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Jeffrey was momentarily stunned.

Gregory and Barry shared a secret thumbs–up for Samuel.

‘Samuel really is something else!‘ they thought.

“Am I that embarrassing?” Jeffrey shot Samuel a sideways glance, his usual calm expression back in place. “Do you have to think about me in secret?”

“Isn’t that obvious?” Samuel replied seriously, sending Rebecca a quick message on his kids‘ smartwatch to let her know he was safe. “If you were someone I could talk about openly, I wouldn’t have to think about you in

secret.”

“What do you think about me for?” Jeffrey asked.

“I just want you to have a better life,” Samuel said, not hiding his feelings one bit.

Jeffrey’s lips curved into a faint smile.

For the rest of the ride, Samuel surprised Jeffrey by being totally honest for once. It kind of threw Jeffrey off, since he was used to sparring with quick comebacks, but Samuel’s real talk actually gave all his bottled–up worries a chance to breathe.

The tension he’d been carrying finally let up a bit.

As the scenery outside grew more unfamiliar, Samuel glanced over and asked, “Where are we going?”

“Home,” Jeffrey replied.

“This isn’t the way to Rebecca’s Manor,” Samuel pointed out.

Jeffrey pressed his lips together. No way he’d admit Rebecca booted him out.

Just as Jeffrey was lost in thought, his phone buzzed out of nowhere with a message.

It was a message from Rebecca: [Samuel’s used to staying at Rebecca’s Manor. If it works for you, take him there–he’s got stuff he needs to pick up. But if it’s awkward for you, don’t worry about it.]

She’d turned Gregory down because she wanted to keep her distance from Jeffrey, but Samuel was their son. No way she’d let adult drama ruin things for him.

Jeffrey replied instantly: [Okay.]

Rebecca didn’t reply.

She put her phone away and headed off with Amelia to handle the asset transfer. Amelia had so many assets that transferring everything would take months, so in the end, they only dealt with enough cash and investment funds to buy back the shares at the original price. The rest was left untouched.

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The cash transfer was wrapped up in a day, but the investment funds took another two or three days to clear.

While she had some free time, Rebecca decided to meet up with Jessica and Ian.

aback. Rebecca was never the type for bars or nightclubs—both of them knew that so they

this?‘

soon as they stepped into the private room, Jessica grinned and teased, “Seriously, Rebecca, of all places- what made you choose a

for everything that was about to happen. “If you two are

three and

my true limit, Rebecca thought, reflecting on herself. When I’ve got someone I trust with me, I tend to drop my guard. Deep down, I let myself get drunk because

at that dinner,

never really worried he’d let anything happen to her- she knew he’d never take advantage, even

but when it came to stuff like this,

to tough it out, that still

totally bewildered–her face practically full of

and Ian. “Hold up, aren’t Ian and

waved a hand, a little awkward. “It’s different, okay? Hard to explain–just a vibe thing. Anyway, just

anything like this before, but she agreed right away.

they just hung out

her drink from time

business dinners coming up, she mostly stuck to the kind of drinks you’d see at

drink, even though Rebecca was making a real effort to stay sober, the booze still hit her hard- her limbs felt a little fuzzy, and her thoughts started to blur. She was definitely feeling

a mix of worry and surprise. She always knew Rebecca couldn’t hold her liquor, but watching her get tipsy this fast left Jessica feeling a

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app, double–checking that she could still

more

finished her fourth, then her

effects, but lost the battle–swaying on her feet before plopping right back into her

genuinely drunk

be knocked out before the party’s even started,” Jessica said, helping Rebecca back

“Then I just gotta practice

chuckled, a bit

forcing herself not to let the alcohol get the best of her. But as soon as she made it through the door, she just completely lost consciousness–crashing right onto the bed and

that, Ian and Jessica both felt a strange sourness in their

doesn’t sit right, Jessica thought, glancing

really okay for her to drink like this?” Ian said,

covered Rebecca with the blanket, her

looked uneasy. “Then why didn’t you try to

“What was I

dad? Why not just ask him to help her get those shares?” Ian said, clearly not wanting

you really care about Rebecca?” Jessica asked, surprisingly serious

beat. “Of

respect her choices–even if it means she has to struggle,” Jessica said, understanding her perfectly. “All we can do is be there for her as

really trust what you get

with a guarantee. Things can

in a

was honestly terrified of getting