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“Can we talk?” Stanley finally asked, the decision weighing heavy in his voice–this took a lot more courage than he usually showed.

“Sure,” Rebecca replied.

They slipped into the lounge next to the hospital room.

Stanley shot a quick glance at Jeffrey, who lay motionless in bed, then turned away–his heart twisted with guilt and anxiety. “Before we get into this, I owe you an apology for the things I said about you yesterday behind your back. I’m really sorry.”

Rebecca didn’t bother replying. She clearly didn’t care about any of that.

“I didn’t ask you to come here so you two could get back together, or to patch things up,” Stanley said, his voice steady and calm now. “I just want you to help him let go of whatever’s eating him up inside. If he keeps going like this, he really might not make it.”

‘Rebecca could tell Stanley was being honest this time.‘ she thought, her expression unchanged.

On the surface, Jeffrey always seemed like the perfect gentleman–gentle, strong, and put–together.

But when he turned that intensity on himself, he could get pretty reckless. Rebecca had seen it firsthand when he stabbed himself with a knife.

“If you can, I’d really appreciate it if you could stay here for a couple of days and talk to him when he wakes up,” Stanley said, his voice sincere. “But if you don’t want to, I won’t force you. Like you said, you two are already divorced.”

“You talk first,” Rebecca said, not agreeing yet–she kept her expression unreadable, unwilling to commit.

Stanley paused, emotions churning inside. He finally managed, “What I need to talk to you about… it’s Jeffrey’s past.”

‘I wouldn’t spill this unless there was no other option,‘ Stanley thought, remembering how Jeffrey had made him promise five years ago never to bring up the old days in front of Rebecca. But now, hiding it was no longer an option.

‘If I keep quiet,‘ Stanley worried, ‘Rebecca’s probably just going to glance around and bail.

‘But if I tell her, maybe she’ll stick around. At least give Jeffrey a chance,‘ he hoped.

Rebecca hesitated, then said, “Okay.”

“Everything goes back to when he was a kid…” Stanley said, his voice weighed down by memories, eyes growing distant as he got lost in the past.

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and his grandfather absolutely

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first two and a half years, he was the family’s little prince. But after that, his whole world flipped

he was too young to even spell his own name. If he ever took it easy or

even got to catch his breath, let alone play like a normal

they became friends, Jeffrey finally

threw at him and keep his cool, no

got.

Jeffrey was around

brewing between the Hanson

him again. Jeffrey refused, so Marcus really let him have

defiant, refusing

turned inwards, barely spoke, and when he saw his old

friend. If Jeffrey went silent, Andrew would mess around and crack jokes just to loosen him up. If Jeffrey wouldn’t smile, Andrew would try everything, pulling

Jeffrey was living under constant pressure,” Stanley said, his voice heavy as he looked back. “His parents had people watching him twenty–four seven. If he so much as showed a hint of friendliness

own life, asking if he wanted to drive

done to your mom. Can’t you

shy, quiet boy barely saying a word.

“It was just one deal–Andrew’s dad landed the contract, and Jeffrey’s dad was

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obvious, but as Jeffrey got older, he realized how much potential the kid had–and how stubborn he was–so he kept it hidden. Eventually, he finally got the chance to take out Andrew’s

all went down when Jeffrey was

really let go of that old grudge–he acted like he’d moved on, but

had issues with the Dane family, but he just figured it was because Marcus couldn’t get over losing

drop it if Jeffrey could

those two things?”

to crush some super tough assignment his dad gave him–to prove he was worthy enough to run the Hanson Group one day,” Stanley said, remembering it all clear as day. “Second, he had to

thoughts swirling as she took it all

someone as smart as Jeffrey, winning an international gold medal

hard project at just sixteen? That was

the moon,” Stanley continued. “When they sent him off to study overseas, Marcus even promised him: as long as he brought home that gold medal, he’d finally let go of his hatred for the Dane family and spend the rest of his days just chilling, letting

Danes, didn’t he?” Rebecca guessed, putting

right,” Stanley said with a heavy