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“Don’t bother, I’m not going to agree to this,” Samuel replied, his tone dead serious.

“There was an accident at your mom’s company’s anniversary party tonight. She got seriously hurt,” Jeffrey said. “She came home and didn’t get any treatment.”

Samuel’s heart clenched. “Wait, weren’t you there?”

“A crystal chandelier fell from the ceiling, but I was too far away to do anything,” Jeffrey said, voice tense.

Samuel fell silent. Normally, he would quickly spot the flaws in the situation. But right now, his mind was filled with images of Rebecca being injured, making it hard for him to think as clearly as usual. “Really?”

Jeffrey nodded seriously. “It is.”

Samuel hung up on Jeffrey and immediately dialed Rebecca’s number. Her phone, left buzzing on the couch, went completely unheard by Rebecca, who was in the shower. But Jeffrey, standing right by the door, caught every single ring.

His hand unconsciously tightened around the phone. He prayed that Rebecca was either in the middle of washing up or blow–drying her hair and hadn’t heard anything.

This time, fate was on his side. The call rang a few times and then cut off. Just then, Samuel’s call popped up on his phone. “Alright, you can come in, but you better not be mean to Mom.”

“Sure, your rules,” Jeffrey replied, keeping a straight face.

“Don’t get handsy with Mom,” Samuel warned, tossing off his blanket and hopping out of bed to pull on his shoes.

“If your mom passes out, how am I supposed to get her to the hospital without touching her?” Jeffrey, sly as ever, shot back. “And who’s gonna take care of her wounds if I can’t even help?”

Samuel froze on the stairs. Jeffrey kept going. “If you keep hesitating and something actually happens to your

mom.”

every step. “But once you go in, you have to keep me updated about Mom.

Jeffrey had used a key

told him anyway. He could always

up. To make sure he wouldn’t be bothered when real business started later, he switched his phone

he needed to head over to Maple Garden ASAP. Victor tried to call Jeffrey to ask what was going

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patching

Jeffrey

anyway.

the back seat, called his dad. He couldn’t believe him.

He shut it with a heavy thud, making sure

she heard some noise. When she strained to listen, she couldn’t detect anything. Just to be safe,

on the couch. Jeffrey sat right beside it, his gaze growing colder as he listened to the faint sounds drifting from the

stepped out in her pajamas, totally on guard, clutching a glass bottle

house?” Jeffrey couldn’t help teasing, raising an eyebrow at how

quickly turned to irritation as she snapped, “What are you doing here?” She couldn’t help but glance

to swap out the old lock for a smart one, all just so Jeffrey couldn’t stroll in

the code himself,” Jeffrey said, handing over her phone. “Seriously, if

missed call from Samuel. She dialed Samuel back,

burst out, filled

told Samuel. “Huh?” she asked, a frown

I got worried, so I gave him the code to let him in,” Samuel said, laying it all out. “Is it true? Are you

shooting Jeffrey a look full of annoyance. ‘He’s even lying to

Jeffrey’s gaze fell on the wound on her ankle where glass shards had cut her. Even from this angle, he could see the

still on the call, overheard everything. “Mom, just treat the wound first. I’m coming over right

say something more, but Samuel hung up the phone. To case her worries, he

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