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Jeffrey didn’t respond. He turned around and got back into the car. Seeing Rebecca sitting quietly in the back

seat, he sent a quick message to Gregory and then slid into the driver's seat and pulled away.

He didn’t think it was the right place to talk.

“Aren't we waiting for them?” Rebecca asked.

“No,” Jeffrey said, his voice still rough as his large, striking hands gripped the steering wheel. “They're heading

back to the office. We're not going the sway.”

Rebecca just gave a simple “Oh” and didn’t ask anything else.

The car fell silent again. Jeffrey kept his eyes on the road while Rebecca sat with her gaze lowered, lost in her

own thoughts.

Riley watched as Jeffrey drove off without so much as a goodbye. She clicked her tongue, didn’t bother to wave

him down, and instead turned to Gregory, who'd just cout after changing. “Did your boss set up a ride for

us?”

Gregory nodded. “Yeah, he did.”

Riley said, “Have him bring my laptop to the office tomorrow.”

Gregory shot her a suspicious look, half-serious. “Why don’t you just tell him yourself?”

“Stuff that kills the mood is what assistants like you are for,” Riley said with a sly grin, her eyebrow cocked,

looking almost roguish.

Gregory just stared at her, speechless.

Inside Jeffrey's car, silence hung heavy. Outside, the occasional horn broke the air, but even the sound of the

tires seemed swallowed up by the quiet.

Jeffrey glanced at the rearview mirror, catching sight of Rebecca sitting with her eyes lowered, lost in her own

world. He broke the silence. “Do you want to go to your manor or Maple Garden?”

“Maple Garden,” Rebecca answered.

Jeffrey nodded. “Alright.”

They didn’t say another word for the rest of the ride to Maple Garden.

Jeffrey brought her home, and this tRebecca let him cinside without a word.

“You...” Rebecca said softly, her gaze lingering on his wet hair, wondering if he was cold.

“I'm going to take a shower next door,” Jeffrey said, leaving them both stto think. “You should clean up,

too. The pool water might look alright, but it's not really good for you.”

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“Okay,” Rebecca answered quietly.

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Jeffrey nodded and headed back to his place. After stripping down, he stepped into the shower and just turned

the cold water all the way up, letting it crash over him.

The image of Rebecca, helpless underwater and unable to fight back, haunted him-replaying in his mind on a

nonstop loop.

His chest felt suffocating, crushed by guilt, and right then, the truth hit him hard: he’d screwed up. Big time.

He shouldn't have picked a fight with Rebecca. He shouldn't have thought she needed “life lessons” or tossed

her into the deep end. And he definitely shouldn't have let his parents treat her like that.

With a million thoughts spinning through his head, Jeffrey finally cto a decision. He would never get a

divorce. He was done with all that . He couldn’t bear seeing her get hurt or bullied.

Even if she tried to push him away, he was still going to keep her by his side. With that marriage contract tying

them together, he’d always have the right to fight for her, stand up for her-whenever, wherever.

The icy water poured down over his head, rivulets tracing along his perfect features, slipping down his chest

before splashing onto the tiles below. The cold was biting, almost enough to freeze him to the core.

But he knew that was nothing compared to the bone-deep chill he'd feel when Rebecca finally rejected him.

About half an hour later, after both had dried their hair and changed, they finally met again. Rebecca was

dressed in comfy, everyday clothes. It looked like she'd already bounced back to her old self.

She poured Jeffrey a glass of water and handed it to him as he sat on the couch. “Thanks for today.” Rebecca

said.

If it hadn't been for him, she'd probably still be suffering right now. So Rebecca was full of gratitude. It took real

guts to face something one was scared of, and she knew she wouldn't have pulled through without his help.

“Don’t mention it. This all started because of me. It’s only right | solve it,” Jeffrey said. He'd never cared much

about hearing her thank him anyway.

With all this polite, distant talk, it was like they'd suddenly gone back to being total strangers.

