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Stephen looked at her, still as refined and gentlemanly as ever. “It’s been a while.”

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“You’re not here to catch up, are you?” Rebecca said, her tone as direct as ever. “Mom said you wanted to talk to me. What is it?”

“Do you know what happened to Jeffrey?” Stephen asked.

Rebecca replied, “Yeah.”

Stephen said, “Go see him.”

“Jeffrey and I are divorced,” Rebecca said, keeping her tone cool and impassive, as she always did. “You’re knocking on the wrong door.”

“Back when we made that deal, you promised to spare his life,” Stephen reminded her gently, his words unhurried but firm. “I came to see if you’d keep your word.”

“We left on our own terms,” Rebecca responded.

“That’s right,” Stephen agreed.

“Which means our deal doesn’t count,” Rebecca said flatly.

“Whether the deal is valid depends on whether I kept my promise–not on whether you took advantage of it,” Stephen corrected her. “As Meditech’s boss, you of all people should understand that.”

Rebecca knew that.

But she wasn’t convinced Stephen’s motives were really that simple.

“He’s dying,” Stephen suddenly said.

Rebecca’s gaze sharpened as she stared at him.

She shot back without even thinking, “Impossible.”

“If you don’t go back, he won’t make it to New Year’s,” Stephen said, matter–of–factly. “Ever since the divorce, he’s fallen apart. He still eats every meal and goes to bed on time, but ends up puking everything and barely gets a wink of sleep”

Rebecca’s heart clenched.

Stephen looked right at her. “He wants to keep going, but his feelings are completely out of control.”

Stephen went on, “You know how much he hates hospitals, right? Well, he even dragged himself to the psychiatry department–the one he can’t stand–and asked the doctor for sleeping pills.”

Stephen went on, “There was one time Jeffrey lost consciousness. While he was drifting in and out, he kept

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lips pressed tight, but she didn’t say

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the scheming vanished from his eyes–what was left was just an older brother,

pierced Rebecca right through, sharp as an

words kept swirling around in her mind, cutting her

forcing himself to get help and take his meds,” Stephen said, the ache in his voice obvious–the kind he’d only ever felt twice for Jeffrey. “All he’s hoping for is that if you ever need him, he

stung, and the pressure in

I know, but as his brother, I really hope you’ll give

low, almost hollow, barely betraying any

way he always did–calm and collected.

lips, but the words didn’t come

how fierce our fights over the family fortune get, he’s still my brother. As his big brother, there’s no way I could just let him die

giving Rebecca a chance to

stay for breakfast, but Stephen

already waiting

villa, hesitated for

rubbing his tired eyes, obvious he hadn’t slept all night. “She

she does”

said politely, “Thank

bother Ms. Jensen, but when Jeffrey was falling apart last night and he found out at dawn that

the thanks,” Stephen glanced at him. “If you could talk Jeffrey into giving up the CEO seat at the Hanson Group,

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his tone respectful. “You’re kidding, right? If a few words from me could do that, Jeffrey would’ve already paid me a fat bonus so I could go home and

me know if you’ve spotted any blunders

“Mr. Hanson

I double your

Gregory replied, “Deal.”

caught off

hadn’t expected that

and added, “At the Hanson Group, Mr. Hanson can make anyone do pretty much anything. If I’m getting double the pay for

out

knows how to handle things,

put, watching as Stephen’s car rolled out of sight, not moving an inch even

Amelia called as she

herself that she couldn’t bear the thought of Jeffrey dying. If it wasn’t

Jeffrey had shown her, nor could she ever forget the hurt

just couldn’t steel herself to stand by and

to go, then go,” Amelia said,

was in a daze the whole time, Stephen’s words swirling nonstop in her

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