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“Of course I should: Andrea gave a small, apologetic smile, and her tone sounded extra sincere. “Rebecca, Im sorry, I honestly didn’t know Lisa would take those words the wrong way. I’m really sorry?

Rebecca didn’t even look at her. She knew Andrea had done it on purpose, but since there hadn’t been any real damage or harm, and Andrea wasn’t the main person responsible, there was no way to put her in administrative detention.

Once the mediation was over, Rebecca walked out of the police station without a single glance back. Jeffrey stayed right by her side the whole way.

“Rebecca!” Lisa, terrified of retaliation later, rushed to stop her. She cast a nervous glance at Jeffrey, who looked intimidating, and then blurted out, “I’m really sorry about what happened. I promise it won’t happen again.”

“This is your problem. You don’t need to say it to me.” Rebecca tossed out the words and kept walking.

If Rebecca were just some ordinary woman, Lisa’s apology would’ve been half–hearted at best. The only reason she sounded this humble now was because Rebecca was “Mrs. Hanson. Lisa was scared of retaliation and had no choice but to act this way.

She stood there awkwardly, too scared to feel angry or wronged. All she could ho

pe for was not to end up on Rebecca’s radar.

“She’s Rebecca, the Jensen family’s oldest daughter,” Andrea said slowly as she strolled over, her eyes full of contempt. “Apologizing to her won’t change a thing. Even if you got down on your knees and begged, she still wouldn’t care.”

From the day Andrea met her, Rebecca had always acted like she was above everyone else. She was independent, different, and never really fit in. Yet somehow, all the girls in the dorm liked her.

Andrea never got why they liked her, and thought maybe it was because of her money or the little gifts she sometimes handed out.

“I trusted the wrong person and ended up hurting her. It makes sense that she looks down on me,” Lisa admitted. She had stopped trying to flatter Andrea, and deep down, a bit of caution toward her started to take

root.

way that sounded.

dare offend her. “I

Lisa’s tone or

together in her mind. After this wake–up call, she decided she’d never speak recklessly again without

as she turned to leave. She still didn’t want her own

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in the same direction as Rebecca and Jeffrey. Just as they

toward the car, but Jeffrey’s long arm shot out, grabbed her wrist, and held

work,” Rebecca said.

from pulling away, but not enough

stared at their closeness, and a heavy knot tightened in her chest. “I want you to come back to the

got other things to do. I don’t have time,” Jeffrey said

eyes locked on him, and she spoke straight out. “Is it really that you don’t have time, or

that out there. Jeffrey stared at her with those dark,

and give me the life I wanted,” Andrea

driver will take you,”

feelings. “I want you to take me. If you don’t, it

uneasy when Jeffrey looked at her like that. But what he had said last time

him into this with her. If she couldn’t be happy, she wouldn’t let others

at all?” Andrea asked, bringing up something

her words, Rebecca felt Jeffrey’s grip on her hand loosen slightly. She glanced at him, puzzled.

the car while keeping his emotions in check. “I’ll take her to the

want to be involved. She just wanted to be out of this marriage as soon as

safely to Maple Garden,” Jeffrey told