Rebecca bit her lip and glanced back at him. “Are you feeling alright? I've heard that pushing yourself through a

fear like that can mess you up a little after.”

“Your husband's tougher than that,” Jeffrey replied with a relaxed confidence.

That simple line made Rebecca swallow back everything she'd been about to say.

Once again, silence settled between them.

After a long pause, Jeffrey finally spoke up, his dark eyes locking onto hers. “Rebecca,” he said, voice

unwavering.

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“Hmm?” Rebecca responded.

“I'm not divorcing you,” Jeffrey said, firm and clear.

Rebecca froze, her brows knitting together as she tried to figure out if he was joking.

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“All this time-saying yes to the divorce, going to the courthouse with you, setting a date for the license-it was all

justgoing along with you,” Jeffrey said. He knew she'd get mad, but right now, honesty mattered more than

her reaction.

He didn’t want to keep running into this again. He just wanted to end it for good.

“I never thought about divorcing you,” Jeffrey said, looking her right in the eye, his voice steady and sincere.

“Even if nothing happened today or we went to the courthouse next week and you signed the papers, | would

just walk away.”

Rebecca's feelings of gratitude shattered on the spot, replaced by a flare of anger in her chest. “Oh, so | should

be grateful you're so dead set on picking me?” she shot back.

Everything he’d just said made her feel like all the divorce and all her stubborn fighting had just turned

her into a joke.

She kept pushing and fighting all this time. But he could just toss out one sentence and make everything she'd

gone through meaningless.

Seeing her so guarded and bristling with thorns, Jeffrey felt like someone had stabbed him right in the chest. A

dull, heavy ache settled in his heart.

“Divorce!” Rebecca snapped, her eyes red with fury, emotions at their breaking point. “We have to. It's

happening, no debating.”

“Rebecca,” Jeffrey tried to soothe her.

“Why do you get to decide everything? If you say divorce, we divorce. If you say no, then | just have to deal with

it? How is this any different from your parents always bossing people around?”

Rebecca’s anger was explosive now, her words sharp as thorns. “You're just as controlling as they are!” When

people were really pissed, they'd just lash out and say whatever cto mind.

This was the first tJeffrey had ever heard Rebecca say something like that to him. And in that moment, he

realized he’d just hurt her even worse than when he told her about Andrea. He stood up and wrapped her in a

tight embrace.

Rebecca struggled. “Let go of me!”

But Jeffrey wouldn't let go.

Rebecca punched, pounded at him, and bit him. She tried every way she knew to vent her fury.

This wasn't like the last time, when she’d just nipped him out of irritation. Now she was furious-really going at

him, putting her whole body and soul into every bite, wanting him to feel just how angry and hurt she was.

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I'm sorry, Jeffrey murmured, refusing to loosen his hold on her. He could feel the pain, but for him, none of it

compared to the ache tearing through Rebecca’s heart. He'd take a thousand bruises over seeing her this

hurt.

If he released Rebecca now, she couldn't vent all this rage. He couldn't bear to leave her here, struggling alone.

making her swallow all this pain and then pretend to move on. That would be too cruel.

So instead, he chose to let her unleash all her pain and fury on him, letting her vent every emotion she needed

until she felt lighter. Whatever he had to endure, it was only fair.

Rebecca bit down without mercy, not holding back this time. Blood bloomed on the fresh white shirt Jeffrey had

just put on. He didn’t try to stop her. He just kept holding her, sas before.

Maybe hugging her would just make her hate him even more. But if he let her go, she'd end up crying all alone

for a long, long time.

Jeffrey had always believed he could just wait it out, that after hitting one brick wall after another, Rebecca

would eventually turn around and cback to him.

But now he realized that Rebecca had no concept of turning back. She only knew how to charge forward. blazing

straight ahead no matter what.

Even when she was out of strength, she'd just keep throwing herself at that wall. Either she'd smash right

through and keep moving, or she'd collapse against it-never able to get up again.

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