down in Rebecca’s bed. He pulled the comforter up, and her faint, familiar scent surrounded him. His eyes drifted around the small, simple room one last time before he finally succumbed to a deep and heavy sleep.

Rebecca made it home with Samuel just after three. She found her keys, unlocked the door, and handed Samuel his house shoes. “Go ahead and get some rest…” she began.

Then the words died in her throat. Her eyes caught on a pair of men’s slippers sitting by the door–ones she’d never seen before.

“Mommy?” Samuel called out when he saw her freeze.

Rebecca pressed a finger to Samuel’s lips, scanning the living room. Seeing no one, she guided him out and shut the door.

Samuel looked puzzled. “What’s wrong?”

“A stranger’s in our apartment,” Rebecca said, grabbing her phone. “I’m calling the police. Let’s get downstairs.”

“How do you know?” Samuel tilted his head, confused.

not that kind. Someone wearing slippers inside suggested it was probably someone from their own

answered, “They’re

Rebecca froze

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to Daddy’s place after picking me up

shoe rack.”

over the dial, her eyes flashing with

you sure?”

“Yes.” Samuel nodded vigorously.

the door again. Seeing the perfectly aligned slippers, she realized that an actual

her keys aside and walked quickly toward

Just as

when she saw a light sweat on his forehead. His face was pale, and he was frowning deeply as if having

Stephen’s words about Jeffrey’s childhood suddenly popped into her

talked about the past. However, Jeffrey always brushed it off, saying his childhood was just endless learning,

much about it back then. But now she realized his past probably wasn’t happy. Otherwise, Stephen wouldn’t have brought it

started to call him awake, but hesitated seeing his

to wake him and kick him out, Jeffrey woke. His deep–set eyes fixed on her conflicted face, his voice raspy from sleep. “Why

calm. If not for the sweat still on his forehead, Rebecca would think it was

as he woke up. “Why can’t

Jeffrey said flatly, “Yeah.”

That’s all he’s gonna say?‘ she

talk. He shut his eyes and went

to drag him up. But before she could touch his clothes, he

instant, Jeffrey pulled Rebecca into

Before Rebecca could react, she was dragged down beside

you doing?” Rebecca was trapped again, unable to

let me hold you while we sleep, or we do

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