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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.

Rebecca explained. She did keep spare men’s slippers around, but not that kind. Someone wearing slippers inside suggested it

quickly answered,

Rebecca froze

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me to Daddy’s place after picking me up last time,”

shoe rack.”

froze with her finger hovering over the dial, her eyes

you sure?”

“Yes.” Samuel nodded vigorously.

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

aside and walked quickly toward Samuel’s room in annoyance, but saw no one

to her room again. Just as she expected, Jeffrey was lying on her

saw a

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

marriage, they had talked about the past. However, Jeffrey always brushed it off, saying his

it back then. But now she realized his past

started to call him awake, but hesitated seeing his poor sleep and

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

not for the sweat still on his

as he woke

Jeffrey said flatly, “Yeah.”

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

to talk. He shut his eyes and went back

the blanket and reached out to drag him up. But before she could touch his clothes,

Jeffrey pulled Rebecca into

Rebecca could

was trapped again, unable to push him away or

her ear, “Either let me hold you while we sleep, or

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