After the divorce, he begged

Chapter 301

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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not opening

know–he’d see the ‘typing…‘ indicator

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hate being lied to. Think carefully–when have you ever gotten

sank into silence–absolutely no reply. ‘Guess I’m being ignored again, Stephen thought with a wry

bite–Gregory showed up

to his mouth. “Jeffrey?” he

Gregory nodded. “That’s right.”

sharpened, a shadow

for her. Stephen wasn’t sure if that made him a die–hard romantic or just a guy too weak to

is he?” Stephen crushed

replied, “At your

shot him

waiting

a sharper edge glinting behind his glasses. As the window rolled up, the driver started the engine and

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

out of the loop about

leave, Rebecca didn’t go straight to Karen’s room.

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

and headed upstairs. Just to be safe, she asked Victor to lock the front door. After making sure

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sleep without worrying.

keep it a secret any

looked at her.

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voice barely above a whisper.

mistress.”

change. Instead, she

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.” She didn’t spell it

asked, “How much

honest. “Thirty

herself. “That’s it? Man, he’s

paused, not sure how to

that secret shame she’d been carrying around seemed to vanish in

president of the Hanson Group 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

gifts when he’s in a

gave her a searching look, studying her

her, Karen found the look in her eyes

the gifts,” Rebecca said gently, realizing Karen had fallen into a mindset Stephen had subtly pressed onto her. “With your looks and skill,

Karen replied quietly, “Yeah.”

were all side characters or villains, but still–those were solid gigs.

out. “So Stephen made sure every single drama you filmed got

Karen nodded. “Yeah.”

a wild guess. “He won’t let you go out for new gigs,

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