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Marcus froze for a moment, his brows knitting together subconsciously. He didn’t mean to make the move. He intended for Richard to do it. If Jeffrey was looking to confront someone, he’d go after Richard, not him.

For the rest of the day, everyone was busy with their own things.

Rebecca was still reeling from what Jeffrey had said when Richard reached out to her. He told her he’d give her answers, but only if she met him alone.

“Not a chance,” Rebecca replied instantly, no hesitation at all. Sure, she wanted to know what exactly was going on between her mom and Richard, but she hadn’t forgotten how he’d tried to force her hand before.

If she were all on her own, maybe she’d risk it. But with her mom about to wake up and Samuel depending on her, there was no way she’d gamble with their safety.

“If you don’t come, I’ll head over to the hospital and visit your mom myself,” Richard threatened, feeling bold now that Marcus and Candice seemed to have his back.

What he didn’t realize was that their promises were all talk–they couldn’t actually deliver on anything.

Rebecca clenched her phone so tightly her knuckles went white.

Richard was still legally married to Rebecca’s mom. The accident had happened so suddenly. She never got the chance to divorce him. If he really showed up at the hospital, even Jeffrey’s people couldn’t really keep him out.

He could always call the police, claiming someone was stopping him from visiting his own wife. That was when things would really get messy.

After all, Richard could twist the whole embezzlement story any way he wanted in front of the cops, acting all pitiful and winning their sympathy in a flash.

“Everyone out there thinks you and your mom are the model couple,” Richard sneered, a clear threat in his tone. “All it takes is a few questions from the police, and they’ll know how I was nothing but caring to both her and you.”

“If you were such a great husband, how come you haven’t visited her even once in four or five years since the accident?” Rebecca snapped back.

The embezzlement was something only a handful of them ever knew about, but what everyone could see was that he’d never bothered to show his face once all these years.

Richard paused, suddenly at a loss for words.

Rebecca didn’t let up. “Remember last time, when you tried to squeeze money out of me? I still have the audio. Should I let the police hear what kind of ‘caring‘ you really are?”

“Well, do you want to know the truth or not?” Richard barked, his patience clearly running out.

“Of course I do, but you’re not the only one holding the secrets,” Rebecca replied coolly refusing to be pushed

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instantly. He played his last card. “If you don’t come, I’ll talk to the doctor and get

the spot. Back in the day, she might’ve

who’d been footing the hospital bills all these years, Rebecca who managed every crisis. Richard hadn’t

all was that Jeffrey wouldn’t stand by and do

that?” Jessica blurted out, clearly puzzled by Richard’s game. “If all he wanted was to spill the

he’d done that back then, he’d have had way more leverage,’ Jessica thought, brow furrowed. It

on everything lately, and only one

up on it immediately. “You

Rebecca nodded.

it a

That was definitely possible.

her voice. “Trust me, those two will do anything to get their way.

completely worn out after everything that had happened. “For now, I just need to get through the day. Once Mom wakes up, we’ll

Jessica said

“Yeah,” Rebecca replied.

at your place until your mom

I can handle it,”

then,” Jessica said, her tone

parents called her home for a family emergency, and only when she got back did

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could offer Rebecca a kind of emotional support he couldn’t provide. But when it came to keeping her safe, he figured he

walked into the office and found breakfast waiting

were unmistakably from the pastry chef at her Manor. No prizes for guessing

up the cake, torn between dumping it straight into the trash or marching over to hand it right back to

same knowing look she always did. Jeffrey had those delivered just for you. Trust me, the whole office

everyone was staring at me so weirdly when I walked in, Rebecca

straight into the trash in front of her, her dislike for Jeffrey’s gesture deepening even more. Jane was the only one who saw. No one else