After the divorce, he begged

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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.

A

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.

might not like, but I hope you’ll at

“What is

casually, as if this wasn’t a big deal.

all over her face:

Amelia nodded. “Yeah.”

her lip, still feeling

gave her shoulder a reassuring pat. “If you really don’t want to, I won’t make you. But calling them that will really annoy Michael–and it’ll let the world know that Sebastian’s

the banquet had gradually faded over the

new public chatter was needed

“Okay,” Rebecca agreed.

force it,” Amelia said softly. She was never

Rebecca nodded.

know there was a car outside waiting for

steps when she saw Max, dressed in a sharp, expensive suit, getting out of the car. He

lips parted in a polite

just gave a

to invite you both over for a simple meal,” Max said,

Amelia replied, cutting straight to the point without even bothering to

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say

already seen this coming

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

Amelia didn’t respond.

gave a slight nod, then turned and got into the car

bother asking why it was Max picking her up instead of Jack.

Rebecca caught Max’s gaze flickering across her face for barely a heartbeat before he turned away, as if nothing

ticked by, slow and

about halfway

for the fourth time, Rebecca

Max said, “Nothing.”

Rebecca replied, “Oh.”

Max replied, “Mm.”

her gaze to the window, feeling strangely

car was silent for a long

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

Hanson really like?” Max asked, his tone frosty. “Did you spend much time around him when you were living with the

from the window, a flicker of

were

nothing to hide since it wasn’t even a secret. “Honestly,

years, I’ve probably seen

seemed to

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some business with Stephen Hanson, but she didn’t press. Other people’s

married?”

Rebecca replied, “No.”

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