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Upon reading the message, Gregory immediately tried calling Jeffrey. The line rang once before a robotic female

voice cut in, “Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable.”

Gregory stared at his phone, stunned. He quickly dialed Jeffrey's usual number, only to get the sresponse.

For a moment, his brain just froze.

He had no choice but to call Timothy for details. “What kind of transportation did Ms. Jensen and Samuel take?”

he asked.

“A taxi,” Timothy replied.

Gregory thanked him and ended the call. His first instinct was to call the bodyguards at Maple Garden and have

them wake Jeffrey, but then he remembered Jeffrey had been up all night.

When Gregory had seen him at noon, Jeffrey had seemed his usual self, but he could tell that his boss was

preoccupied and running on empty. After a moment's hesitation, Gregory decided against sending someone to

disturb him.

‘Ms. Jensen is with their son, after all. Even if she finds Mr. Hanson there, it's unlikely to turn into a huge fight,‘ he

thought to himself.

Meanwhile, dressed in clean pajamas, Jeffrey lay down in Rebecca's bed. He pulled the comforter up, and her

faint, familiar scent surrounded him. His eyes drifted around the small, simple room one last tbefore he

finally succumbed to a deep and heavy sleep.

Rebecca made it hwith Samuel just after three. She found her keys, unlocked the door, and handed Samuel

his house shoes. “Go ahead and get srest...” she began.

Then the words died in her throat. Her eyes caught on a pair of men’s slippers sitting by the door-ones she'd

never seen before.

“Mommy?” Samuel called out when he saw her freeze.

Rebecca pressed a finger to Samuel's lips, scanning the living room. Seeing no one, she guided him out and shut

the door.

Samuel looked puzzled. “What's wrong?”

“A stranger's in our apartment,” Rebecca said, grabbing her phone. “I'm calling the police. Let's get downstairs.”

“How do you know?” Samuel tilted his head, confused.

“New slippers by the shoe rack,” Rebecca explained. She did keep spare men’s slippers around, but not that

kind. Someone wearing slippers inside suggested it was probably someone from their own apartment building.

Samuel quickly answered, “They're Daddy's.”

Rebecca froze

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“Victor tookto Daddy’s place after pickingup last time,” Samuel explained. “I saw those shoes in his

shoe rack.”

Rebecca froze with her finger hovering over the dial, her eyes flashing with uncertainty. “Are

you sure?”

“Yes.” Samuel nodded vigorously.

Rebecca opened the door again. Seeing the perfectly aligned slippers, she realized that an actual intruder

wouldn't tidy up after breaking in.

She tossed her keys aside and walked quickly toward Samuel's room in annoyance, but saw no one there.

She opened the door to her room again. Just as she expected, Jeffrey was lying on her bed.

She hurried to the bed, ready to pull off the covers and pull him up, only to stop when she saw a light sweat on

his forehead. His face was pale, and he was frowning deeply as if having a bad dream.

For sreason, Stephen’s words about Jeffrey’s childhood suddenly popped into her mind.

In five years of marriage, they had talked about the past. However, Jeffrey always brushed it off, saying his

childhood was just endless learning, meaningless and boring.

She hadn’t thought much about it back then. But now she realized his past probably wasn’t happy. Otherwise,

Stephen wouldn't have brought it up.

“Jeff...” Rebecca started to call him awake, but hesitated seeing his poor sleep and dark circles under his eyes.

As she debated whether to wake him and kick him out, Jeffrey woke. His deep-set eyes fixed on her conflicted

face, his voice raspy from sleep. “Why are you back?”

Now he was back to his usual calm. If not for the sweat still on his forehead, Rebecca would think it was all an

illusion.

“This is my house,” Rebecca said bluntly as he woke up. “Why can’t | cback?”

Jeffrey said flatly, “Yeah.”

Rebecca paused. ‘Seriously? That's all he’s gonna say?‘ she thought.

Jeffrey clearly wasn’t in the mood to talk. He shut his eyes and went back to sleep.

Rebecca threw off the blanket and reached out to drag him up. But before she could touch his clothes, he seized

her wrist and yanked hard. She lost her balance and fell onto the bed.

The next instant, Jeffrey pulled Rebecca into his arms with one swift tug.

It happened in a flash. Before Rebecca could react, she was dragged down beside him.

“What are you doing?” Rebecca was trapped again, unable to push him away or escape.

Jeffrey's low voice murmured in her ear, “Either lethold you while we sleep, or we do something else first.”

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Rebecca wanted to twist away and hit him, but he had her trapped so firmly that she couldn't move an inch.

“Samuel’s probably still next door,” Jeffrey said, hitting her weak spot. “Struggle all you want if you want him to

see something he shouldn't.”

Rebecca snapped, “What else can you do besides threaten me?”

Jeffrey countered, “What do you think?”

Rebecca stayed silent, knowing he was about to say something cheeky.

“Just givea minute,” Jeffrey whispered while pulling her closer. The real warmth and her clean, familiar scent

calmed his restless heart.

He knew when Rebecca and Samuel opened the door and walked in.

He was half-asleep at the time, wondering why Gregory hadn't given him any heads-up, while struggling

through restless dreams.

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After learning Rebecca was home, Gregory waited for his boss's call. Half an hour went by with no calls, and

Gregary knew right then that nothing bad had happened.

“Gregory.” Michelle cup to Gregory before adding, “Andrea wants to see you.”

Gregory turned to the hospital room.

At noon, Jeffrey had told him to keep an eye on Andrea for a while and to fulfill any of her requests as long as

they weren't too excessive.

He was still in his professional suit when he walked in. “Ms. Scott, what do you need?” he asked flatly.

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