After the divorce, he begged

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Rebecca was conflicted. Even if Jeffrey wasn’t trying to bargain with her, he would never let her sleep in a different room anyway. The outcome wouldn’t change. But if she agreed to his deal, things would just feel different, tainted in some way.

“Just check it and get some rest,” Jeffrey said, knowing she wanted to look but was too stubborn to admit it. He handed over his phone. “Private jet is at nine tomorrow morning. Better be up early.”

The phone felt weighty in her hand, and her suspicions swirled.

If there was something on the phone, he wouldn’t have handed it to her. Either he was exactly as ruthless as he sounded, willing to put Samuel at risk to get what he wanted, or everything had already been deleted.

Either way, there was no point in looking. “No,” Rebecca said flatly, tossing the phone back to him. She climbed onto the bed and lay right on the edge. One wrong move and she’d tumble off.

Jeffrey set his phone aside and climbed into bed, lifting the covers.

The moment the bed shifted, Rebecca instinctively scooted even closer to the edge. She couldn’t escape, and keeping her distance was the only way she knew to fight back.

“I don’t take up that much space,” Jeffrey said, pulling her gently into his arms and wrapping her up his warmth. “No need to huddle in the comer.”

Rebecca tried to shift away, but she could feel the rising heat of his body right behind her.

Before long, she felt his arousal pressing up against her Instinct took over, and she struggled hard to break out of his arms. Whatever he was planning tonight, there was no way she could let things go any further.

“Don’t move.” Jeffrey murmured, enclosing her in his arm. His voice was low, almost gentle. “It’s just the way my body reacts after not being close to you for so long. Tonight, I just want to hold you. Nothing else I promise.”

Rebecca felt herself finally relaxed, just a little. She knew that he was a man of his word.

Trying to break the silence. Jeffrey switched the subject. So, what made you want to check my phone just

a long time before finally gathering her courage. “If I hadn’t

right away. Instead, he asked, “Is that answer really that

It was

as just a flaw in his character. But if he was really willing to put Samuel in danger, that crossed a line he couldn’t. That meant he’d lost something fundamental

couldn’t accept that her partner, the man she’d

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or not, you still don’t want to stay with

reply. The fact that he knew she didn’t want to stay and still

see, Jeffrey’s eyes glimmered with a feeling so deep, he couldn’t even put it into words. Something heavy and complicated stirred in his

trust him. She never fully took his

softly

sound now, but until she could actually hold him in her arms, her mind kept running in circles, and her worries

he’d had in ages. He had no nightmares, no plotting, just a rare sense

and Jeffrey were already at the

buzzed with a message from Jane: [The office is buzzing about you and Mr. Hanson.

at Jeffrey, who

could get people to stop gossiping. Jeffrey was the type to make no effort to hide their relationship

pointless. She might as well

know about us?” Jeffrey asked, easily catching

was swapped out for total indifference. “I don’t have any

lashing out, but this time, there was nothing he could do to fix it. All he could do was stick with her, treat her

they got back to Jelasburg and saw Samuel, it s already past eleven.

them giving each other a big bear hug. “Are

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she asked,