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Karen’s body tensed slightly.

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Suddenly, long–buried memories crashed over her, scenes from the past flashing before her eyes. For a moment, it felt like time itself had frozen.

Seeing Karen’s dazed look, Rebecca thought to herself, “There’s definitely some history between her and Max. Otherwise, why would she react like that?‘

“It’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it,” Rebecca said, her tone gentle. She was mostly trying to get a better picture of who Max really was from someone else, since up till now, she still had a hard time believing he’d had anything to do with what happened to her mom back then.

“Yeah, I know him,” Karen said at last. “We used to be really close back in the day.“.

“I see,” Rebecca replied quietly, not wanting to dig up any old wounds. ‘If they really used to be that close, no wonder just hearing his name hit her so hard,‘ Rebecca thought.

Karen took the initiative and asked, “What’s up?”

Rebecca shrugged, “It’s nothing.”

“I’m fine,” Karen replied, her voice steady. ‘It’s just… it’s been ages since I heard that name–brings back memories, that’s all.’ Then she added, “Ask me anything you want. If I know, I’ll tell you.”

Rebecca studied her for a moment.

Seeing that Karen truly wasn’t just putting up a front, Rebecca went ahead and asked, “So, what kind of person is he?”

“He’s got a strong sense of justice, extremely loyal to his friends, and always respectful to his elders,” Karen replied, every word filled with admiration. “You could really call him a good person.”

Rebecca nodded.

She hadn’t spent much time with Max, and her only impression was that he always drew a clear line between work and personal matters–and there was something cold and distant about him.

‘The Max Karen described is totally not the same guy I know, Rebecca thought to herself.

“But it’s actually been years since I last saw him, so honestly, I don’t really know what he’s like now,” Karen added, a bit concerned that her words might mislead Rebecca. “Are you looking for him about something?”

“No,” Rebecca replied, making up an excuse on the fly. “He’s my cousin, so I just want to know more about

him.”

She couldn’t just tell anyone about her mom’s incident.

It wasn’t just personal–it involved the Quinns too.

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“Oh, right! Mark mentioned earlier that your grandpa

when she asked about Max, it hadn’t

Rebecca just nodded.

“Don’t worry. Max is always good to his family. Even if he’s got a tough side, it’s

a relief,”

flashed her

*A moment passed.*

gaze lingered on Rebecca, words hovering on her lips. After wrestling with herself for almost a minute, she

once been close with Max. No wonder Rebecca’s question

me about it when we were in the

slightly.

exactly what

asked about Stephen, Rebecca didn’t think much of it–just figured it was casual small talk. But when he

about it, the world really was

is a small

listened to the whole story, her

Rebecca replied, keeping it objective. “He’s the CEO of Quinn Group now, and he’s got a lot of say in the family. Some people even say his dad’s a little intimidated by

slowly

grabbed her phone, tapped around, then handed it to Karen. “This

it was just one–sided longing, Rebecca wouldn’t have bothered meddling

with Max asking, Karen definitely feeling something, and Stephen still being a jerk,

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back to Rebecca, then added, “I’ll skip adding him. After losing touch for so

could tell there was some

was someone who respected boundaries–she wasn’t about to poke her nose

she dreamed of being trapped under Stephen’s shadow, powerless to

opened up her browser, and typed “Max Quinn” into the search

tapped on one of the photos, lingering over it for a

in a tailored suit, his features more mature and

just to keep her feelings in check. She didn’t want the giant tree of emotions she’d managed to uproot years ago to start taking root

tonight, she just couldn’t stop herself, no matter

blink,

up, she found Karen downstairs on the couch, looking exhausted. Even with a touch of makeup,

go,” Karen said, standing up. Her gaze toward Rebecca was full of gratitude and a trace of complicated emotion. “Thank you for last night. I’ll treat you to dinner

probably be able to tell

fine,” Karen said

Rebecca raised an eyebrow.

expected Karen to

I’ve been trapping myself,” Karen said, a spark of determination in her

a real talk

call if anything comes up,” Rebecca said,

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