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Those four words felt like a barbed double–edged blade, cutting into both Jeffrey and Rebecca at once.

They had always been each other’s confidant, trusting and knowing one another inside out.

But in that instant.

The strong bond between them started to crack.

“Honestly, before all those things happened, I always felt lucky,” Rebecca said, her words coming straight from the heart. “You were always playing mind games and scheming with everyone else, but with me, you truly treated me with honesty. I never imagined you’d use all your tricks and schemes on me.”

“I’ve used them,” Jeffrey replied.

“What?” Rebecca blinked in disbelief.

“Since that first time I saw you after we grew up, I’ve been pulling every trick I know just to get you back home with me,” Jeffrey confessed.

“That’s different,” Rebecca clarified. “I’m talking about the things you did that actually hurt me.”

“I have,” Jeffrey replied quietly.

Rebecca stared at him, puzzled.

‘When did that happen?‘ Rebecca wondered.

“When we weren’t together, there were several guys who tried to go after you. But I couldn’t stand seeing them around, so I got Gregory to keep them busy with other stuff,” Jeffrey confessed, not hiding any of the shady things he’d pulled. “I never gave you a chance to pick any of them.”

‘Everyone always says that loving someone means giving her the freedom to choose, so she can go for the person she really wants, Rebecca thought to herself.

‘But Jeffrey ended up making that choice for me,‘ she realized.

“I always knew,” Rebecca replied, thinking this was just the kind of unspoken understanding they shared.

This time, it was Jeffrey who found himself caught off guard.

Rebecca laid her thoughts from back then out for him. “I never needed any of those chances. From the very start, I already made the best choice for myself–and that was you.”

“Rebecca…” Jeffrey felt his heart ache and warm all at once, the bittersweet feeling washing over him.

“I don’t regret anything from the past,” Rebecca said, her words leaving Jeffrey’s heart in pieces. “And now, I’m holding on to the decision I’ve made. I’ve always lived life my own way.”

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Her words lingered in the air.

Jeffrey realized she was urging him to let go.

She was afraid of what she’d done herself.

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holding on to the things that end up hurting, everyone, Rebecca said, shifting the focus

Jeffrey stayed silent.

between them, the

After a long silence.

can we still

be two strangers after the divorce,” Rebecca said, brutally honest. “Friendship just doesn’t work for us. You’d never be

“Okay,” Jeffrey said.

“Mm,” Rebecca replied.

“Thank you,” Jeffrey said.

her eyes

thanking me?‘

figure it out, but she decided not to let it bother her. She pulled out her phone and glanced at

since Jeffrey and Rebecca had left one after the other, he couldn’t

to hold back his worries, he muttered, “Rebecca and Jeffrey

didn’t feel like saying anything to him

but with Jeffrey–her ex–son–in–law–she still had some faith. Yeah, he’d done some crazy stuff before, but even after the divorce, he’d never lost control or done

gone too. Should we go look for them?” Ryan said, sounding a

now, he’d already started imagining a whole soap opera in

his

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was really anything important going on with Jeffrey, she would’ve

message. “Mommy and Daddy are talking right now, but they said they’ll come find

hair a gentle ruffle.

something to

moment, her phone lit up with a text from him: [I still

just stared at her

whatever he wanted and didn’t bother to

being a nuisance, Jeffrey would know

was dialing both Rebecca and Jeffrey as he searched, but after getting no answer from either, his resentment toward Jeffrey only deepened. Then, spotting Barry and Gregory posted up like sentinels

around?” Ryan asked, sounding a little anxious as he stopped the two

just shook his head.

Gregory said bluntly, “Upstairs.”

utterly

at Gregory, eyes wide

his expression, both of them staring at each other,

Ryan with his status. “Mr. Hanson and Ms. Jensen are handling some official business upstairs. It’s really not

upstairs?” Ryan

keeping his tone formal and serious. “But they’re in the middle of something right now. If you need to pass on a message, I

Ryan thought, instantly

straight

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