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Rebecca stared at him, wondering if he was being honest. This was the third time he had said it, and after nearly dying to save her this time, all he wanted was for her to talk things through with Jeffrey.

She wondered, ‘Is this still the Stephen I know?‘

She didn’t really know him, and based on what Jeffrey had told her before, Stephen wasn’t usually this considerate.

“I get why you’re worried, and I know you might think I’m taking advantage of you,” Stephen said, seeing through Rebecca’s thoughts. “I swear I’m not. All I want is a fair competition with him.”

“I’m sorry,” Rebecca refused. “Thank you for saving me, but I can’t agree to this.”

Love wasn’t something to negotiate, and she refused to be influenced by Stephen’s words. Only her own feelings mattered.

Stephen said in a calm tone, “You don’t need to apologize. I saved you purely because I know how important you are to Jeffrey. If anything happened to you, he’d go crazy.”

Rebecca remained silent.

Stephen sounded utterly sincere, and Rebecca couldn’t spot any hint of deception.

“It’s late. You should head back to the office,” Stephen said, glancing at his watch. “We’ll talk about this later.”

“I have one more question,” Rebecca said, trying to probe him a little.

“Go ahead,” Stephen said politely.

“What does Jeffrey mean to you?” Rebecca asked, sounding more serious than before. She wanted to figure out if Stephen had been honest.

Stephen chuckled softly.

Rebecca was puzzled.

Stephen said frankly, “Honestly, I don’t know him that well. The only thing I’m certain of is that he cares about you deeply.”

Rebecca fell silent. She suddenly realized why Jeffrey had kept telling her to watch out for Stephen. Despite being cautious, she found herself affected by Stephen’s honest words and composed demeanor.

“Alright, you should go back,” Stephen urged.

Rebecca nodded and made some small talk before heading off.

was lost in thought. She went over the details carefully but still couldn’t figure

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doing. She thought, ‘Wasn’t he afraid the plan might go wrong? What if he died

as she sat down, Jane handed her

the cash

few bills and handed them to Jane. “Each team member gets 3,000 dollars. I’ll sell the dishwasher later

too kind. I’ll just take 3,000 dollars and share it with them. You handled the

“Without you, I couldn’t have created such an amazing program. You deserve

Ella. They didn’t want to waste

said to Rebecca, “Thanks. You should keep the dishwasher. It belongs to you,

“Alright,” Rebecca agreed cheerfully.

group chat if anyone needed the dishwasher, mentioning she could sell it at a discount. She posted it, but half an hour passed

listed it on a resale site with the model number. The original price was about 10 thousand, but she put it up for

anyway; she’d rather

sell it?”

I don’t need it

pursed her lips but said

the Hanson Group found out about it. Seeing Rebecca’s post on the PrimePlay Forum, he felt slightly

Gregory called. “Hi,

it?” Jeffrey said, holding the phone, his

to Mr. Stephen Hanson’s

know

“No. There’s no

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and stayed quiet for a moment, then said, “Keep an eye

advance next time.”

“Got it,” Gregory said.

later,

No leads at

her back to

[What? You’ve finally made a decision, huh? Well, I’ll

No sooner had the thought