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“How are you feeling?” Ryan asked as he walked in, his tone a mix of awkwardness and genuine concern. “If anything’s wrong, my estate has the finest doctors-”

“The care here is better than yours,” May shot back, not missing a beat.

Ryan ignored her and stepped closer to the bed.

But before he could reach it, Rebecca rose and blocked his path, her expression cold and unwavering. “Leave.”

Ryan didn’t want to get into it with Rebecca. “I just need a word with your mother,” Ryan insisted.

Rebecca didn’t budge. “She doesn’t want to hear it.”

Ryan turned to Amelia, but she wouldn’t even spare him a glance.

“It’s late, Mr. Guzman,” Jeffrey said, stepping beside Rebecca, his phone now silenced. “You wouldn’t want tomorrow’s headlines to read ‘Guzman Group CEO Escorted from Hospital, would you?”

Ryan was speechless. He stared at Jeffrey, feeling even less patience for “his daughter’s man“.

Jeffrey’s lips curved faintly. “After you.”

Ryan’s gaze lingered on Amelia. She was so close, yet completely out of reach. Swallowing his pride, he turned back to Jeffrey. “Since we’re both here, we should talk.”

“Alright,” Jeffrey replied without any hesitation.

“I’ll come see you tomorrow,” Ryan told Amelia, not caring whether she actually wanted to see him or not. With that, he walked out of the room with Jeffrey.

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At the end of the hallway, Ryan stared at the young, sharp Jeffrey and came straight out with it. “Rebecca is my daughter.”

Jeffrey didn’t bat an eye.

“The more you try to block my people from getting a DNA test, the more obvious it becomes,” Ryan replied, his tone unwavering. “She was born in late August. Amelia and Richard got married in May.”

“So?” Jeffrey fired back, unmoved.

she’s my daughter,” Ryan stated,

your kid? I couldn’t say. But I do know her mother doesn’t exactly

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phone buzzed again with another

threw a jab

fell silent, caught off

at first,

Ryan didn’t deserve a chance, not after everything he’d done to Amelia.

reached out, gently ruffling Rebecca’s

searching her mother’s

nowhere, Amelia suddenly blurted out, “He’s your real

chair in shock. All this time she’d been told to keep it quiet, and now Amelia had just dropped it, just

calm resolve. “But you’re

nothing like the tough woman who’d

way… Seriously?” May mumbled, a little crestfallen. “When

“If he were just some random guy who hurt her,

keep Rebecca away from Ryan. Rebecca’s first assumption was that May thought Ryan was trouble, a bad influence who would

like the villain she’d been warned about. If he wasn’t a bad guy, then only one other possibility made sense: Ryan was her

ground her teeth. “Seriously, why couldn’t you just tell me

a cheeky look. “Well, you never

at Amelia and huffed, “I see where she gets it from. You two owe me big

you,” Amelia replied honestly,

of familiar sass. “Stop being so

Some

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sweet and a little needy. “Mom, can

hair. She took a slow breath, focusing to form

full. In that moment, everything felt safe

Her words came slowly, carefully, but her touch was overflowing with tenderness. “When I’m better, we’ll go

for a moment, slowly sitting up straighter as she looked at her mom, shock and disbelief flickering deep in

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