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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.

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

answered,

Rebecca froze

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shoe rack.”

with her finger hovering over the dial, her

you sure?”

“Yes.” Samuel nodded vigorously.

the door again. Seeing the perfectly aligned slippers, she realized that an actual intruder wouldn’t tidy

keys aside and walked quickly toward Samuel’s room in annoyance,

to her room again. Just as she expected, Jeffrey

saw a light sweat on his forehead.

words about Jeffrey’s childhood suddenly

always brushed it off, saying his childhood

now she realized his

hesitated seeing his poor sleep and dark

His deep–set eyes fixed

calm. If not for the sweat still on his forehead, Rebecca

house,” Rebecca said bluntly as he woke

Jeffrey said flatly, “Yeah.”

paused. ‘Seriously? That’s all he’s gonna say?‘

the mood to talk. He shut

the blanket and reached out to drag him up. But before she could touch his clothes, he seized her wrist and yanked hard.

next instant, Jeffrey pulled Rebecca into his arms with

Before Rebecca could react, she was dragged down

you doing?” Rebecca was trapped again, unable to push him

“Either let me hold you while we

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