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Over the next few days, Rebecca visited Jeffrey at the hospital every day as promised, chatting with him occasionally. Before she knew it, the days had passed, and it was time for Jeffrey to be discharged,

Seeing him change into his own clothes, Rebecca turned to Stanley and said, “I’ve done everything you asked. I hope you’ll keep your promise too.”

“No problem!” Stanley replied without hesitation.

Rebecca just nodded, said nothing more, and left without so much as a goodbye to Jeffrey,

Watching her walk away, Jeffrey’s gaze grew more intense than ever, and emotions were swirling restlessly inside him.

Seeing Jeffrey like this, Stanley leaned in and whispered to Gregory, “If Rebecca has dinner with anyone else later, set it up so Jeffrey’s eating at the same place. Just make sure the timing and distance are right.”

Gregory replied, “Got it.”

Everything Jeffrey had asked about lately was clearly all about protecting Rebecca without her knowing. Now that he was set on this, Gregory, as his assistant, definitely wasn’t going to drop the ball.

Jeffrey finished changing, glanced over at Stanley and Gregory whispering together, and didn’t bother to get involved. With his usual calm, he turned to Gregory and asked, “Did you take care of what I asked a few days back?”

“Everything’s ready,” Gregory replied quickly.

“Good,” Jeffrey said, putting on his watch and getting ready to head out.

Gregory called after him, “Mr. Hanson.”

Jeffrey glanced over at him.

Gregory reported, “Your parents want you to come back to the Hanson residence. They said they have something to discuss with you.”

“Didn’t I tell you to ignore their messages?” Jeffrey said.

“This time’s a bit different–they mentioned Ms. Jensen,” Gregory explained honestly. “And if you don’t go back, they’ll just reach out to Stephen instead.”

Jeffrey’s eyes went even darker, emotions swirling beneath the surface.

Gregory asked, “Are you heading back to the Hanson residence?”

Jeffrey, as always, gave the same reply. “No.”

Gregory said, “Alright.”

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Rebecca pops up, take care of

point. “The thing is, what if Stephen’s

he’s pretty much as capable as Jeffrey

just can’t always keep track of, no matter how hard you

residence to talk. My intel didn’t catch what was said,” Gregory reported. “What if they’re

Jeffrey stayed silent.

a long

“He won’t,” he said.

ventured, “But right now’s the best shot he’s ever had at taking you down.

tabs on them,” Jeffrey

any weak spots, maybe he’d try using Rebecca against Jeffrey. But he definitely does— he’s had Karen by his side for three years now, and if there were no real feelings there, he never would’ve reacted

nodded, trusting his

lived in the same city, they never ran into each other

food, but honestly, things were a lot better than before. ‘At least I’m not falling apart anymore,‘ he

the project bids for Riverside City and Jelasburg. On weekdays, she’d meet up with Mark for business dinners and catch up on work, and every

packed, but she loved how full and rewarding

with a hospital director from Jelasburg. Over the meal, she talked about her company’s size and gave a quick rundown of their past projects. The

table, then

kept chatting with the others, a

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again and whispered, “Not a single drop

conversation, keeping her tone casual. “Some people like wine, others prefer coffee. Everyone’s got their

of the world,”

shot him a

seriously getting bored just because we’re not drinking?‘ she

about finished. The hospital execs got up, thanked Rebecca politely, and started to head out. Rebecca walked them to the door of the

all right,” one of them said with a

replied, not pushing it. She figured they didn’t want anyone catching sight of them leaving

messing around with his tone

Rebecca

him a look. “Can’t you just have a little faith in me

dinner was super

actually pretty

this project wouldn’t end up with

miss something kinda crucial?” Mark, usually all cool and serious, actually

second.

him

what he’d picked up. “Honestly, they

to recall. “Were they,

of wine for a toast, they all stood up right away,” Mark