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Rebecca hung on every word, completely focused.

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Amelia ushered her back into the study and cut straight to the chase: “That twenty percent of the shares belongs to you, fair and square. Whatever anyone else has to say–don’t let it get to you.”

“Okay,” Rebecca nodded.

At first, Rebecca thought, ‘Is it really okay to buy back those stocks at their old price after they’ve shot up a hundred times in value over the years?‘ But she quickly brushed that off–if they bothered to stick that clause in the sale agreement way back then, there had to be a reason behind it.

‘No way they did it out of the kindness of their hearts.

If they actually had any conscience, they wouldn’t have made Mom sell them in the first place!

Over the next half hour, Amelia gave Rebecca a rundown of what happened with the Quinn Group in the past. She only gave a brief mention of how the Quinn family and Liam had treated her–she didn’t go into detail, keeping things strictly business.

Even so, Rebecca couldn’t shake off the heaviness in her heart for a long time after hearing it all.

“That’s pretty much the gist of it,” Amelia said, pausing to think. “If I remember anything else, I’ll let you know.”

“Mom…” Rebecca whispered, suddenly realizing just how much her kind–hearted mother had been through. I never knew it was all this hard for her,‘ she thought.

Amelia glanced over, responding gently, “Hmm?”

Rebecca clenched her fists, determination burning in her eyes. “I promise, I’ll take back what’s yours.”

It was Mom who saved the Quinn Group.

Mom was the one who brought in all those crucial partners.

She fought for those shares all by herself, through grit and skill.

But in the end, just for being a woman–over nothing but petty gossip and nasty talk–the Quinn family did everything to squeeze those shares from her. Honestly, they’re heartless and rotten to the core.

“Of course I do,” Amelia replied with a gentle smile, her eyes warm and full of trust–she meant every word.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Jeffrey glanced over at Ryan, who was still hanging around looking like he had nowhere else to be.

He asked offhandedly, “Mr. Guzman, haven’t left yet? Hoping Rebecca will invite you to stick around for a late–night bite?”

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“I’m waiting for you,” Ryan said.

Jeffrey blinked, confused.

Ryan glanced upstairs and smirked. “With the way you and Rebecca get along, I seriously doubt they’ll let you crash here overnight.”

I’m not staying the night,” Jeffrey replied, totally unfazed. “But bet I’ll

fixed his gaze on Jeffrey, watching

punk manage to get Rebecca

couldn’t care less about Ryan’s stare; he just kicked back, shooting the breeze with Samuel–asking if he was getting used to things around here, or

and before anyone realized,

and Amelia came downstairs

straight to

tossing a glance at Jeffrey, who looked like he could pass out any minute. Knowing he was about to get the boot, Ryan figured maybe

his

at him and said,

yet and he’s out here messing around? Does he even care about

Jeffrey,” Ryan said, getting to his

not bothering to argue. He ruffled Samuel’s hair, his gaze never leaving Rebecca.

Rebecca replied, “Happy birthday.”

paused, a softness

gave Samuel a quick hug, said goodbye to Amelia, and

the cold shoulder the whole time, and Rebecca acted like he wasn’t

Outside the villa.*

into his

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in pain, brows furrowing ever so slightly. If you looked closer, you’d see he’d been toughing it

said, his voice tinged with worry as he set the first

a lean, toned torso. The bandage around his wound was already showing spots

the dressing might sting a bit,” Gregory warned, popping open the kit. The car

over, Gregory had been worried things might go sideways, so he’d even picked up

did,‘ Gregory thought to

worse shape by the

just go ahead,” Jeffrey said, his voice coming out hoarse. He’d toughed it out all afternoon so Rebecca and Samuel wouldn’t notice anything was off. This kind of pain was nothing he couldn’t

began to unwrap

just started unwrapping the bandages when someone knocked on

the window, but Gregory’s worried voice stopped him. “Mr. Hanson, the fewer people know about your injury,

much slip past them,” Jeffrey replied, unfazed. “He

tonight said

ate food likely to aggravate his wound–it was obvious he knew exactly what was

when Ryan called him out in front of Rebecca, Jeffrey

The window rolled down.

tending to his

saw the blood on the bandage, he looked genuinely surprised. “Why didn’t you play the injury card earlier? If

once.”

that Ryan had thought the

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he’d just been toughing it out the whole

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for someone, would you actually want her worrying