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“Why did he come to see you?” Stanley couldn’t wrap his head around this at all. “You guys have never had any business with each other. There’s never been any overlap.”

“He was the one who ordered someone to trigger Samuel’s allergic reaction,” Gregory explained.

Stanley blinked in disbelief.

Stanley swore, “Is he actually crazy?”

The two families had never crossed paths before.

They’d barely even run into each other at parties.

It’s totally out of line for him to pull something like this.

“So, what are you gonna do about him?” Stanley had heard about Samuel’s allergic reaction and was seriously pissed at the third heir of the Quinn family. “Want me to help you out?”

Jeffrey pressed his lips together. “Let’s wait until he shows up. No rush.”

Stanley snarked, “Looks like the meds wore off–starting to hurt now, huh?”

Jeffrey didn’t bother answering. He just turned to Gregory, “Still nothing?”

Stanley was speechless.

Gregory was speechless too.

Gregory glanced at his phone, seeing no new messages, and tried to soften it, “It’s lunchtime—Ms. Jensen’s probably just taking a break after eating.”

“Rest? Give me a break. She just flat–out doesn’t want to deal with someone like you,” Stanley scoffed, dropping any pretense of sparing Jeffrey’s feelings. “If she really cared about whether you lived or died, there’s no way she’d go this long without checking in on you.”

Jeffrey’s eyes darkened, the emotions swirling in them growing deeper.

He just stayed silent.

“If you honestly can’t stand it, I’ll go fetch her for you right now,” Stanley offered, unable to watch him mope. “Or you could have Gregory text–her and say things are getting worse–see if she’s really that cold or just acting like it.”

“Don’t bother,” Jeffrey shot back.

Stanley genuinely couldn’t figure him out. “Why the hell did you stab yourself anyway?”

Jeffrey didn’t say a word.

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‘Maybe he just hit the breaking point and needed to do something extreme, Stanley guessed.

‘Or maybe he just needed an excuse to finally let her go!

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give himself a

far as stabbing yourself, you might as well use it to act a little pitiful and finally

just glared at him,

spin things your

Jeffrey replied, “No need.”

he wanted was to see clearly what she really

tricking people–and any feelings you get

even know what

decided to mind his own business from

the next two days, Rebecca still didn’t reply to

but in the end, he realized Rebecca was even more

had her own stuff to

finally on track, she told Rebecca to sit down for a real talk with Ms. White, Attorney. At first, Rebecca thought maybe she should wait until Jeffrey was

he didn’t lose it with everything that’s happened, nothing I say is gonna

he could keep his cool after all that, he’s not gonna crack just because

chatted with Ms. White, Attorney, giving her a quick

divorce, then just take it to court. She also told Rebecca to make sure to collect as much evidence

on the afternoon of the third day following Jeffrey’s accident,

Gregory saw her walk

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Gregory greeted her enthusiastically, playing up how miserable Jeffrey’s been. “Mr. Hanson hasn’t been himself lately–barely cats and can hardly keep his spirits

gave a noncommittal

“He’ll be

replied coolly, “Don’t bet

Gregory was taken aback.

Stanley just stared, baffled.

each other a

the three of them were in Jeffrey’s hospital room. Seeing him pale and sleeping, Rebecca couldn’t help but glance at his chest where

Hanson,” Gregory called softly as he approached the

slowly opened

gaze didn’t have that chilly edge

flicker of emotion flashed in his eyes when

Rebecca said as she casually placed her bag on the bedside cabinet.

clearly asking them to give

the bed for him, then obediently left the

the two just

glances, both feeling

the tightly closed door. “What do you think Ms. Jensen wants to talk to your boss

to see how he’s doing after the

the first day,” Stanley said, suspicion obvious in his voice. “Why bother showing

the look on her face didn’t scream concern to Stanley–it was more like she

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