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.”

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

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ignored 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

Group really Rebecca’s father?” Stanley asked, unfazed by the silence

Jeffrey grunted, his attention elsewhere.

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

whistled softly. “Man, doesn’t that make things, you know, a million times harder?

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

to him on her own, terrified of what he might do to them. It didn’t matter

or not.

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

put his phone away. “You can call off those precautions I asked you to set up,” he said, his voice casual. “When Rebecca leaves, let her

“Seriously? You’re just letting her go? Did you hit

to the floor,” Jeffrey said, his voice flat. “But the happier she is walking out that door, the more shattered she’ll be when she finds out

went quiet, the hope draining out of him. ‘I’m an idiot,‘ he thought. ‘You should have known better

wrong?” Stanley challenged.

Jeffrey stated, his

Rebecca’s pressure points. She only cared about a handful of people in the world, and that was her greatest

was grim. “Jeffrey, don’t

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

said, his voice rising. “Nothing. And

she’s staying with me,”

Jeffrey was even

of calm control, but

that. When Jeffrey got together with Rebecca, Stanley saw that old light come back

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

damn about what you

said, his voice

started, trying to

over,” Jeffrey

totally baffled. Jeffrey gave him a sideways look

“You’re kicking me out here? In the

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

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

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