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Ryan couldn’t care less. He’d seen Michael give him that exact look countless times back in their younger days -every time, Michael would end up totally defeated, leaving in utter embarrassment.

“Uncle David, isn’t this a bit much?” Max said, his voice steady but icy. “No matter what, my dad’s still the patriarch of the Quinn family.”

“If he wasn’t the Quinn family’s patriarch, he wouldn’t have been the one walking out on his own just now,” Ryan replied.

Max’s eyes, cold and unfathomable, fixed on Ryan, silently sizing him up.

The two men stood there, sizing each other up, neither giving an inch.

Only when Rebecca suddenly walked in did the standoff end.

She walked right up to Max, not beating around the bush. “I want to talk to you.”

Max glanced away, trying to keep cool. “Sure.”

With Ryan watching them, his gaze complicated and impossible to read, they left the villa together.

Seeing how troubled Rebecca looked, Max didn’t take out his frustration with Ryan on her. He kept his tone cool and asked, “What do you want to talk about?”

“Did you have anything to do with my mom’s accident back then?” Rebecca asked, not bothering with any small talk. She dropped the question right when he was least expecting it.

On the way back, Rebecca kept debating with herself, wondering if she should just lay it all out and confront

Max.

After weighing her options and thinking over their recent interactions, she finally made up her mind–she was going to ask him directly, no beating around the bush.

If Max really was involved in her mom’s accident,

she’d have to rethink who her enemies really were.

If he actually took part in something like that but could still show up acting like some perfect gentleman, then she had to watch her back around him, and she couldn’t trust a single word he said from now on.

She had way too much on her plate to waste time on this.

Max froze for a moment, clearly thrown off by the unexpected question.

Rebecca didn’t push him; she simply waited for his response.

After a brief pause, Max’s mask slipped back into place. “What did Jack tell you?” he asked, his expression unreadable.

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Rebecca didn’t answer.

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he hasn’t done anything truly out of line,

though Jeffrey wasn’t there, the thought crossed his mind: ‘She still has no idea

his voice stayed cold. “Go ahead, just count me as guilty, and treat me like

at him, not knowing what

was that? Just pretend he’s the bad

at Rebecca and advised, “I’d suggest you don’t bring up questions like that in front of Liam or

“I know,” Rebecca replied.

pretty sure–maybe sixty percent sure–he was one

he came off as cold and distant. But throughout everything, he always treated her with respect. No real bad guy could nail all those

then turned and

She just watched him slip

The very next second,

at

Rebecca: ‘???‘

car disappear down the road, keeping a straight face. “Honestly, looks like Stephen’s not

definitely clear,” Rebecca said, her suspicions confirmed after that

that classic deadpan ‘system error‘ look on his

teased him, raising an eyebrow, “Hey, listening in on your boss’s private chats? Shame on

to his script. “Hey, I’m your assistant, bodyguard, and driver all rolled into one. That means I’m glued to your

and driver, you talk way too much,” Rebecca shot back, her tone playful. “And as my assistant,

K

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just grinned. “Taking care of my boss’s problems is just part of the

820

shifted to the real issue. “You really believe Max didn’t

his words and expression just now, he had nothing

felt the same

from back then,

into the villa. That’s when she remembered–she still had an uninvited

some fruit?” Ryan asked, holding out

her head. “No,

just shrugged it off, totally unfazed. “Alright, I’ll go take this to your mom.

Rebecca just nodded.

Guzman had never hurt her mom in the past, Rebecca honestly would’ve supported them being together. But some things

Half an hour later,

eat with Amelia and

food hit the table, he got up and left–like he seriously saw himself

noticing Rebecca looked

shook her head. “It’s

looked at her and guessed,

figure out how to put her thoughts into

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