After the divorce, he begged

“What kind of attitude is that?” Candice scolded Rebecca, her expression sour. “Is this how the Jensen family Taught you manners?”

Rebecca didn’t respond. She just shot Mark a look.

Before Mark could say anything, Marcus stepped in first. “Don’t mind what Candice said–her words aren’t the nicest sometimes. We’re here for a reason today”

Rebecca honestly didn’t think there was anything important to discuss with them. She couldn’t let go of all the previous grudges, and after what she’d heard yesterday and everything, Stanley had confided in her, keeping her cool around these two was just impossible.

“So, what’s your connection with the Quinn family and the Guzman family in Honnala?” Marcus cut straight to the point.

“What exactly are you trying to ask?” Rebecca met his eyes, even more distant than she used to be.

Marcus glanced at the area, then suggested, “Want to talk inside?”

“No, Rebecca shot back, not bothering to soften her tone. “We’re not nearly close enough for me to invite you in. If you’ve got something to say, just say it here”

Back when she married Jeffrey, they did everything they could to block it and barely tolerated her, acting like she was invisible.

If Jeffrey hadn’t always shielded her, those past five years would’ve been hell–she would’ve been picked on nonstop by the whole Hanson family.

“Don’t you think the way you’re treating your elders is a little disrespectful?” Marcus’s face turned grim. “No. matter what, like it or not, we were still your family.”

“Funny, when you tried to take Samuel away, didn’t you say you weren’t my parents anymore?” Rebecca shot back, never one to forget a grudge–she remembered every single word from back then.

Marcus’s gaze was cold and sharp, like the edge of a blade.

Candice looked downright spiteful.

Neither of them liked Rebecca, but with her newfound status, they had no choice but to try to get close to her.

“We lost our heads back then, Marcus finally managed to tamp down his temper. “Honestly, we were just worried Samuel wouldn’t be happy living with you. If we’d known your grandpa was Sebastian Quinn and your father was Mr. Guzman, we would’ve handed you custody without hesitation–even if you’d kept quiet

about it.”

Rebecca just looked at them in silence, her eyes indifferent.

What’s his angle, trying to fix things now? Rebecca wondered. ‘Even if I admit I’m connected to the Quinn and Guzman families, after everything they’ve done, there’s no way I could ever actually trust them again!‘”

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backwards, swallowing their pride just to talk to me?‘ she thought, almost amused by

Marcus went on.

down immediately, no patience

Marcus’s face darkened.

already humbled himself this much, and this

Quinn family and the Guzman family backing her? Big deal–she’s still

Rebecca said, her gaze sweeping over them. “I heard you used to toss Jeffrey into the ocean or the river

even

without

stared at him. “Weren’t you ever worried he

that easy to kill,” Marcus replied,

could any parent be this cruel? ‘Did they really see him as expendable?‘ she thought angrily. “A single rogue wave could’ve

your place to tell me how to raise my son,” Marcus shot back, his expression ice–cold. “Look at him- he’s perfectly fine, isn’t he? Don’t think just because you’re Mr. Guzman’s daughter you can just waltz in here and meddle with other

all at once–no wonder

the pain of losing a childhood friend. Getting dragged out of the water at his lowest–he’d literally been saved from drowning and felt like

so brutal to a little kid was never going to be

out,” Rebecca said, her

moved in right

Mark cut

Mark’s glare, he started the

real big–shot dad, she’s suddenly acting tough, huh?” Marcus

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after all these years. “Back then, she used to be all timid and soft- spoken around us–like

the point. Why are you even

really is from both the Guzman and Quinn families in Honnala, she’s loaded

matter? She’s already split from Jeffrey,” Candice shot back, her face pinched. “I’m telling you, she’s trouble–people

you seen how much she took off Jeffrey after that

tries that

she got, her expression turning downright nasty. It was obvious she couldn’t get over all that money

the Quinn and Guzman clan names behind her, we’d be unstoppable–the other old money families would eat our dust,” Marcus muttered, eyes gleaming with pure calculation. “We’d rule the top spot for a hundred years,

shot back, fully convinced: “Jeffrey doesn’t need her–trust me, he could do

circles when a marriage alliance could hand us everything on a silver platter?” Marcus laid it all on the table, no shame in

face when Jeffrey was dealing with trouble. Instead of sitting around hoping for a miracle, let’s put our faith in Jeffrey leading the Hanson family

and scheming. “If those two aren’t getting back together,