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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.

saw she’d picked a private room at a bar, both Jessica and lan were taken aback. Rebecca was never the type for

this?‘

soon as they stepped into the private room, Jessica grinned and teased, “Seriously, Rebecca, of

see what my actual drinking limit is,” Rebecca said, making preparations for everything that was about to happen. “If you two are here, I know I’m

you always the lightweight–one drink and you’re tipsy, three and

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 I know

dinner, Jeffrey made

worried he’d let anything happen

her in other ways, but when it

tried to tough it out, that still

stared at Rebecca, looking totally bewildered–her face practically full

“Hold up, aren’t Ian and I your go–to

to explain–just a vibe thing. Anyway, just think of this as us hanging out at a bar. No pressure,

before, but

just hung out together–chatting, gossiping,

drink

knew she had a bunch of business dinners coming up, she mostly stuck to the kind of drinks you’d see

the booze still hit her hard- her limbs felt a little fuzzy, and

asked, unable to hide a mix of worry and surprise. She always knew Rebecca couldn’t hold her liquor, but watching her get tipsy this

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and carefully opened an app, double–checking that she could still dial a number without messing up. “Yeah, I’m good, she

ten more

finished her fourth, then her

the battle–swaying on her feet before

was genuinely drunk

the party’s

stubbornly, “Then I just

just chuckled, a

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

her like that, Ian and Jessica both

just doesn’t sit right, Jessica thought, glancing at Ian, who looked

for her to drink like this?”

Rebecca with the blanket, her touch full of worry. “No way

looked uneasy. “Then why didn’t

was

not just ask him to help her get those shares?” Ian said, clearly not wanting Rebecca to suffer. “Or maybe we should

about Rebecca?”

without missing a beat. “Of course

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

you get with your own two

life comes with a guarantee. Things can

in a

Rebecca was honestly terrified of getting hurt again. She didn’t