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Noticing Jeffrey’s irritation, Stanley lowered his voice. “Stop it. Don’t you see he’s upset?”

“He needs my help, so he won’t do anything to me,” Riley said calmly.

Stanley fell silent.

Jeffrey glanced at Riley, suppressing the mixed feelings stirring inside him.

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After dinner, Riley, bored, couldn’t resist gossiping. “Why did he divorce Rebecca? Didn’t he love her like crazy? I thought they’d be together until the end of their lives.”

“You’re far too optimistic about marriage,” Stanley muttered, his lips twitching.

“It doesn’t matter,” Riley said lazily, leaning back in her chair and tilting her chin toward Jeffrey. “I just want to know what really happened between them.”

“Why don’t you just Google it?” Stanley regretted joining the conversation. He found that even after all these years, Riley was still annoying. “Why do you have to make him angry?”

“I can’t,” Riley replied with a straight face.

Stanley was stunned and instinctively looked at Jeffrey, assuming he had set some strange rule for Riley.

“My laptop doesn’t like him,” Riley said, taking her laptop from her bag and caressing it like a treasured object. “Searching for news about him online would crash it.”

Stanley tried to leave. He really didn’t want to be with these two weirdos. “I just remembered I have something to take care of at home. I’ll leave you alone.”

He rose to walk away, only to feel a tug on his clothes. He turned and saw Jeffrey holding onto his jacket.

He looked up and saw Jeffrey’s composed expression. Having no other choice, he said, “Whatever. I haven’t seen Riley in ages. I guess I’ll stay a bit longer.”

Riley glanced at both of them, her eyes brimming with disdain.

Hours went by, and Rebecca was still in Amelia’s ward. With nothing to do, Riley flopped onto the couch and fell asleep.

out. “Seriously?

him

an

to be so surprised. She’s

paused, then

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a message from Timothy popped up. [Ms. Jensen has left her mother’s ward

and kicked Riley’s

to be tapped. She climbed the stairs with a swirl of emotions, pausing

stood a young girl Rebecca had seen before at the Hanson residence. It was

Aren’t you married to Jeffrey? How dare you come here trying to seduce Stephen?

Stephen barked, “Stop, Nicole.”

Spoiled by her family, she had always disliked Rebecca. “I’m just telling the truth. If it

growing increasingly impatient, “I saved her of my own accord. This has nothing to do with her. If

Nicole snapped, her anger simmering. She couldn’t

Rebecca.

merely a girl from a fallen family. Why are you always protecting her? And why does Stephen keep taking her side? Come on, Jeffrey usually doesn’t talk much to anyone, not

Stephen said to the bodyguards seriously, leaving no room for debate. “And don’t

bodyguards led Nicole

failed and ended up taking her anger out on Rebecca. Soon, the

into silence.

that. She’s been spoiled since she was a child. I’ll talk to

Rebecca said,

had met Nicole the year she married Jeffrey. That time, Jeffrey had scolded Nicole harshly, and since then, Nicole had only dared a grunt around her. In the past five

few.

“Are

you

me, or have you changed your mind after hearing my request last time?” Stephen asked

to see you, and I also want to have