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Jessica arched her brow, a flicker of surprise showing in her

‘She actually went for it?‘ Jessica blinked, caught off guard.

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“You better do everything you promised to keep me hidden,” Andrea said, her heart anxious but there was no turning back now. “Once I’m out of Honnala, I’ll tell you who it is.”

“Deal,” Rebecca replied.

Andrea just wanted to leave as soon as possible. “I’ll be gone by the second of next month at the latest. When will you transfer the fifty million to me?”

“What money?” Rebecca asked.

“The fifty million we talked about in the car,” Andrea replied.

“Didn’t you say you didn’t want it?” Rebecca shot back.

Andrea took a deep breath, wishing she could go back in time and slap herself for being so careless.

‘I must’ve been out of my mind to agree just to get Rebecca on board,‘ Andrea thought.

“Get your people ready,” Andrea said, not wanting to say more. “I’ll let you know the day I leave.”

“Got it,” Rebecca replied coolly.

Andrea got wise. “Rebecca.”

“What?” Rebecca replied.

Andrea couldn’t see Rebecca’s face through the phone, but just to be sure, she added, “When I say do everything you can, I don’t mean handling it all by yourself–use everyone and everything at your disposal. That means Jessica, Ian, your mom, anyone you’ve got.”

Rebecca didn’t respond, just ended the call.

The dial tone buzzed in Andrea’s ear.

Andrea forced herself to calm down again.

‘If only I’d taken care of things earlier with Ben Cole, none of this mess would exist, Andrea thought bitterly. ‘If it wasn’t for him messing.things up, I could’ve stayed by Jeffrey’s side for the rest of my life.’

‘Not only could I have gotten under Rebecca’s skin, but I would’ve had all the wealth and status that came with having someone powerful protecting me, forever,’ she brooded.

Too bad regrets don’t fix anything; there’s no do–over in real life.

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she hung up, nothing fazed her;

said, “I honestly don’t know if Andrea’s brain is clever or just

a second. “Yeah, that’s really

Jessica frowned, recalling how Andrea treated Rebecca in college. “She treated you like dirt back then;

any self–respect, she wouldn’t have taken someone else’s place,” Rebecca muttered, feeling sorry for the real person who saved Jeffrey–what

was hardly fazed by

kept eating and drinking

home, Rebecca was in the study with Jessica, poring over files on every member of the Quinn family. ‘Know your enemy, and you’ll never lose a fight,‘ Rebecca thought. Amelia had warned her the shares wouldn’t come easy, so she was determined to put in

you two looking at?” Amelia asked

“Mom,” Rebecca greeted her.

Jessica

out of her bag. “There’s a

it over–her name was printed

how come I

said, “Your mom wanted me to

“What

replied, “I’m not

was enough—she had zero desire to play pretend with those big shots.

trained for this since she was a

Rebecca, Amelia always let her do her own thing–and she was still as genuine as

side of life. Outside of Andrea, the world was still all sunshine to her; her heart

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have a good time, eat and drink whatever you want, Amelia instructed, seeing

guessing what her mom was up

“Yeah?” Amelia answered.

“Is this banquet really just for fun, or are you

a flicker of surprise crossing

introductions yourself at these

Amelia nodded–yeah, that had been her original

now you want me and Jessica going on our own. Is that because of those fancy gifts Sebastian and Mr. Guzman sent for my birthday yesterday?” Rebecca asked, trying to read her

Amelia said directly, casting a glance at both girls. “This whole banquet is about

Rebecca a

shares won’t be easy. If they get desperate, they might even set something up to stop you

to let the past repeat itself with

Amelia emphasized. “You need to grab everyone’s attention, make sure the Quinns–and anyone else watching–stay curious about you.

It’s the only way.

then would the Quinn family think twice before making

all, if anything happened to Rebecca, all those old–money families

Families,

people talking and keep them curious?” Jessica

to