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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, Rebecca

the thought crossed his mind: ‘She still has no idea

said, finally giving a direct answer, though his voice stayed cold. “Go ahead, just count me as guilty, and treat me like

him, not knowing what

answer was that? Just pretend he’s

and advised, “I’d suggest you don’t bring up questions like that

“I know,” Rebecca replied.

was pretty sure–maybe sixty percent sure–he was one of

treated her with respect. No real bad guy could

Max replied coolly, then turned

didn’t ask further. She just watched him slip into

The very next second,

materialized at her

Rebecca: ‘???‘

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

that little chat. “But maybe the real problem here

classic deadpan ‘system error‘ look on

him, raising an eyebrow, “Hey, listening in

I’m your assistant, bodyguard, and driver all rolled into one.

way too much,” Rebecca shot back, her

K

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“Taking care of my boss’s problems is

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real issue. “You really believe

rarely wrong about people. “Judging from his words and expression just now, he had nothing to do with what happened to your mom. He probably just got caught up in it for

felt the

Jack couldn’t recall the whole story from

the villa. That’s when she

fruit?” Ryan asked, holding out

shook her head. “No,

at all. He just shrugged it off, totally unfazed. “Alright, I’ll go take this to your mom. She’s probably hungry after

Rebecca just nodded.

hurt her mom in the past, Rebecca honestly would’ve supported them being together. But some things are just a pity–there’s nothing to do

Half an hour later,

eat

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

wrong?” Amelia asked, noticing

her head. “It’s

and guessed, “Is it

figure out

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