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Three months ago, when his family said he was old enough to get married, they casually talked about setting him up with Yvonne Jones as his fiancée. He didn’t bother to object and just let them do whatever they wanted -after all, it wasn’t like this was their first time pulling this kind of stunt.

They were always just acting on a whim, he thought.

One day they’d decide this girl was perfect, and the next it’d be someone else entirely.

“Steve?” Yvonne tentatively called out.

“Let’s wait until you’ve had a couple days to get over jet lag,” Steve brushed her off lightly. “Just focus on resting right now.”

Yvonne responded immediately, “Okay!”

Once Stephen walked out of the room with his phone, Karen finally let out a breath–only for her mind to keep spinning with all the ways she was still tied to him.

If she really wanted to break free, she’d have to get her little sister, who’d just started college, out from under his watch. But college wasn’t like high school, where transferring was simple–her sister was locked into four years at that university.

Which meant…

She’d be tangled up with him for at least another four years.

Just as Karen was getting lost in her worries, Rebecca texted: [Are you okay?]

Rebecca picked this moment on purpose–by now, anything important should’ve been settled, and she was always,ready to lend a hand if Karen needed it.

Ding!

Karen replied: [I’m fine, don’t worry.]

Rebecca started typing another message, but paused. Unlike with Jessica Scott, she wasn’t close enough with Karen to keep chatting after Karen had already said she was fine–it almost felt rude to push any further.

After thinking it over,

she just replied: [Alright then.]

After that day, Rebecca never saw Karen again, nor did they message each other. It was as if that whole deep heart–to–heart had just been a passing dream.

Another two weeks slipped by in the blink of an eye.

After Rebecca made several trips to Riverside City, she finally landed that project, but the one in Jelasburg fell

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predicted, nobody dared shut her down completely–no one wanted to get on Jeffrey’s bad side. Instead, everyone was on their best behavior at the banquet, just trying to leave a good impression in case Jeffrey ever decided to single

signing the contract in Riverside City, Rebecca was all set

dropping the Jelasburg project?” Mark asked.

bothering with it anymore,” Rebecca said. After those last

to have it out for her. She still had no clue where she’d ticked him off,

straight face. “That’s kind of a

just stared

his boss’s pride. “This is supposed to

he was.

Mark: “No way.”

Rebecca: “What?”

on his face. “Look, if you–my ex–boss’s ex–wife–couldn’t

him, unsure what he was even

any of that even add

beat. “Tickets are booked. If we head out now, you’ll make it home in time for

before Barry came after them, driving Jeffrey

the way to the

truth is, they’re still listening to whatever Stephen says behind the scenes. Do

perfectly well this wasn’t on them–the real issue was

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the real problem here. He’d promised to stay out of Rebecca’s business, but now he was openly going back on his

you say Stephen used his influence to block a few of

Gregory nodded. “Yeah.”

happened to stumble across

a cold voice. He normally didn’t meddle in other people’s affairs, but Stephen had gone way

“Will do,” Gregory answered.

couldn’t resist teasing, “About time

Jeffrey blinked. “Huh?”

Gregory echoed, “What?”

blurted out, totally shipping you two. When

“Eyes on

grinned like a goof and floored

got to the airport, Gregory took note of how Jeffrey couldn’t stop watching Rebecca’s direction. Gathering his courage, he spoke up, “Mr. Hanson, there’s a project over in Honnala that needs discussing. Do you

Jeffrey’s tone

at ten a.m.,” Gregory answered seriously. “Negotiations

with a quiet,

he’d made the right call. “The private jet’s set to depart in thirty minutes—you’ll beat Ms. Jensen there by

make the arrangements,” Jeffrey said, face

“Will do,” Gregory replied.

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