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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 bet I’ll

on Jeffrey, watching him

punk manage to get Rebecca

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

flew by, and before anyone realized, it was past eight

and Amelia

and cut straight to the point: “Why

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

opened his mouth

looked right at him and said,

not even healed up yet and he’s out here messing around? Does he even

on, Jeffrey,” Ryan said, getting to

argue. He ruffled Samuel’s hair, his gaze never leaving

Rebecca replied, “Happy birthday.”

softness flickering in

hug, said goodbye to Amelia, and finally

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

Outside the villa.*

got into

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looked closer, you’d see he’d been toughing it out the whole time, pain from his barely healed wound

Gregory said, his voice tinged with worry as he set

torso. The bandage around

popping open the kit. The car was already disinfected.

sideways, so he’d even picked up

did,‘ Gregory thought

way worse shape

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

carefully began to unwrap

on the window. Jeffrey glanced over and

worried voice stopped him.

let much slip

dinner tonight

had purposely made sure he ate food likely to aggravate his wound–it was

called him out in front of Rebecca, Jeffrey figured it was only fair–tit for

The window rolled down.

was still tending

“Why didn’t you play the injury card earlier? If Rebecca had seen it, maybe she’d have

once.”

been so calm all afternoon that Ryan had thought the whole injury thing was just exaggerated

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