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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.

are you going to leave

the first time, Rebecca lied to him.

pressed, not letting it

past him, already heading for the door. “Believe whatever

you,”

And he really did.

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called Tommy and told him to call off all the surveillance. He said that on the nineteenth, Tommy didn’t need to shadow Rebecca–just keep watch from a distance to make

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

was in his study, working.

pressed, “Aren’t you freaking out she’ll

she wouldn’t,” Jeffrey said, never missing a beat as

just gonna trust she’s not

Jeffrey replied without

on the couch,

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

check?” Stanley nudged Riley. “See if Rebecca or her family have booked any flights in

ask for it, so why bother?”

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

though, Jeffrey said he didn’t need to

to leave–they

go south, do you?” Stanley

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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 at the international office

stared

what happens to

you say you’re

pure brotherhood!” Stanley protested, not wanting anyone to think he was into Jeffrey like that.

felt comfortable heading overseas after seeing

Stanley couldn’t help but

out, seeing right through it all. “He’s tougher

gave him a

“And then what?”

raised an eyebrow.

shot back, “Of course

Riley just hummed.

even more

he was about to ask what Riley meant, she waved him

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

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