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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.”

unfazed. “But

on Jeffrey,

punk manage to get Rebecca to fall for him?‘ Ryan thought

care less about Ryan’s stare; he just kicked back, shooting the breeze with Samuel–asking if he was getting used to things around

by, and before anyone realized,

Amelia came downstairs

spotted Ryan still hanging around and cut straight to

out any minute. Knowing he was about to get the boot, Ryan figured maybe he could rope Jeffrey into this mess too. “It’s always safer to have some company on a dark

opened his mouth

and said,

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

Ryan said, getting

He ruffled

Rebecca replied, “Happy birthday.”

paused, a softness flickering in

quick hug, said goodbye to Amelia, and finally headed

Jeffrey, but the difference was clear–Amelia gave him the cold shoulder the whole time, and Rebecca acted like

Outside the villa.*

got into his

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the door shut, his already pale face drew tight in pain, brows furrowing ever so slightly. If you looked closer, you’d see he’d been toughing it out the whole time, pain from his barely healed wound

Hanson,” Gregory said, his voice tinged with worry as he set the first aid kit in the

his dark casual shirt, revealing a lean, toned torso. The bandage around his wound

sting a bit,” Gregory warned, popping open the kit. The car was already disinfected.

been worried things might go sideways, so he’d even picked up some first aid skills from the doctor, just

did,‘ Gregory

ended up in way worse shape by the time we

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

to

unwrapping the bandages when someone knocked on the window. Jeffrey glanced over and

window, but Gregory’s worried voice stopped him.

Families don’t let much slip past them,” Jeffrey replied, unfazed. “He already

tonight

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

of Rebecca,

The window rolled down.

tending to his

injury card earlier? If Rebecca had seen it, maybe she’d

once.”

afternoon that Ryan had thought the whole injury thing was

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he’d just been toughing it out the whole

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feelings for someone, would you actually want her worrying about you?” Jeffrey