After the divorce, he begged

Jeffrey's words caught everyone's attention, and all eyes turned toward them. Rebecca's heart sank. ‘He's doing

this on purpose,’ Rebecca thought to herself.

“Should | keep it here, or do you want to take it yourself?” Jeffrey asked when she didn’t respond.

“I'll take it,” Rebecca replied, casually taking it from him to make it look like the most natural thing. “Otherwise,

Jane will blme.” Rebecca played it off as if the key was just part of her work duties.

Jeffrey's eyes were still fixed on her. Rebecca couldn't help but feel her nerves on edge. She unconsciously

tensed up.

Right now, if Jeffrey said this wasn’t a company key but her hkey, everyone would start guessing about their

relationship. People might say something was going on between them, or worse, they might figure out they were

actually married.

“You are so careless,” Jeffrey said, deciding not to expose the truth at the last second to save her from

embarrassment. “You're representing more than just yourself—you’re also representing Jane.”

“Understood,” Rebecca said, sounding obedient as ever.

Jeffrey didn’t say anything else. He told everyone to go find the one who was responsible for them, then left the

gaming department and headed up to the CEO's office on the eighth floor.

This time, aside from bringing Rebecca over, he'd cto take a look at the branch and assess each

department's performance.

Stephen was in charge of the Honnala branch. After Stephen pulled that stunt, Jeffrey figured it was tto take

a closer look at his business abilities.

“All the managers and directors are waiting in the conference room,” Gregory reported, clutching his laptop.

“Except for the gaming department, every department spoke to Stephen on the phone last night.”

Jeffrey asked, “How did Stephen react?”

Gregory replied, “He didn’t show any reaction. He just told everyone to give an honest report and let us do the

inspection.”

Jeffrey wasn’t the least bit surprised by Gregory's answer. Stephen was always meticulous in his work, never

leaving any room for mistakes, and his ability to manage the company was every bit as strong as Jeffrey's.

The main reason Stephen lost out to Jeffrey in the battle for inheritance was that, at the time, Stephen had too

many reservations and wasn’t willing to take risks, while Jeffrey, driven by stubborn resolve, took a bold leap.

In the end, Jeffrey secured the ultimate decision-making power in the Hanson Group.

The two of them were about to step into the conference room when Jeffrey's phone buzzed. Seeing the caller, he

picked up without hesitation. “What is it?”

“Boss, Richard just went to the Hanson residence,” Barry Lynch, one of Jeffrey's bodyguards, reported, unable

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“Hold off until he comes out,” Jeffrey replied, his gaze darkening. “And make sure he’s well looked after.”

Barry answered in a flash, “Got it.”

After hanging up, Jeffrey sent Riley Smith a message: [Log into the surveillance cams at the Hanson residence -

see what Richard talked about with Marcus and the others.]

Riley replied in her usual laid-back tone: [Wouldn't it be easier to tap in and listen?]

“This is still the country,” Jeffrey called her and explained seriously. “We're not breaking any laws unless we

really have to.”

Gregory and Riley were rendered speechless. They thought, ‘Then what about all those times we'd bugged

conversations?’

“Got it,” Riley said, and then hung up. For her, whether it was tapping auor checking surveillance, it was

pretty much the same-it just depended on what Jeffrey wanted her to do.

Jeffrey tucked away his phone and stepped into the conference room. Seeing him walk in made the senior

executives tense up, nerves on edge.

Even with Stephen's reassurance, most of them still felt nervous that he might zero in on something they

missed. After all, this was the top boss from headquarters.

Meanwhile, things were way more relaxed over in Rebecca’s corner.

One of her roommates was all curious and gossipy. “Didn’t you say you went to catch up with a friend last night?

How'd you end up over at Mr. Hanson's office?”

“On my way back, Mr. Hanson askedto print something Jane sent and deliver it to him,” Rebecca said

smoothly, like it was the truth. “Then he complained the files weren't convenient enough and asked for the

originals.”

Everyone looked around at each other, exchanging glances.

Rebecca carried on naturally. “I probably left the key at his office by accident when | handed over the USB drive.”

“The pros are here,” Ella interrupted with a grin, changing the subject before things could get any more

awkward. “Let's head over.”

“Yeah, coming,” Rebecca replied. With that, everyone broke off, heading out to find whichever pro they'd been

assigned to.

Everyone had their own take on what happened. Swere convinced Rebecca totally left the key there on

purpose, just to catch Jeffrey's eye. Others bought her explanation and figured it was just an honest mistake.

And of course, there were a few folks who thought Rebecca and Jeffrey had something going on—after all, he

didn’t need to go to all that trouble just for a key.

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Whatever people believed, nobody said a word about it to Rebecca in the days that followed. Not asking her

straight up didn’t stop anyone from whispering about it to their work buddies, though.

So, it didn’t take long before the whole PrimePlay Technologies crowd caught wind of what happened. Even Jane

and Lisa were in the loop.

Three of Lisa's regular gossip partners cornered her as soon as the news spread. “Hey, what do you think is up

between Rebecca and Mr. Hanson? Didn’t Andrea say something to you before?”

“Whatever's going on is none of my business,” Lisa said, clearly not wanting to get dragged into more

now that she knew the truth. “If you're that curious, go ask them yourself.”

The three exchanged baffled looks, confused by Lisa's attitude. Lisa didn’t bother with them anymore and

headed back to her desk, focusing on her work.

Jane overheard bits of their conversation as she walked by, but since the rumors weren't going wild, she didn’t

bother stepping in.

Still, while taking a break from work, she sent Rebecca a message just to check on her. [Have you gotten used to

things over there?]

Rebecca replied, [Yeah, I'm pretty much used to it.] Honestly, she really was. In the past, any tshe moved to

a new place, her stomach would act up, she'd get headaches, or lose her appetite.

But this taround, she didn’t feel a thing-no discomfort at all.

Tflew by, and before they knew it, Wednesday rolled around. Rebecca and the others had picked up a ton of

new skills and knowledge from the pros, but they all knew that practice was the key to really leveling up.

That night, the whole PrimePlay Technologies crew stayed late to wrap up the assignments from the pros, just so

the experts could quickly see where they were still lacking.

It was past eight o'clock at night. Rebecca was in the middle of her overtshift when her phone buzzed-it was

Jessica calling. Glancing around at everyone still hard at work, she slipped into the break room to answer.

“Jessica, what's up?”

“Your mom just woke up for about a minute,” Jessica blurted out, practically vibrating with excitement. “Did Dr.

Johnson call you about it?”

Rebecca's heart surged with emotion-all at once, a tidal wave rolled through her chest. She glanced at her

phone, searching for any missed calls or texts, but there was nothing. “No,” she replied.

“He’s probably still tied up running tests on your mom and hasn’t had a moment to call,” Jessica said, her voice

practically sparkling with excitement. “I feel like your mom might wake up soon after you're back.”

So many feelings were crashing through Rebecca right now, barely keeping herself together. She tried to say

something to Jessica, opening her mouth again and again, but joy gripped her so tightly that the words just

wouldn't come.

“Rebecca? You there?” Jessica called out, worried when she didn’t get a response.

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Rebecca managed a shaky sniff. “Yeah, I'm here.”

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Jessica was still worried. “Seriously? Aren’t you losing your mind with excitement? Shouldn't you be screaming

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