After the divorce, he begged

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Chapter 260

Rebecca: [Yes.]

Max’s fingers tapped on his phone: [I’ll have Jack pick you up at 3:30 PM.]

Rebecca replied with an “Okay”

But she couldn’t help but wonder, ‘Didn’t he tell me to keep my distance from Jack? So why is he sending Jack to pick me up now?‘

Once Max saw her reply, he updated his grandfather Sebastian, and after finishing up his tasks, he called Winston. “Any updates on what I asked you to investigate?”

“The person you asked me to look into is in Jelasburg,” Winston reported, laying out everything he knew. “And that person has a connection with Stephen Hanson from the Hanson family.”

Max’s brows furrowed.

‘Stephen Hanson?‘ Max thought, surprised.

‘How could she be tangled up with Stephen Hanson?‘ he wondered, doubt flickering in his mind.

“What kind of connection?” Max asked, his voice low and sharp.

“Not sure yet,” Winston answered, treading carefully because he knew this person meant something to Max. “All I can tell is, she’s staying at a place owned by Stephen Hanson–and nobody else knows about it.”

Max’s lips pressed into a thin, hard line, and the air around him turned icy cold.

After a long pause, he finally spoke, his voice completely devoid of emotion.

“Got it,” he said, his tone flat and unreadable.

Winston asked out of habit, “Should I keep digging?”

Max answered flatly, “No, that’s enough.”

Winston replied, “Understood.”

And just like that, the call ended.

Even after ending the call, Max couldn’t calm down. Instead, his mind was restless, a storm of doubts swirling inside him, getting stronger with every wild guess.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Rebecca was wide awake.

After lunch, Jessica and Ian headed out, leaving Rebecca alone with Amelia, who started listing all the things

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she needed to be careful about once she was at the Quinn family’s house.

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Adhvary

“You’re going to the Quinn family because Sebastian invited you,” Amelia reminded her seriously. “No matter how polite or friendly they seem, don’t open up to them. Just protect yourself.”

“I know.” Rebecca said softly, still feeling uneasy about the Quinn family.

look. “There’s something you might not like, but I

hesitated. “What is

Amelia said casually, as if this wasn’t a big deal. “And stick with those names, even when you’re around

all over her face:

Amelia nodded. “Yeah.”

bit her lip,

calling them that will

the banquet had

was needed to

“Okay,” Rebecca agreed.

don’t force it,” Amelia said softly. She was never

Rebecca nodded.

know there was a car outside waiting for her, saying it was there just for

saw Max, dressed in a sharp, expensive

in a polite greeting. “Aunt

just gave a

over for

Amelia replied, cutting straight to the point without even

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didn’t say anything

seen this coming even

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as expressionless as ever, cold and unreadable. “Then we’ll be going. The Quinn family will always be your home. If you ever want to

Amelia didn’t respond.

then turned

her up instead of Jack. She

gaze flickering across her face for barely a heartbeat before

by, slow

about halfway

the fourth time, Rebecca looked

Max said, “Nothing.”

Rebecca replied, “Oh.”

Max replied, “Mm.”

her gaze to the

car was silent for a long

her eyes still on the world outside. Deep down, she was bracing herself–‘Is he about to

spend much time around him when you were living with

away from the window, a flicker of

eyes were

Rebecca said openly- nothing to hide since it wasn’t even a secret. “Honestly, I’ve barely

the last five years, I’ve probably seen him less times than I can count

seemed

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with Stephen Hanson, but she didn’t press.

he married?”

Rebecca replied, “No.”

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