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Jeffrey just stared at her, and Rebecca met his stare without flinching. The tension between them was a thick wall of silence. Neither of them spoke.

Finally, he broke it, reaching out to smooth a stray piece of hair from her face. His face was a calm mask. “Then I’ll just have to work harder,” he said softly, “to win your mother over.”

“Okay,” Rebecca said, her voice flat.

Jeffrey’s fingers lingered, sliding slowly from her car down to her check. “I’m going now. You stay and be a good daughter.”

“Okay,” she said.

“Call me if you need anything,” he added.

Her response was robotic. “Okay.”

“So cold,” Jeffrey said, giving her cheek a gentle squeeze. His voice was sickly sweet. “Your mother just tore me to shreds in there. Don’t you think I deserve a little comfort?”

When Rebecca was done with someone, she didn’t hide it. “I don’t know how to comfort you,” she said flatly.

“Go home. Get some rest.”

Jeffrey’s gaze stayed gentle. “Yes, ma’am. Whatever you say.”

Rebecca couldn’t even be bothered to react to his sarcasm. Jeffrey could feel the wall of her disgust and decided to back off for now. “Go on,” he said. “Go back inside.”

“Okay,” Rebecca said, turning and walking away without another word.

Jeffrey stood there and watched her. The hospital doors swallowed her up, and she never looked back. The calm mask on his face finally dissolved, leaving behind something cold and hard as stone.

The driver hurried to open the rear door. Jeffrey got in, his expression blank, and stopped short. Someone was already in his seat.

“Hey, man,” Stanley said, managing a weak smile.

Jeffrey frowned. “Why are you here?”

“I heard some rumors that Rebecca’s dad is the head of the Guzman Group, and I came to get the scoop,” Stanley said, trying to sound casual. “Didn’t expect to walk right into… that.”

‘Great timing, Stanley,’ he mentally kicked himself. ‘Should’ve just waited around the corner.

Jeffrey’s lips formed a thin, hard line. He said nothing, his eyes cold as ice.

“Mr. Hanson,” the driver asked, “should I take you to the office or back to the manor?”

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Jeffrey said, “The office.”

at the clock. “It’s after five. What’s the point of going to the office now? The place

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him. He needed to put in some extra hours tonight. He had to be free to play Rebecca’s little game of “runaway wife.” He had to be free to

Guzman Group really Rebecca’s father?”

Jeffrey grunted, his

phone, firing off a text to Gregory to wire Amelia’s money right back to her account. ‘If I keep it, I look pathetic,‘ he thought. ‘I lose any high ground I have left with

make things, you know, a million times harder? Trying

gaze remained fixed on his screen. “Whether or not I can keep her has nothing to

come back to him on her own, terrified of what he might

or not.

to say something, then shut it. He wanted to tell Jeffrey to just be a man,

from Gregory came through. Jeffrey put his phone away. “You can call off those precautions I asked you to

just letting her go? Did you hit your head and finally

said, his voice flat. “But the happier she is walking out that door, the more shattered she’ll be

of him. ‘I’m an idiot,‘ he thought. ‘You should have known better than to think he’d ever

you’re wrong?” Stanley challenged. “What

Jeffrey stated,

was her greatest weakness. It was the reason she’d caved to

“Jeffrey, don’t

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truly believed Rebecca was a good woman who didn’t deserve

his voice rising. “Nothing. And you just keep torturing her. Don’t you ever worry you’ll break

with me,” Jeffrey said, his voice terrifyingly

wonder if Jeffrey was even sane

he was the picture of calm control, but Stanley knew

that old light come back into Jeffrey’s eyes. Both Stanley and

Jeffrey now, Stanley knew he hadn’t healed. He’d just

about what you might do to Jessica and the others?” Stanley

voice devoid of all emotion. “Everything has a breaking point. One just has to

Stanley started, trying

over,” Jeffrey ordered

raised an eyebrow, totally baffled. Jeffrey gave

me out here? In the middle

said. “And it’s ruining my mood. Your

spat as he climbed out. “One of these days, you’re going to get beaten to