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“Jessica,” Rebecca said, turning to her.

Jessica looked at her with gentle patience. “Go ahead.”

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Rebecca pressed her lips together, then voiced her thoughts. “I want to find Andrea and figure out if she really

found Jeffrey because of that scar.”

“Okay,” Jessica said, respecting her decision. “I'll go with you.”

Jessica knew what Rebecca was thinking.

Rebecca would have preferred it if the person who saved Jeffrey’s life had been Andrea, or even someone else -

just not herself. Sometimes, the way fate messes with you is even harder to swallow than the truth.

That night, Rebecca lay awake the whole night.

Her mind kept replaying everything between her and Jeffrey-the sweet times, the arguments, the happy

moments, and all the ups and downs.

She remembered every expression, every move, every look in his eyes, and every tone in his voice. She

remembered the way he loved her, and she also remembered those sharp words he'd thrown at her out of

anger.

It was just past six in the morning.

She grabbed her phone and tapped on Andrea's contact.

After a moment of hesitation, she texted Andrea: [I know who it is. The deal’s off.]

Andrea didn’t see the message until after eight. She didn’t even blink-just thought Rebecca was trying to play

her. Andrea called, her voice totally nonchalant. “Alright then, spit it out-who is it?”

If she really knew, she wouldn't have sent that text.

She wouldnt have done anything except freak out, screaming at Rebecca, demanding to know why she'd taken

her place.

“Me,” Rebecca said, her voice steady and brief as she spoke in the study.

Andrea froze.

There was a long silence on her end.

Rebecca didn’t give her any room for excuses. She went straight for it. “I didn’t even know it was Jeffrey back

then-so how did you?”

There was a long silence on the other end, then Andrea hung up without saying a word.

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Right now, Andrea was flooded with panic and anxiety.

‘How could this happen?‘ Andrea thought, totally freaked out.

‘How did Rebecca find out? Andrea wondered, her heart racing.

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Rebecca had been holding onto a shred of doubt. But after seeing Andrea’s reaction, she was one hundred

percent sure now-there was no way around it.

It really was her. She was the one who had saved Jeffrey's life.

“Rebecca,” Amelia called, knocking on the door of the study. She walked in, saw Rebecca looking really worn out,

and asked with concern, “Why do you look so exhausted? Did you stay up working last night?”

“Mom,” Rebecca said, her mood was all over the place-she honestly couldn't tell if she felt good or bad.

Amelia walked over to her. “What's wrong?”

After a moment's hesitation, Rebecca finally said, “I don’t think | need Ms. White, Attorney, to helpwith the

divorce anymore.”

“Did you talk things over with Jeffrey?” Amelia asked. Before Rebecca could reply, she pressed on, “Even if things

seem settled, | still think you should go with the lawsuit. That one-month cooling-off period takes way too long.

What if he flips again like last time?”

“He won't,” Rebecca replied firmly.

To Jeffrey, keeping his word was everything.

His promises meant more to him than his own life, his freedom-more than anything.

Amelia picked up on her daughter's shift in mood, hesitating before she asked softly, “Is something going on

between you and Jeffrey...?”

“I've found out sthings lately-stuff | can use as leverage to make sure he goes through with the divorce,”

Rebecca replied, purposely skirting around the real story. “He really doesn’t have any way out.”

Amelia studied her for a long moment.

Once she was sure Rebecca wasn’t just acting tough or being pressured into it, she didn’t push any further.

“Alright.”

“Ill find stto treat Ms. White, Attorney, to a meal,” Rebecca said proactively. “She’s done so much for

me-| owe her a proper thank you.”

“Lettake care of that. You just focus on what you need to do,” Amelia replied. She and Ms. White, Attorney,

had been close friends for years, and even though they hadn't caught up much recently, their friendship was still

solid. “But before you call off the case, | hope you really think this through.”

Rebecca nodded. “Okay.”

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Amelia patted her on the head, “If anything's on your mind, just talk to me, okay? Don’t keep everything bottled

up.”

