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Rebecca felt a sudden ache in her chest, but kept her cool. “You keep bringing this up. Do you want me to leave?”

“No,” Jeffrey replied, his dark eyes full of sincerity. “I’m just… scared.”

“I’m not sure if I’ll be free that day,” Rebecca said, avoiding his eyes. “I have to go with my mom to get her divorce finalized, and then I’ve got a few things to take care of. I’ll let you know when I’m done.”

“Okay,” Jeffrey responded.

Rebecca gave a soft hum and turned to leave.

“Rebecca,” Jeffrey called out, wrapping his arms around her from behind and resting his chin in the crook of her neck. “Don’t lie to me, and don’t leave me.”

Rebecca pressed her lips together.

‘Does he know?‘ she wondered.

“When I get angry, even I don’t know what I’ll do,” Jeffrey murmured, his warm breath brushing against her ear and making her shiver. “You wouldn’t want Jessica or Ian to get dragged into something bad because of you, would you?”

“What do you mean by that?” Rebecca turned to face him.

“Last night I dreamed you just up and left without even saying goodbye,” Jeffrey said, half–joking but also clearly hurt. “Honestly, I was mad about it.”

Rebecca felt her nerves,tighten, so she snapped back to hide her swirling emotions. “It’s just a dream–why blame me for something like that? What if I dream about you marrying Andrea and having a bunch of kids- should I come after you about that too?”

“I’ll never marry her, and I’ll never have feelings for her,” Jeffrey said, looking straight into her eyes. “What about you? Can you promise you’ll never leave me?”

Rebecca’s hands, hanging at her sides, grew cold and clammy with sweat.

‘Should I lie to him?‘ Rebecca fretted.

‘If I don’t, he’s bound to start doubting me.’

‘But if I do, who knows how he’ll get back at me later?‘

“Why aren’t you saying anything?” Jeffrey’s voice was tinged with hurt. “Are you really planning to leave me?”

“No,” Rebecca lied, thinking she couldn’t even make it past the first hurdle–so why worry about everything else? “I just feel like we’re going in circles here. What I told you before still stands.”

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Jeffrey wasn’t having any of her evasion. “I want a straight answer from you.”

Rebecca frowned at him.

you going to leave me?” Jeffrey

lied to him.

not

him, already heading for

you,” Jeffrey

And he really did.

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said that on the nineteenth, Tommy didn’t need to shadow Rebecca–just keep

it, he called Jeffrey. “Did you seriously call off all

was in his study, working.

you freaking

missing a beat as

gonna

Jeffrey replied

just chilling on the couch, totally not interested and barely listening

tossed out a quick “Busy, gotta go,” and

if Rebecca or her family have booked any flights in the next

even ask for it, so

him, and he’ll totally lose it if he finds out,” Stanley said, rubbing his temples. “He even told me to

though, Jeffrey said he didn’t need

knew Rebecca was planning to leave–they

want to be stuck dealing with his cold vibes if things go south, do you?” Stanley said, just trying to get Riley

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want to deal with him, you could always come up with an excuse to go overseas for work, Riley said, cutting straight to the point. “Like, there’s tons going on

stared

I leave, what happens to him?”

say you’re not into

anyone to think he was into Jeffrey like that. “But seriously,

felt comfortable heading overseas after seeing Jeffrey and

two, Stanley couldn’t help but worry–would Jeffrey’s whole world

can’t make it without you?” Riley pointed out, seeing right through it all. “He’s tougher than you give him credit for. He’s not just himself

gave him a look.

“And then what?”

an eyebrow.

back, “Of

Riley just hummed.

even more

meant, she

planning to crash at Riley’s place for the next few days, just in case things went south–he could always use her as a human