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Over the next few days, Rebecca got Samuel settled into school and then spent the rest of her tat hwith

Ann, learning all about the Quinn family and the Quinn Group.

She dived into everything-business partners, suppliers, factories, you nit.

As for Jessica, after celebrating her birthday, she went off to check out the set and planned to stay in Honnala for

the next few months.

She needed to oversee the filming of an important script, plus her mom had sstuff to talk over with her.

With everyone else gone,

Only lan remained in Jelasburg.

On the 29th, when Jessica dropped by for dinner with Rebecca, lan hit them up with a surprise video chat. As

soon as he got through, he went off on them: “Seriously, don’t you have any conscience at all, leaving a guy as

handsome, suave, and hilarious asstranded all alone in Jelasburg? You don’t feel guilty even a little?”

Jessica shot back, “Not at all.”

Rebecca chimed in, “Not at all.”

They answered in perfect harmony, not missing a beat.

lan practically exploded, “You guys are savage!”

Jessica and Rebecca just kept munching away, totally ignoring lan’s face on the screen-as if he didn’t even exist.

lan-he was so pissed, he might've shattered his molars if he kept grinding his teeth any harder.

What else could he do?

Just suck it up.

After all, neither of those two would ever let him have the upper hand.

“Hey, quit munching for a second. I've got something serious to say,” lan said, watching them chow down so

happily his own stomach started complaining.

Jessica stuffed a piece of meat in her mouth without even looking up. “Go ahead.”

“Can’t you at least pretend to respect me?” lan gritted his teeth.

Jessica replied with a totally straight face, “We're picking up your call while eating-trust me, that’s already the

most respect you're getting.”

Rebecca chimed in, “Exactly.”

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lan felt like he’d just been stabbed. “What do you mean, ‘exactly? Ben-the doctor Andrea was keeping an eye

on-just woke up.”

Jessica paused mid-bite.

Rebecca froze for a second.

At the stime, they both set down their forks and looked up at lan on the screen. Jessica pressed, “When did

he wake up? Did you get a chance to talk to him?”

“He just woke up. The doctors are still checking him over, lan said, sounding totally wiped out from keeping

watch at the hospital. “He’s not really making much sense yet-just talking in fits and starts.

“He’ll probably need a couple days before he can talk normally,” Jessica said, just going right back to eating

“There's something else,” Jan added.

Jessica didn’t even bother looking up. “Spit it out.”

lan fell silent.

Jessica raised an eyebrow. “What?”

Jessica glanced up at him, a bit impatient. “Just say it already.”

lan’s stomach was rumbling, and seeing her so focused on eating and totally ignoring him made him even more

irritated. “I'm not saying a word until you put down your fork and sit up straight like a good little kid.”

“Whatever, say it or don’t, | really don't care,” Jessica shot back, not giving him an inch.

lan: “Are you seriously doing this to me?!”

lan was on the verge of a breakdown. “Do | not get any respect in this group at all?”

“In our little friendship crew, you honestly have zero family status,” Jessica said, totally deadpan.

lan complained, “Becky, are you seeing this?”

Rebecca cleared her throat. “She’s the boss here-whatever she says, goes.”

lan was barely holding it together. One of these days, he was definitely going to teach Jessica a lesson so she'd

stop looking down on him all the time. “Stanley's guys stopped by-pretty sure Jeffrey sent them. Should we tell

them about Ben and Andrea?”

“Not for now,” Rebecca jumped in.

Jessica and lan both turned their heads to look at her.

Rebecca's expression was serious as she considered it. “The deal between Andrea and Ben probably ties into

whoever Jeffrey’s real benefactor is,” she thought. “Let's just keep this to ourselves for now.”

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“Sure thing.” lan replied, not pushing any further. Whatever Rebecca decided, he was always on board.

As for that thing with Andrea,

Rebecca and Jessica ended up telling lan everything after that day.

“Oh, and something important,” Rebecca suddenly remembered. “Next tyou need to talk to Ben, be sure to

switch off your phone first-just in case Jeffrey’s crew is eavesdropping.”

No doubt Jeffrey’s already caught word that Ben's up.

Mom always said hackers can tap your phone-so better to be safe than sorry.

“Got it,” lan replied without missing a beat.

“Thanks for handling everything lately,” Rebecca said, genuine gratitude in her voice. “If you ever need a hand,

just say the word.”

“Con, no need to be so formal with me,” lan grinned, practically beaming.

Jessica caught the way he lit up.

She grabbed her phone and sent him a message: [Look at you, getting all giddy.]

lan: [You just don’t get it-this is the magic of love.]

Jessica shuddered, goosebumps prickling up all over.

‘If he really ends up with Rebecca, am | ever going to catch a break?‘ she griped inwardly.

“Anything else you two need to discuss?” Rebecca asked.

lan: “Nope.”

Jessica: “Nope.”

They replied in perfect unison-not even hesitating for a split second. You could tell they weren't about to

disrespect their own mood with anything less than total confidence!

With that done, Rebecca said a couple quick goodbyes to lan, hung up, and dove right back into her food.

“Rebecca,” Jessica said, suddenly recalling something.

Rebecca glanced over. “Yeah?”

Jessica asked, “Why are you hiding this from Jeffrey?”

“If he finds out Andrea wasn't actually his real lifesaver, he'll have one more excuse to stall on the divorce,”

Rebecca said, not wanting any more mess. “I don’t want to get dragged back into his . I'll just wait until

Andrea tellswho that person is-then I'll decide what to do.”

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If Jeffrey caught wind of it before Rebecca did, he'd 100% track that person down and try to negotiate a deal

for himself.

“True.” Jessica nodded knowingly, totally on the spage.

While Rebecca and Jessica were talking, Stanley was on a call with Jeffrey.

Stanley was lounging on his couch, his tablet propped up on the coffee table for a video call. “lan’s guard up

tight-he’s super wary of me.”

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“Mm,” Jeffrey replied, his attention still on his computer, handling swork.

“I think he might know something,” Stanley mused. “After all, he was already digging into this before Ben got

hurt, and he even met up with him a few times.”

Jeffrey kept his cool, not saying much.

“Why aren’t you saying anything?” Stanley shot Jeffrey a look, his brow furrowed.

Jeffrey was dead serious. “Didn't | tell you to leave it alone?”

Stanley was speechless-he could only stare back.

He got what Jeffrey really meant. “Whatever, whether | dig into it or not is up to me. Anyway, could you just let

Riley know? | need her to handle something for me.”

“Mm,” Jeffrey answered, completely unfazed.

sok

Right after Rebecca warned him, lan switched his phone straight to airplane mode.

Riley gave it one shot, then just powered her computer off completely.

Stanley blinked in confusion. “Huh?”

He was totally thrown. “Seriously, what's up with randomly shutting down the computer?”

“Pretty sure his phone’s on airplane mode, so hacking in’s not an option,” Riley said, standing up and leaving the

study. “Guess you've got no choice but to go old-school-try eavesdropping.”

Stanley frowned, furrowing his brow.

‘Eavesdrop?‘ Stanley balked at the suggestion.

He seriously hated the idea, but for the sake of his brother's freedom and happiness, he still set things into

motion.

But lan was ready too-his bodyguards were posted outside Ben's hospital room, making sure no one who

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didn’t belong got in, not even Stanley's guys.

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When Stanley found out, he was about to lose it. He had no choice but to go head-to-head with lan himself.

Meanwhile,

After finishing his rounds, the doctor walked over to lan. “Mr. Yeats, the patient wants to see you.”

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