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Stanley sent out the message, but got no reply.

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With nothing else he could do, Stanley kept his eyes glued to the surveillance monitors, watching Sterling and Barclay’s every move.

As a guy, Stanley could easily read between the lines and knew exactly what those two meant when they said that.

They were just using that whole meeting with Jason thing as a cover.

Most likely, they were planning to sneak in while Rebecca was changing.

Stanley’s guess was spot–on. They went up to Jason, claimed a friend’s clothes got soaked, and asked for access to the women’s changing room. Once Jason pointed them in the right direction, they made a beeline for it.

Rebecca wasn’t clueless; she could see right through their little scheme.

Rebecca grabbed her daytime outfit from the women’s changing area and changed out of her dress in record time, barely two minutes flat.

Her phone suddenly buzzed. When she checked it, there was a text. [Those two bastards are on their way. Heads up.]

The sender was an unknown number.

But Rebecca knew it was from Yannie.

Rebecca slipped her phone back into her bag, stepped out of the changing room, and took the elevator down from the other side before those two could show up.

Stanley let out a huge sigh of relief when he saw that. But before he could chill for a second, his eyes locked onto someone sweeping in downstairs, escorted by a whole crowd.

It was Stephen.

Watching Stephen effortlessly greet Jason and the group downstairs, Stanley quickly pulled out his phone and dialed Jeffrey. It rang several times before Jeffrey finally picked up. “Hello?”

“Stephen’s here,” Stanley said, his brow furrowing as he kept his eyes fixed on the figure downstairs.

Jeffrey paused for a moment, his gaze automatically drifting toward Andrea.

Andrea looked puzzled. “What’s up, Jeffrey?”

Jeffrey didn’t dodge her. He went straight to the point, “Where’s Rebecca?”

“Rebecca just finished changing and went downstairs. She hasn’t bumped into Stephen yet,” Stanley muttered, his eyes glued to the scene below, muscles still tense. “But I’m pretty sure he’s here because of Rebecca.”

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Jeffrey went quiet, the weight of the situation heavy on his mind.

it were anyone else, Stanley alone would be enough to keep things

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Stephen was something else. The guy was ruthless, smiling on the outside, scheming underneath, willing to do anything to

giveaway; he was after Rebecca, no

do you want me to do?” Stanley asked, still not sure what

soon and keep a close eye on Stephen, but don’t get too

talks to and what he says. Make a note of everything,” Jeffrey instructed, his heart sinking with every word. “I’ll be there as soon

“Alright,” Stanley agreed.

knew the trip from the hospital to the venue would take at least an hour. Even if Jeffrey had the driver break every speed limit, it’d still be

that, with rush hour traffic, it’d probably

all that, of course, and immediately

out, grabbing his arm. “Are

Rebecca,” Jeffrey said, not bothering to hide it.

expression darkened. “I

Jeffrey hummed in

to leave, Andrea hit him with another curveball. “You said you’d take care of me, but now

trying to lay on the guilt, “You claimed you’d stay out of Rebecca’s business, yet you’re tossing aside the person who

Jeffrey froze mid–step.

you can’t keep your promise to take care of me, then why bother making it at

ever, tossed out the words, and left, not taking anything she’d said to heart, including that whole

someone who truly valued his

didn’t mean he was a fool

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heart skipped

as she kept replaying that last thing he said,

was afraid of hearing the kind of answer she

after what happened last time, even

car, he told the driver to get to the hotel as fast as possible. At the

After changing and drying her hair, she

Ms. Barton and her crowd?” As soon as Rebecca sat down, Derek leaned in,

others perked up, too,

about to pass

Rebecca said, her lie rolling off her tongue so smoothly it almost sounded real. “Ms. Barton took

nodded, buying the

Rebecca just nodded.

gossiping, “Is Mr. Hanson coming

raising an eyebrow

up looked like Mr. Hanson’s brother,” Lisa said, glancing toward where Stephen

or is he

more puzzled. She thought to herself, ‘Stephen

a voice rang

see who it