Chapter 301

Chapter 301

Stephen Hanson asked, “Why?”

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“I don’t trust anyone from the Hanson family,” Rebecca said bluntly, not singling him out. “The way you. talked to me on the phone made me doubt you could actually look after her.”

Stephen Hanson didn’t respond.

Rebecca added, “If I hand her over to you and something happens to her tonight, it’d be on me too.”

“I get why you don’t trust Jeffrey,” Stephen Hanson said, his tone as calm as ever. “But I don’t think I’ve ever done anything to make you question my character.”

Rebecca shot back, “You used me against Jeffrey.”

Stephen Hanson replied, “Wasn’t that just a partnership?”

Rebecca retorted, “You were the one who started it.”

Stephen Hanson admitted, “Didn’t me asking you to come back and save his life make up for it?”

“When Karen wakes up tomorrow, I’ll tell her you came by,” Rebecca replied, holding her ground. “But there’s no way I’m letting you take her tonight.”

“If I said Karen and I were seeing each other, would that change things?” Stephen asked out of nowhere.

Rebecca blinked, thrown off by his question. ‘Is he for real right now?‘

Stephen quickly put his mask back on. “Forget it. She gets anxious in the dark, so could you keep a bedside lamp on for her?”

Rebecca agreed firmly. “Alright.”

Stephen thanked her and headed downstairs.

He didn’t leave right away. After getting into the car, he gazed out the window at the mansion–almost more like a castle than a house–his eyes slowly growing darker.

“Drive up a bit,” he told the driver.

The driver did as he was told.

Once the car stopped, Stephen rolled down the window, lit a cigarette, and let his arm hang outside. Smoke curled around him, shrouding his face in shadow.

Stephen grabbed his phone, pulled up Karen’s chat window, and shot her a text: [Did you seriously pass out, or is this just an act?]

Karen saw the notification right away.

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hesitated, not opening the

she did, Stephen would know–he’d see the ‘typing…‘ indicator

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being lied to. Think carefully–when

silence–absolutely no reply. ‘Guess I’m being

bite–Gregory showed up outside his window, flashing

froze, cigarette halfway to his mouth. “Jeffrey?” he asked, raising

Gregory nodded. “That’s right.”

sharpened, a shadow passing through his

post–divorce, he’s still clinging to any chance to look out for her. Stephen wasn’t sure if that made him a die–hard romantic or just a guy too weak to hold onto the woman he loves,‘ Stephen mused, a hint of scorn and

is he?” Stephen crushed

“At your

shot him a sideways

is waiting for you

it,” Stephen said, a sharper edge glinting behind his glasses. As

posted in real time about what was happening, while Jeffrey waited back at Stephen’s place

out of the loop about

leave, Rebecca didn’t go straight to Karen’s room. She was still wary, half–expecting him to

reported in as he came back from his stakeout. “Just before he drove off, someone stopped by his car window for a bit, but I was

felt a bit more at

up and headed upstairs. Just to be safe, she asked Victor to lock the front door. After making sure everything was secure, she went up to see Karen and told her, “Crisis averted for tonight. You can

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sleep without worrying.

to keep it

at her.

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barely above a whisper.

mistress.”

she asked, “Why do you

me a monthly allowance,” Karen replied, her voice calm but a little empty. “The deal is, I have to act like the sweet, meek and gentle type he likes, and just do whatever he says.”

for a moment, then asked,

was honest.

herself. “That’s

paused, not sure how

that secret shame she’d been carrying around

or anything, but he’s got shares in it, plus a couple businesses under his belt,” Rebecca said, knowing a thing or two about his status. “Thirty grand a month? For a guy like him, that’s

when he’s in a

her a searching look, studying

studied her, Karen found the look in her eyes oddly endearing–almost cute,

mindset Stephen had subtly pressed onto her. “With your looks and skill, you could easily be

Karen replied quietly, “Yeah.”

still–those were solid gigs.

things out. “So Stephen made sure every single drama

Karen nodded. “Yeah.”

and took a wild guess. “He won’t let you go out for new gigs, right? Just wants you to act like his

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