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He looked straight at Rebecca, met her eyes, and spoke calmly, “You knew I had my own reasons, yet you still told me everything. Does that mean you want to use this against Jeffrey?”

Rebecca replied, “Yes.”

Stephen was surprised.

He hadn’t expected her to be so straightforward.

He’d seen all kinds of people in his circles. Some were far more open than Rebecca.

But after five years with Jeffrey, she still had that innocence. Either she was incredibly strong, or Jeffrey had protected her well. Either way, Stephen was impressed.

“I did have a reason for saving you,” Stephen admitted. “I wanted to use you to mess with Jeffrey and get what I wanted.”

Rebecca paused, raising an eyebrow. ‘Is that all?‘ she thought skeptically.

Stephen folded his arms over the blanket. “You don’t believe me?”

“Please. You’re a businessman,” Rebecca said, a bit sarcastically. “Businessmen always weigh the risks and rewards. Risking your life just to upset Jeffrey? That’s not you.”

She’d never pull a stunt like that. And certainly not Stephen, who was in opposition to Jeffrey. It was just plain stupid.

“I had someone rig the chandelier beforehand,” Stephen explained. “I knew I’d just get some minor cuts.”

“But you were bleeding heavily!” Rebecca protested. That wasn’t fake blood. It was real.

“If I hadn’t bled like that, would you have believed I was really trying to save you?” Stephen shrugged. “If you didn’t believe me, how could I drive a wedge between you and Jeffrey?”

The more Stephen spoke, the more Rebecca felt like she was wandering in the dark.

Is his plan just too clever for me, or has he turned something simple into a mess?‘ she wondered, feeling increasingly confused.

“Still don’t get it?” Stephen caught the puzzled look on her face,

Rebecca shook her head. ‘It’s like trying to solve a riddle with half the clues missing,‘ she thought.

as your savior,” Stephen explained. “And

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looked up,

continued, “As for Jeffrey, he’d be sure I set everything up and tried to keep you

in. She already knew what he was about

raised an eyebrow.

that in this situation, Jeffrey will think I don’t trust him, while I’ll see him as unreasonable, like he’d trade his humanity for power and profit. And that’ll

us.”

supposed to go?‘ he thought, confident his

it. Rebecca’s expression made

got it all wrong from the start,” Rebecca said, genuinely surprised that Stephen, always so clever, had come up with such a flawed plan. “No matter how long

asked, genuinely

He’d always acted like he had their best interests at heart. There was no real reason for her to still doubt

“Jeffrey told me

Stephen asked, “That’s all?”

Rebecca replied, “Yeah.”

for any hint of a lie, but all he saw was honesty. That only made him more suspicious. “He’s with

him

“So, you’re

“No,” Rebecca answered firmly.

Stephen was confused.

time, Stephen was completely stumped. He always thought he understood people’s feelings, but everything Rebecca

before Stephen could even process what was happening. “But I don’t guarantee if you’ll make it or not. For all I know, Jeffrey might see

was just cooperation. Each got what they

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said, not hiding it. “If I act like I don’t trust him, he’ll be so disappointed that

other side, Jeffrey and the other

too intense. I’m not sure my heart

up, Riley clicked her tongue. “Wow, she’d rather play

her a look, silently begging her to

really gave him