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Jeffrey didn’t respond. He turned around and got back into the car. Seeing Rebecca sitting quietly in the back seat, he sent a quick message to Gregory and then slid into the driver’s seat and pulled away.

He didn’t think it was the right place to talk.

“Aren’t we waiting for them?” Rebecca asked.

“No,” Jeffrey said, his voice still rough as his large, striking hands gripped the steering wheel. “They’re heading back to the office. We’re not going the same way.”

Rebecca just gave a simple “Oh” and didn’t ask anything else.

The car fell silent again. Jeffrey kept his eyes on the road while Rebecca sat with her gaze lowered, lost in her own thoughts.

Riley watched as Jeffrey drove off without so much as a goodbye. She clicked her tongue, didn’t bother to wave him down, and instead turned to Gregory, who’d just come out after changing. “Did your boss set up a ride for us?”

Gregory nodded. “Yeah, he did.”

Riley said, “Have him bring my laptop to the office tomorrow.”

Gregory shot her a suspicious look, half–serious. “Why don’t you just tell him yourself?”

“Stuff that kills the mood is what assistants like you are for,” Riley said with a sly grin, her eyebrow cocked, looking almost roguish.

Gregory just stared at her, speechless.

Inside Jeffrey’s car, silence hung heavy. Outside, the occasional horn broke the air, but even the sound of the tires seemed swallowed up by the quiet.

Jeffrey glanced at the rearview mirror, catching sight of Rebecca sitting with her eyes lowered, lost in her own world. He broke the silence. “Do you want to go to your manor or Maple Garden?”

“Maple Garden,” Rebecca answered.

Jeffrey nodded. “Alright.”

They didn’t say another word for the rest of the ride to Maple Garden.

Jeffrey brought her home, and this time Rebecca let him come inside without a word.

“You…” Rebecca said softly, her gaze lingering on his wet hair, wondering if he was cold.

next door,” Jeffrey said, leaving them both some time to think. “You should clean up, too. The pool water might look alright, but

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“Okay,” Rebecca answered quietly.

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to his place. After stripping down, he stepped into the shower and just

of Rebecca, helpless underwater and unable to fight back, haunted

and right then, the truth hit him hard: he’d screwed

have picked a fight with Rebecca. He shouldn’t have thought she needed “life lessons” or tossed her into the deep end. And he definitely

to a decision. He would never get a divorce. He was done with all that drama. He couldn’t bear seeing her get

her by his side. With that marriage contract tying them together, he’d always have the

chest before splashing onto the tiles below. The cold

nothing compared to the bone–deep chill

dried their hair and changed, they finally met again. Rebecca was dressed in comfy,

and handed it to him as he sat on the couch. “Thanks for

was full of gratitude. It took real guts to face something one was scared of, and she

me. It’s only right I solve

this polite, distant talk, it was like they’d suddenly gone back to

at him. “Are you feeling alright? I’ve heard that pushing yourself through a fear like that can mess you up a

that,” Jeffrey replied

back

again, silence settled

Jeffrey finally spoke up, his dark eyes locking onto hers. “Rebecca,” he said, voice

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“Hmm?” Rebecca responded.

Jeffrey

:

her brows knitting together as she

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all just me going along with

running into this again. He just wanted to end it

looking her right in the eye, his voice steady and sincere. “Even if nothing happened today or we went to the courthouse next week and you signed the

feelings of gratitude shattered on the spot, replaced by a flare of anger in her chest. “Oh, so I should

just said made her feel like all the divorce drama and

fighting all this time. But he could just toss out one sentence and make everything she’d gone through