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“What were you about to say?” Jessica asked Rebecca after they’d stepped away from all the chaos.

“Nothing,” Rebecca said, swallowing whatever she’d been about to say. “You didn’t get hit, did you?”

Even after checking, she still felt uneasy because of what Jeffrey said earlier.

“Nope, just gave me a scare,” Jessica replied carelessly. She glanced over as security kicked the drunks out. “Next time, let’s just go straight to a private room. The crowd’s fun, but you never know when someone’s going to go crazy.”

Rebecca nodded. The two of them stayed at the bar for another half hour before heading out.

Before they left, Rebecca downed the untouched glass of lemon juice on the table, hoping the sourness would wash away the lingering dread from Jeffrey’s message.

“You-” Jessica stared at her, startled. “You’re really tough.”

Rebecca set the glass down. “Let’s go. I’ll drive you home.”

Jessica followed her out. She’d had a few drinks, so she let Rebecca take the wheel.

On the ride back, Jessica glanced at Rebecca’s serious face lit by the dashboard lights. Then she tapped out a quick text to Ian–saved as “Mr. Asshole” in her phone: [Got anything yet?]

Ian replied almost instantly: [Easier said than done.]

So far, he still hadn’t figured out which doctor Andrea had seen. All he had was a vague lead pointing to Jelasburg University Hospital.

Jessica: [Rebecca’s not doing well. She didn’t tell me what happened, but she chugged more than one glass of fresh lemon juice.]

Ian sent her a string of question marks.

Jessica: [Hurry up and find something. Stop slacking.]

Ian: [Got it.]

Then he quickly added: [I’m not slacking.]

After they finished texting, Jessica tucked her phone away and, pretending to be careless, asked Rebecca, ‘So, is all that lemon juice because Jeffrey’s been annoying you again?”

Rebecca brushed it off. “Hey, it’s just us tonight–let’s not bring anyone else into our little world.

much guess what had gone down. But since Rebecca didn’t to talk, she wasn’t about to

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after dropping Jessica off, Rebecca drove back

car and headed straight upstairs to the study. When she pushed the door open, she saw Jeffrey working on his laptop. He looked up from his screen and paused what he was doing, “Hey, you’re back Had

the desk, the screen

this about?” Jeffrey

set up that fight at the bar? Rebecca cut straight to

deny it. “Yeah, I guess you

his indifference toward other people’s safety. “She hasn’t done anything to annoy you, so why did you have

indifferent. “You

felt a suffocating frustration. She could tell he truly didn’t

deal with people the first time they break the rules,” Jeffrey said slowly. “But you’re

the agreement, she was bound

said, his

her ground, forcing herself to hold back her

against her

Rebecca had started to feel toward

by my side, I can give you anything you want.” Jeffrey

cold hands in his.

said nothing, but her silence didn’t

on her distant, almost emotionless face, and as his hand slid to

to answer. She knew she had no choice. If

Jeffrey’s warm fingertips traced up her skin while his other hand held the back of

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her body well, every casual move brushing against her

so much that the moment his lips touched hers, she gagged

his lap almost instantly. Nothing came out, but the retching wouldn’t

gagging again and again, Jeffrey’s eyes darkened. He

control it,” Rebecca said flatly after the gagging subsided. “If you still

Jeffrey. “In your eyes, am I

replied without a second