After the divorce, he begged

“Are you sure you want to call me that?” Jeffrey asked. He wasn’t mad at all. He stayed as cool and unconcerned as if nothing could ever stir him.

“I’m absolutely sure,” Samuel replied.

Jeffrey gave him a little flick on the forehead. “Okay.”

He thought, ‘You’re being this polite because you’ll probably need my help again someday, right? If we were too close, you’d hesitate to ask.’

Samuel found his reaction strangely out of character.

“Make sure to tell your mom not to get that wound wet,” Jeffrey reminded as he glanced at Rebecca’s injured ankle before leaving. “Otherwise, it will get worse.”

Samuel didn’t say anything. After Jeffrey left, he pulled Rebecca toward the door. His voice was quiet, yet just loud enough for Jeffrey to catch. “Mom, we need to change the lock code.”

“Okay,” Rebecca replied.

Jeffrey stood by the elevator, watching them busy themselves with the lock. Without a word, he stepped inside. To him, this kind of digital lock was easier to crack than a regular one–just a few lines of code, and it would fall apart.

Rebecca had no idea. She racked her brain to come up with a code that was both memorable and difficult for anyone else to guess.

“Mom,” Samuel said softly after closing the door, his voice tinged with guilt.

“What?” Rebecca responded.

“I’m sorry,” Samuel said, honestly feeling guilty. “I knew you didn’t want to see Dad, but I gave him the code anyway and let him in. If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have had to deal with him.”

“I know you did it because you were worried about me,” Rebecca said softly, rubbing his head. “That means a lot, so you don’t need to say sorry.”

“Mom, I love you,” Samuel said as he hugged her tightly.

Rebecca’s heart softened. She asked Samuel how he had been during the past few days at Jeffrey’s place.

Samuel gave the same answer as before. He said he was doing fine, just that he really missed her.

Rebecca knew Jeffrey loved Samuel deeply, and she knew that as long as his parents stayed away, Samuel would be treated with care in his home, but she still didn’t dare let Samuel stay with him.

She had already made up her mind to stay single forever, just so she could put all her energy into taking care

of Samuel.

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for the rest of his life, and the thought of

chatting for a while, Rebecca reminded Samuel that it was time

the office. She had barely sat

did you

you sleep

that chandelier fell, I was really scared. Are you

her bag, she gave them a puzzled look, curious about what they were really

person who went on stage last night was Mr. Hanson, wasn’t it?” Lisa said,

saw

on

fell, Stephen wasn’t even the closest one to you. Why did he suddenly rush to

Rebecca had told them, but none of them had expected something

Jeffrey held her hand. She suddenly became

get it? You only noticed Mr. Hanson holding Rebecca’s hand, but none of you paid attention to how hard he was gripping

memory of it. What stood out most in their

scenes, where the guy dragged

stage at the time just how angry Mr. Hanson was when he grabbed Rebecca,”

fell silent. Gossip thrived in groups, but once someone interrupted, the buzz

out of nowhere. “It’s work

night.” Lisa knew Derek was curious too, so she didn’t bother

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something, and then we could learn more from him. Since he had already raised the

a look of faint displeasure. To her, Lisa’s comment sounded a bit too

reminding me,” Derek said as he walked over,

sparkled with

gossip about what happened at last night’s party within the company,

eyes turned to Rebecca at once. They wondered if it was really that serious or if things were being blown