Chapter 137
“I stayed there with her for a while,” Richard said without missing a beat. “Otherwise, how would I know that
could place, or that you
get
in?”
Rebecca wasn’t buying it. Richard opened the door and gestured for her to hurry. “Come on.”
Rebecca held out her hand. “Give me my phone first. I need to send May a message. If I hang up on her out of nowhere, she’ll freak out.”
“When you hung up on me like that, did you ever think I’d be worried?” Richard said, shameless as ever.
Rebecca just stared at him. Before she could say something to distract him, the elevator doors opened. Riley stepped out in a dark short–sleeved shirt, her short, choppy hair falling across her forehead, looking effortlessly cool.
When Riley noticed that Rebecca was staring at her, she gave a small smile and winked. Richard followed her gaze instinctively.
“If I’m not mistaken, this phone belongs to Rebecca,” Riley said casually. She plucked the phone from Richard’s hand, flipped it twice, and toyed with it. “Why did you take it?”
“Give it back to me!” Richard lunged for it. The phone was the only thing keeping Rebecca under his control. If it returned to her, she wouldn’t follow him to open the door, and he’d lose his chance at whatever was inside.
Riley easily dodged him and placed the phone in Rebecca’s hand. “Keep it safe.”
A weight lifted off Rebecca’s chest. “Thanks.”
Richard’s face darkened. He was clearly annoyed at Riley’s sudden interference. “Who are you?” he demanded.
her back. “If you have a problem with what I just did,
Rebecca said firmly. “I’m
confirmed Rebecca had her phone back and
trying to bring
think about it,” Richard said, not joking. He left with one
expression hardened. Just then, her phone rang. Seeing it was
the call cut off?”
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the door for
reminded her, “Don’t open it for him. Everything inside belonged to your mom.
speechless. If that was true, all she could think about was how careless her mom had been. After a few
again. “Thanks for earlier. If it weren’t
Riley said,
today because you need something from me, right?” Rebecca asked. She hadn’t interacted much with Riley, and since Riley had sought her out, it couldn’t
in front of her. “While I was checking into Andrea, I found out she went to the same school as you. I wanted to
a little surprised
of person
said, not sure how else to put it, so she stuck to the main point. “No matter the environment, if
swim?” Riley asked
not really sure,”
all I needed,”
‘Why has she only
genuinely a good person. “If you have any questions later, just ask me
Riley agreed, and they
seeing Riley off, Rebecca called Jessica to see if she could come along somewhere if she had time. Jessica
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