After the divorce, he begged

Chapter 189

Chapter 189

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.”

of going to the office now? The

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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 teach her

true? Is the head of the Guzman Group really Rebecca’s father?” Stanley asked, unfazed by the silence as he

his attention

to her account. ‘If I

whistled softly. “Man, doesn’t that make things, you

her has nothing to do with

she would always come back to him on

or not.

then shut it. He wanted to tell Jeffrey to just be a man, apologize, and let Rebecca go. But

put his phone away. “You can call off those precautions I asked you to set up,”

Did you hit your head and finally come

the happier she is walking out that door, the more shattered she’ll be when she finds out her friends are paying

idiot,‘ he thought.

wrong?” Stanley challenged. “What

stated, his voice

in the world, and that was her greatest weakness. It was the reason she’d caved to his threats and

don’t be such

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

nothing to you,” Stanley said, his voice rising. “Nothing. And you just keep torturing her. Don’t you ever

she’s staying with me,” Jeffrey

Jeffrey was even sane

hadn’t been right since the incident. On the surface, he was the picture of calm control, but Stanley knew the truth. Underneath, he was a time bomb, waiting for someone to trip the wrong

had changed that. When Jeffrey got together with Rebecca, Stanley saw that old light come back into Jeffrey’s eyes. Both Stanley

Stanley knew

give a damn about what you might do

means I haven’t pushed far enough,” Jeffrey said, his voice devoid of all emotion. “Everything has a breaking point. One just

Stanley started, trying to

over,” Jeffrey ordered

an eyebrow, totally baffled. Jeffrey gave him a sideways

of highway in front of them. “You’re kicking me out here? In the middle of nowhere?

my nerves,” Jeffrey said. “And it’s ruining

“One of these days, you’re going to get beaten to a pulp. And when you do, don’t expect me to come scrape you

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