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“I don’t want an apology. | want you to...” Rebecca stopped herself as soon as she saw the look in Jeffrey’s eyes.

No matter how guilty or indebted he felt, if Rebecca mentioned divorce again, Jeffrey would still stick to what

he’d told her that night.

“Let's not talk about this,” Jeffrey said, wrapping his arms around her. His heart ached with the weight of his

regrets. For the first time, he wished Andrea had never saved him.

If Andrea hadn’t pulled him from the water and just let him drown, none of this mess would've happened.

Rebecca would've had a happy life, with Amelia always by her side.

But Jeffrey couldn’t bring himself to do anything to hurt Andrea.

Rebecca shoved him away, her eyes reddened. “Don’t givethat fake concern.”

“I'll try to minimize the hurt you have to go through, Jeffrey said, his gaze deep and unreadable. “As for Andrea,

I'll find a tto talk to her.”

But that was never what Rebecca wanted.

Meanwhile, May and Barry were standing outside the door, eavesdropping on every word. “Jeffrey is honestly the

worst, May muttered to Barry.

Barry gave her a weird look.

‘Was | wrong?” May thought to herself.

“I'm Mr. Hanson's bodyguard. Isn't it kind of inappropriate to talk badly about him right in front of me?” Barry

said seriously.

“I'm just asking you, aren't I? May retorted.

Barry paused, mulled over for a while, and then said, “Mr. Hanson isn’t heartless; he’s just stuck in a tough spot.

He truly cares about Ms. Jensen and feels responsible for Andrea”

May felt speechless. In her eyes, Barry's words just showed that Jeffrey was a scumbag.

Remembering that May was Rebecca’s friend, Barry quickly added, “Please, don’t worry. We'll make sure Ms.

Jensen doesn’t suffer, not even a little.”

“Didn’t she just suffer a second ago?” May didn’t hesitate to call him out.

“Well, that’s just how relationships grow,” Barry insisted, scrambling to defend Jeffrey. “After a fight like this,

they'll understand each other more and love each other even deeper.”

May crossed her arms, shooting Barry a look that said she wasn’t buying it.

“I'm serious” Barry stressed.

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“Then | hope your relationship keeps getting hotter every single day. May replied, clearly laying on the

Barvy felt a pang of resignation, but wanting to score points for Jeffrey, he accepted it anyway. “Alright, thanks

for the blessing.”

May shook her head, thinking Barry was hopeless. She swallowed her feelings and entered the room.

May looked at Rebecca's angry face, then at Jeffrey, and said, “Young people’s isn’t my thing, but if you

truly love someone, you can’t bear to see them that sad.

“You're absolutely right, Jeffrey replied.

May hugged Rebecca tightly, whispering softly in her car, “Don’t let someone unworthy mess with your

mood.”

Rebecca nodded slightly.

Seeing them together like that, Jeffrey felt a rock just sitting on his chest.

For the past five years, whenever Rebecca was down, she’d always dive straight into Jeffrey's arms, ranting and

venting nonstop about every little thing that was eating at her.

Now, remembering how she'd shoved him away without even thinking twice, Jeffrey felt his heart get twisted in

agony. “You guys take your time. | need to handle sstuff, so I'm heading out.”

“Suit yourself,” May said.

Jeffrey shot Rebecca one last look, shoved all those messed-up feelings deep down, and strode out of the

room.

Once they were out of sight, May turned to Rebecca. “Do you actually want to divorce Jeffrey?”

“Yeah, but he won't let me,” Rebecca muttered.

“Just be ready to walk away anytime,” May said, giving her sreassurance. “When your mom wakes up. she'll

help you leave him. She'll handle the divorce for you.”

Rebecca blinked, curious. “Mom? How-

“That's all I'm telling you, so don’t ask for more,” May cut her off, not wanting to get into details.

“Alright,” Rebecca said. As long as she could get away, she didn’t really care about anything else.

They hung around the hospital for quite a while before finally leaving. Just as Rebecca stepped outside, her

phone lit up with a call from Stanley.

Stanley said anxiously. “Hey, Rebecca, Jeffrey's gotten himself drunk. Can you cpick him up? He won't stop

mumbling your name.”

Rebecca didn’t hesitate for a second. “No way.” She knew that Barry was with Jeffrey. If anything happened,

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Barry’d handle it.

“He's really not doing well. Stanley tried to say more

Rebecca cut him off, “Not my problem, and then hung up

touched

Stanley stared at his phone and then shot a look at Jeffrey, who hadn't whed a single drink “Man, you wile can be

pretty ruthless when she wants to be

Jeffrey shot Stanley a glare.

“Did you two have a fight? Riley teased, raising an eyebrow like she was front row at a show

“No, Jeffrey replied.

“Sounds like a fight to me, Riley concluded.

Jeffrey just stared at her, speechless.

Riley was totally enjoying the . “So what set it off this time? Is it Andrea again, or something new?

“Curious about my issues? How about you tellabout your teacher, Amelia?” Jeffrey smoothly changed the

subject. “No matter how hard you hide it, | found out.”

Riley raised an eyebrow. “Huh?”

Jeffrey poured himself a drink. “Drop the act. May spilled the beans. She said Amelia's a hacker and used to have

a kid apprentice back when she was younger.”

“Beatswhat you're even talking about,” Riley replied, sounding totally uninterested.

Jeffrey waved it off, not in the mood to argue. “When Amelia wakes up, whose side are you on?”

Riley just leaned back, easygoing as ever. “Told you before, Amelia's not my mentor.”

“Well, make sure you don’t let her take Rebecca away when the tcomes, Jeffrey said, seeing through Riley's

little act. “You're just as good a hacker as she is. If you can’t block her...”

Riley's eyes flicked up, accepting the reality that Jeffrey really did know what was up.

H

“Try and look into Amelia's past,” Jeffrey told Stanley. “If you can’t dig up anything, see if you can get something

out of Riley’s mentor or Ryan.”

Seeing Jeffrey so dead serious, Riley immediately knew he was onto everything. “So, what's the connection

between May and Amelia?”

Jeffrey

gave her a sideways glance. “Enough pretending?”

“Didn’t you already guess?” Riley shot back.

Jeffrey laid it out, knowing Riley wasn’t actually close to the real Amelia. “They're BFFs.”

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“How do you even know Amelia's gomma help Rebecca leave? Stanley asked, brows furrowed. Ister she sull

“Turer

Jeffrey just ran his fingers along the tim of his glass.

Amcha had always been there for Rebecca. If Rebecca wanted nut, Amelia would do whatever it took to get her

away. And with Ryan in her corner, nothing could stop them.

“Sounds like you guys really went at it this time.” Riley guessed.

“When haven't they?” Stanley rolled his eyes, used to Jeffrey and Rebecca’s constant . “If you're worried

Rebecca might leave, why not fix the real issue? Sometimes promises need to bend.”

Jeffrey quietly downed his drink. Every the and Rebecca clashed, he considered ways to make Andrea give

up, maybe by paying her off instead of caring for her daily.

It wouldn't have been difficult, but he just couldn't bring himself to cross that line. He didn’t want to fall into the

spit as Marcus.

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