Chapter 209
Chapter 209
“Why?” Jeffrey’s voice was cold.
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“Because I don’t like the cage you built for me,” Rebecca said, suddenly feeling fearless now that she saw him. All she felt was pure frustration. “I’m not going to play along with your little game of keeping your wife at home while you fool around with someone else.”
“She’s someone I owe,” Jeffrey explained again.
Rebecca shot back, “Lots of people owe others, but who else pays their debts the way you do?”
Jeffrey said, “I gave her my word.”
“Don’t hide behind promises,” Rebecca snapped, still fuming over how he’d dragged her here without warning. “No sane person would pull something like this.”
Jeffrey’s presence felt colder and heavier, but his eyes were disturbingly calm.
Rebecca could sense it.
He was on the verge of snapping.
‘He brought this all on himself, Rebecca thought bitterly. ‘I gave him a chance, he wasted it–whatever mess comes after, he can clean it up alone.’
Jeffrey looked at her, his tone still calm. “I’m giving you another chance to explain. If you just took Samuel and your mom out to relax, I won’t hold any of this against you. But if that’s not the case–don’t forget the agreement you signed.”
“Jeffrey,” Rebecca’s expression was dead serious–he’d never seen her this stern before.
Jeffrey looked up, his eyes meeting hers.
They stared each other down.
“Maybe you should go to the hospital and get checked out,” Rebecca said, her voice calm and sincere. “Your mental state is seriously off.”
For five years of marriage, Jeffrey had always been impossibly calm around her. No matter how moody or playful she got, he never lost his temper–not even once. He never said a harsh word to her.
He treated her like a delicate porcelain doll, always holding her close and protecting her.
Back then, she hadn’t given it much thought–she just figured he was devoted, the sort of man who truly adored her.
was just for show. The minute she crossed him, his whole sense of reality seemed warped. ‘You really aren’t
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you come back with me, I’ll do whatever you want,” Jeffrey said,
breath, forcing her emotions
After a long pause.
him and couldn’t hold back anymore: “Seriously, can you stop acting like a kid and making everything my fault? Whether you want to get help or not is your call–it has nothing to do with
over an hour last night,” Jeffrey said,
shot back,
“You
said
eyes grew even
suffocating presence any longer. “If there’s nothing else, I’m heading back. I don’t feel right leaving Samuel
Then he added, “You’re not leaving until you give me a satisfactory
Rebecca was speechless.
at her, she might’ve even
kept giving her chance after chance, each time moving his boundaries further
with it all, she just thought he wasn’t right in the head. “Are you seriously telling me you feel tricked by me
telling me you weren’t in Jelasburg anymore, but I still believed you–because you promised you’d
Rebecca said, and she
was
call him out. “Don’t even try to tell me you didn’t know deep down I’d already left. When they told
her voice. “You just stayed there so you could turn around and stick all the blame on me, acting like you’re the poor
that was savage.
words pierced the tension, making the air instantly
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pitch–black, his stare suddenly so intense it sent a
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the victim here?” Rebecca thought this guy was actually kind of creepy. Anyone who didn’t know the whole story would probably think he was just hopelessly devoted–like all his twisted behavior was just about
of the real problems ever got
any of the real issues been dealt
was steady, his
a bitter edge to her
old story,‘
him was like swinging at air–her words
Jeffrey said, standing up and walking over to her, his tone slow and unhurried. “If you agree to come back on your own, it’ll save you a lot
back,” Rebecca stood her ground,
used Jessica and Ian to force you home, but I came here myself–that’s me already going easy
games for a second. “So
“Rebecca,
“Right
silent. Neither moved a
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