“Okay,” Rebecca replied.

Rebecca spent the whole morning with Jessica. Around ten, Jessica asked, “When are you going to talk to Jeffrey

about the divorce? Stanley's already in the hospital room-he’ll know in half an hour at most.”

Worried that last night's decision might have been made in the heat of the moment, lan had deliberately waited

until this morning before letting Stanley in.

“Tomorrow,” Rebecca replied.

“What if he says no?” Jessica couldn't hide the worry in her voice.

“He won't,” Rebecca said, sounding totally sure.

If you'd asked her before, maybe she would've hesitated. But now, after everything, she was dead certain-not a

single doubt in her mind.

Seeing Rebecca so certain, Jessica didn’t push it any further. She just quietly hoped Stanley would get to the

bottom of things soon and fill Jeffrey in as fast as possible.

Stanley found out everything around eleven that morning.

Instead of telling Jeffrey right away, he dialed up Riley. “Got something important to tell you.”

“Shoot,” Riley said, her voice rough and tired-clearly she'd barely gotten any sleep.

“Andrea isn’t Jeffrey’s savior-she totally faked it,” Stanley spilled, feeling like his brain was about to explode.

Never in a million years did he think all that investigating would end up here.

Riley didn’t even flinch. “No shock there, honestly.”

Stanley: “Wait, for real?”

Riley shrugged, her tone casual as ever. “I warned you both, but neither of you bothered to listen.”

“Do we tell Jeffrey or not?” Stanley hesitated, feeling a mess inside. “He still has no clue.”

Riley fired up her computer, totally unfazed. “Why not? Let him see just how dumb he was for losing his wife

over a fake savior.”

“But we still don’t know whose identity Andrea stole,” Stanley said, his worry obvious. “What if we expose her

and the real person actually.shows up?”

“That's his problem, not yours,” Riley replied, already launching her game, totally chill. “If this doesn’t teach him

a lesson, then just let him figure it out on his own from now on.”

“Riley,” Stanley said, feeling like she was being way too cold-hearted about this.

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“That's it for now, game's on,” Riley cut him off and hung up-no hesitation at all.

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Stanley felt like he'd just been handed a scorching hot potato-honestly, he had no clue what to do next.

After mulling it over, he headed straight for lan. Nobody stopped him at the door, which had to mean lan gave

the green light. ‘If he’s lettingthrough this easily, maybe he knows way more than | do, Stanley thought, a

bit nervously.

lan didn’t look even a little bit surprised to see him—just smirked and jabbed, “What, you here to see your old

man or something?”

Stanley just let it slide for once, not biting back.

He dropped onto the couch and watched lan stuffing clothes into his suitcase, quietly sizing him up.

“Heading out?” Stanley asked.

“Obviously,” lan snapped, lacing every word with sarcasm. “With gossip this wild, you know | gotta see it live and

in person.”

Stanley frowned in confusion. “What are you even talking about?”

lan gave him a look like he was completely hopeless. “You seriously haven't heard? Jeffrey dumped his real

savior for a fake one. You just got out of the hospital-didn’t Ben Cole tell you anything?”

“Real savior?” Stanley latched onto lan’s words right away.

lan snapped his suitcase shut.

Didn’t waste a second.

“I'm heading out. Get lost,” he said, dragging his suitcase with one hand and scrolling through his phone with

the other.

“Lay it out for me,” Stanley pressed, still clueless that Andrea had copied Rebecca's scar. “What do you mean-

he ditched his real savior for a fake one? You actually know who saved him for real?”

“Wait-you seriously don’t know?” lan stared at him, totally thrown off.

Stanley was even more at a loss now.

‘Is this something everyone butknows? How does lan already have all the details?‘ Stanley wondered,

feeling totally lost.

lan, seeing Stanley's puzzled look and realizing he really didn’t know, just said it offhandedly, “Andrea took

Becky's place-she pretended to be Jeffrey’s savior, but it was Becky who actually saved him.”

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