After the divorce, he begged

Implo

hapter 147

“What's wrong?” Jeffrey caught onto her hesitation.

Rebecca pointed to the room number he'd sent her, her suspicions veiled. “PrimePlay Technologies is this

generous on business trips? Everyone gets their deluxe suites?”

Jeffrey shrugged it off. “You'll see for yourself when you get there.”

Jeffrey's casual tone eased Rebecca's doubts. She thought, ‘If he'd planned on sharing a room with me, he

wouldn't sound this relaxed. Besides, as the CEO of the Hanson Group, it’s not like he’d tag along for a PrimePlay

Technologies business trip!

With these thoughts swirling, Rebecca headed to the airport in the car Jeffrey had sent for her. She joined the

crowd to grab her boarding pass.

“Is everything okay?” Jeffrey, who'd followed her to the airport in the scar, asked from the back seat, his

eyes unreadable.

“Yes,” Gregory replied from the front passenger seat, all business. “I've bought out the seats next to Ms. Jensen,

so she won't have to deal with anyone crowding her.”

Jeffrey shot him a look. Gregory caught on immediately. “My bad. | meant Mrs. Hanson.”

“Once we land, get the local managers to arrange a dinner for the PrimePlay Technologies staff,” Jeffrey said

nonchalantly. “Think up a reason yourself.”

Gregory nodded. “Got it.”

Jeffrey hummed in acknowledgment.

The driver restarted the car and headed toward the private jet.

Half an hour later, Rebecca boarded the plane. As the departure tapproached, she realized empty seats

pretty much surrounded her. She just shrugged it off, figuring the tickets hadn't sold.

After landing, she met Ella and the rest, heading for the hotel. When they arrived, she learned the deluxe suite

was set up for the three girls to share, with the living room serving as their spot for team meetings after classes.

“Mr. Hanson wants us to gather downstairs,” Ella read aloud from her phone.

Rebecca paused, raising an eyebrow. She instantly fished out her phone and found someone had just made a

temporary group chat. Besides the usual study-trip squad, both Jeffrey and Gregory were also in it.

Half an hour later, they all arrived at the Hanson Group's branch in Honnala.

The Hanson Group staff showed them around, gave a quick rundown of the schedule for the coming days, and

finally informed them, “We're all grabbing dinner tonight.”

Everyone at PrimePlay Technologies was taken aback. They thought, ‘Hosting partners for dinner makes sense,

but why invite the trainees as well?"

“The restaurant's already booked,” Elmer, manager of the Hanson Group's gdivision, chimed in. “Once

we're done here, someone will take you over. Just don’t be late-Mr. Hanson will be there too.”

“Got it.” The PrimePlay Technologies staff nodded in agreement.

Once Elmer explained the matter, he lost interest in them. The moment he walked out, the PrimePlay

Technologies staff started whispering among themselves.

“Is Mr. Hanson here as one of us from PrimePlay Technologies or the Hanson Group?”

“Am | the only one who thinks this dinner is bizarre? Who flies out on a business trip and ends up sitting down to

eat with the other company’s boss?”

“Rebecca, what's up?” someone called over. All eyes landed on her.

Rebecca kept her cool and replied, “I don’t know.”

Just then, EImer cback, noticeably more polite this time. “Ms. Jensen, Mr. Hanson would like to see you in his

office on the eighth floor. He says he’d like a word with you.”

“Did he say what for?” Rebecca didn’t want to go there.

Everyone was already whispering about her and Jeffrey. If she kept meeting him alone, it'd only fuel the rumors.

But she didn’t dare to reject.

“No,” Elmer replied, noticeably more polite than before.

“You'll find out once you're there,” Ella chimed in, shutting down any more gossip before it could start. “Maybe

he just wants you to lead us since Derek and Jane aren't here.”

“Alright,” Rebecca said, a flicker of gratitude in her eyes.

Rebecca followed Elmer up to the eighth floor, and once he dropped her off at the CEO's office, he took off.

Staring at the oddly familiar door, yet still felt foreign, she paused before knocking twice. After hearing Jeffrey’s

response, she walked in, using her most official tone. “Mr. Hanson, is there something you wanted to discuss?”

“It's just us, no need to act like strangers,” Jeffrey said, his voice relaxed.

Rebecca just stayed quiet. She thought, ‘I'm not falling for that.’

“Chere,” Jeffrey said, putting aside his work.

Rebecca stepped up to his desk, ready to ask what business they had, but Jeffrey’s unreadable gaze settled on

her instead. “How are you settling in?”

“I'm okay,” Rebecca replied.

Chapter 147

Jeffrey kept going. “Is there anything you want to say to me?”

Rebecca shot him a puzzled look, her guard up.

65 vouchera

“After dinner, cto my room 1901,” Jeffrey said, swallowing the rest of what he wanted to say. “We need to

talk.”

Rebecca hedged and said, “I'm not sure that's appropriate.”

“If you don’t come, I'll just knock on your door myself,” Jeffrey replied with a calm voice, eyes locking onto hers.

“Up to you.”

Rebecca was totally at his mercy. Saying no wasn’t an option. There was no getting away.

“Here are your tasks for the week,” Jeffrey said, handing her a stack of papers. “Each sheet has a note showing

who's paired with whom from the Hanson Group. Make sure everyone gets one.”

Rebecca didn’t say a word; she just grabbed the papers and walked out. After handing them around, she glanced

at her own sheet and blanked; the lines swam while her mind checked out.

Rebecca thought Jeffrey was only interested in talking about divorce.

“What's up?” Ella noticed Rebecca wasn't herself and cover, worried. “Did Mr. Hanson dump a bunch of

tough work on you?”

“No,” Rebecca replied. She never shared personal stuff. “I'm just figuring out how to handle tonight's dinner. The

Hanson Group will be there, so there's bound to be drinking.”

Rebecca wasn’t good at drinking, but she could already tell there was no way out of it tonight—unless Jeffrey

suddenly went easy on her.

Rebecca wanted to keep her distance from Jeffrey, but at the stime, she hoped he would cancel the

Il drink for you,” Ella said with a confident grin, slinging an arm around her shoulder. “I won't easily.”

Rebecca cracked up at Ella’s antics, her mood finally lifted by Ella’s teasing bravado.

ok

The evening their spot from

her than expected. Rebecca and her crew got to the restaurant ahead of five, staking out the clock ticked down,

the Hanson Group's tech gurus drifted in, followed by the big shots wvision.

event, Jeffrey and Gregory finally made their grand entrance. As soon as they appeared, in the private room

stood up to greet them.

becca flashed back to her first PrimePlay Technologies dinner. She'd been at a company dinner exactly like this,

with Jeffrey pressuring her to drink until she’d completely lost control and blacked out.

Cap

Rebecca wondered, ‘Is he going to try that again tonight? And why does he wantto cto his room after

dinner?

Chapter

word

word

mmMwWLIII0fiflo&1

mmMwWLIII0fiflo&1

mmMwWLIII0fiflo&1

mmMwWLIII0fiflo&1

mmMwWL1i10f1ifl0&1

mmMwWLIiI0fiflO&1