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Jeffrey glanced at Riley, excused himself to take a call, and walked to the window. He answered with a warm voice, as always, “What’s up?”

“You still haven’t given me an answer to yesterday’s question,” Rebecca spoke calmly with him, not wanting any conflict at that moment.

Jeffrey asked, “Our divorce?”

“Yes,” Rebecca replied.

“I’m not available on Thursday,” Jeffrey replied. As CEO of the Hanson Group, he spent every day putting out fires, and on top of that, he was running PrimePlay Technologies, too.

Given all the hats he wore, unless he made a point of freeing up time, his calendar was always jam–packed.

“Then when do you have time?” Rebecca knew he was always busy and wasn’t accusing him of dodging her. “Let’s pick a date, so I can request some time off too.”

“Drop by my office on Monday,” Jeffrey said, all business. “I’ll have Gregory send you my current schedule, and we’ll figure out a time that works for both of us.”

Rebecca’s brows furrowed. She really didn’t fancy being alone with Jeffrey at PrimePlay Technologies, because everyone there loved to gossip way too much.

“If you’re not up for that, then you’ll just have to wait until Gregory sorts my schedule and I send it over,” Jeffrey added, offering a backup plan.

Rebecca replied without missing a beat, “I’ll come see you tomorrow.”

Waiting for Gregory to sort things out could take forever. If she wanted to keep things from getting messy, she had to take matters into her own hands.

“Alright,” Jeffrey replied and hung up, then immediately called Gregory, telling him to make sure his calendar was packed from morning till night.

It was Monday soon. As usual, the morning started with a meeting that lasted about half an hour.

When the meeting wrapped up, everyone started packing up their stuff and heading out.

Rebecca took her time packing up, shooting a glance at Jeffrey, silently wishing he’d give her a work excuse to stay behind. After all, this was the conference room, and even the oflice gossip wouldn’t have much material

here.

But Jeffrey stayed silent, not saying a single word. With other people still in the room, Rebecca’s lingering any longer would only make things awkwardly obvious.

Just as she sat back down at her desk, her phone buzzed with a message: [Thought we were supposed to talk. Why’d you leave?]

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pause, momentarily lost for words. ‘Is he seriously clueless about why I left?‘

her best to keep it together, “I need to step out for a

ahead,” Jane replied, always

tissues and left her desk, making it look like she was just

restroom.

got to Jeffrey’s office, she glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then slipped

take a look. “When do you think we should file for the

was booked solid with high–priority meetings and

the choice up to him. “Just as long as it’s sometime this

would only work against Rebecca. ‘What if, like Ian had warned, Jeffrey changes his mind and doesn’t want a divorce after all?

asked, his voice steady

didn’t even hesitate.

asked, “Not even a little

at all,” Rebecca replied sharply, shutting down any

wasn’t completely true. Five years of marriage, and his

crossed, and certain things she’d never get over. Everything

eyes locked on hers. “I was just indulging you

didn’t crack a smile. “I’m not joking around here,” she said,

frowned, pushing back, “You seriously think

Rebecca like a ton of bricks, and panic suddenly clawed at her chest. She thought, ‘Crap, what if Jeffrey really won’t let

way too well. Besides, when it comes to a legal fight with

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about,” Rebecca said, grasping at any shred of hope. “Just be straight with me. What do you want?

said flatly, putting

temper snapped. “Don’t go

know I’ll never find another you, Rebecca. And I know if I let you go, you’ll never be

laugh. “Oh, really? Did you care about any of that when you spent the night with Andrea at

when you started moving your money around? Did you think, while

calm as ever. “If you’d

ever. “Don’t bother. After all this time, no fancy speech is going to change

If he refused her this time,

‘But divorce? That is absolutely off

Friday at