After the divorce, he begged

Chapter 117

Chapter 117

Chapter 117

Jeffrey slipped away from her touch.

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Andrea’s unease deepened under the oppressive silence. She nervously bit her lip and softly pleaded, “Please, say something. It really freaks me out.”

“Are you scared?” Jeffrey asked, his face unreadable.

Andrea nodded affirmatively. “Yes.”

Jeffrey confronted her directly. “Then why were you in cahoots with Stephen?”

Andrea’s heart raced. Considering their past conflicts, she quickly defended, “I wasn’t in cahoots with him. It was just a coincidental meeting and some chit–chat. Nothing more.”

“So explain Wednesday night,” Jeffrey probed.

Andrea was taken aback. She hadn’t anticipated his directness. “I just needed you to be there for me. I didn’t want to hear that I matter to you and then feel like I’m invisible.”

“But I did offer you a chance,” Jeffrey stated, his eyes cold. “You were the one who refused it.”

Andrea appeared bewildered, not fully grasping his implication. Yet, she understood he was still upset about their previous dispute. That was why he’d stayed away and ignored her calls. He was retaliating.

“From now on, if you need anything, speak with Gregory,” Jeffrey said, his gaze calm yet emotionless. “There’s

no need to reach out to me.”

“Why?” Andrea was completely shaken.

She couldn’t understand why he was doing this to her.

She’d merely requested his presence. She simply didn’t want him spending time with Rebecca.

“Rebecca wasn’t supposed to be part of your schemes,” Jeffrey said, cutting straight to the heart of the matter. “I can overlook a lot, but this crosses the line.”

Andrea figured if she continued to deny everything, he wouldn’t be able to hold her accountable. “I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

quiet, as composed as always, but the

Andrea felt like her entire body was turning to ice, her

confessed at last, buckling under the pressure. “But you

maintained

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hastily, her mind

wrong,” Jeffrey said, his voice measured and

Andrea blinked, puzzled. “What?”

replayed the conversation in

detail, exactly as it was said. Where did I go wrong?‘ she

be at a disadvantage if she ever left me,” Jeffrey explained calmly. “That she’d only get special consideration by staying close. But what you did was push

momentarily shocked.

intention had indeed been to create more distance between them, but she couldn’t confess

sorry…” Andrea said, her expression a mix of guilt and

stated, laying his cards on the table.

Andrea’s

or asked for, Jeffrey would comply, even if he wasn’t

it.

as a reason to get him to pamper her for a while, he never

chill ran down Andrea’s spine. Fear washed over her

Jeffrey retorted, his patience visibly thinning. “Do you even recall the basic rules we agreed to from

was truly at a loss for what

that nothing she said would alter the situation, Andrea attempted a different tactic. “I’m sorry. I didn’t think

no room for argument. “From now on, I’ll only treat you as the one who saved my

eyes widened in disbelief. “What did you just say…?” Andrea faltered, completely taken aback

declaration.

and distant. “I’m not your boyfriend

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mounting. “Is it

Jeffrey said, “Exactly.”

said you wouldn’t upset me until I was better, that you’d always

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