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“We met at your wedding with Jeffrey five years ago,” Riley said, standing at the doorway with that sly, charming

look. “You've forgotten?”

‘Did we really?’ Rebecca racked her brain and thought, ‘Nope, nothing comes to mind.

“I tried flirting with you, and Jeffrey shota death glare,” Riley added, hoping to jog Rebecca’s memory.

Rebecca paused, raising an eyebrow questioningly. She thought, ‘Flirting at my wedding?”

Riley pulled out her phone and showed Rebecca a photo from a couple of years back. “Recognize this?”

Rebecca stared at the screen. There was a girl with shoulder-length, choppy hair, headphones around her neck.

Her grin was full of youthful energy and a hint of mischief.

That photo flipped a switch in Rebecca’s mind. She stared at Riley, eyes wide. “Wait... You're Riley?”

“Don’t | look even cooler now?” Riley ran her hand through her hair, her whole vibe radiating pure flirt power.

“You look great either way,” Rebecca said, stepping aside to let Riley in. “Con in.”

Rebecca hadn't run into Riley much aside from seeing her at the wedding. Riley's whole vibe was a world apart

from what it was at that moment. That was why Rebecca hadn't recognized her at first.

Riley used to be just a cool girl, but at that moment, she looked so androgynous and smooth, and people

couldn't even tell if she was a guy or a girl.

Riley glanced around. She couldn't help but tease, “Seriously? Jeffrey let you and Samuel end up living in a place

this tiny?”

“I picked it myself,” Rebecca replied.

Riley was puzzled. She didn’t know all the messy details behind Jeffrey and Rebecca's divorce, just that Jeffrey's

scandal with Andrea blew up. Before she knew it, they were signing the papers.

“Coffee?” Rebecca offered. Honestly, she didn’t know much about Riley, except that Riley and Jeffrey were pretty

close.

“Water's fine,” Riley replied, grabbing a cup and helping herself. “Actually, | chere today because there's

something | want to ask you.”

“Go ahead,” Rebecca said, sitting down with her.

Riley traced her fingertip along the edge of her glass. “How much do you actually know about your mom?”

Rebecca paused, raising an eyebrow questioningly.

“Your mom really remindsof someone | used to know,” Riley said, keeping quiet about Jeffrey getting her to

look into it. “That friend lived a pretty wild life, totally different from your mom.”

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“My mom's in her forties,” Rebecca pointed out.

“I know,” Riley replied honestly. “I only met her when she was just a kid.”

Rebecca grew even more curious, unable to help herself. “Did you know she was an orphan?”

“An orphan?” Riley arched her brow. Rebecca nodded.

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Riley gave Rebecca a long look. She thought, ‘Amelia never fit the orphan vibe. If Rebecca's saying this, did

smajor go down back in the day?‘

“What's wrong?” Rebecca asked, noticing Riley's shift in mood.

“Probably not the sperson,” Riley replied. She believed that Amelia kept that under wraps for a reason. “Just

a weird coincidence, | guess.”

Since Riley didn’t want to talk, Rebecca let it go. Amelia’s history was just a big question mark. She'd have to

wait until Amelia woke up if she wanted real answers.

When Riley was about to leave, she looked at the apartment and couldn't help asking, “When you and Jeffrey

split up, he didn’t hook you up with a place? Not even a part of the property?”

Rebecca shrugged, repeating Jeffrey's own line. “He earned it. No reason he had to split it with me.”

Riley got the message loud and clear. She headed straight to wherever Jeffrey was.

Jeffrey was surprised to see her. “Find anything?”

“Didn’t check,” Riley answered bluntly.

Jeffrey was confused.

Riley made herself comfortable on the couch, looking totally laid back. “I stumbled across all the about

your divorce with Rebecca online last night. Honestly, it was so nasty that it madesick. | lost all motivation to

look into it.”

Jeffrey just stared at her, speechless.

Riley raised an eyebrow, teasing, “Heard you kicked Rebecca out with nothing after the split? But didn’t you

cheat her?”

“Cheated?” Jeffrey repeated, his voice flat. That was what Rebecca and everyone else kept getting wrong about

him.

“Wasn't everyone saying you hooked up with Andrea? Spending nights over at Harmony Estate?” Riley pressed,

basing it all on gossip from the inteand whatever she'd heard from Rebecca and Stanley.

Jeffrey stayed cool. “Did | ever admit to any of that?”

Riley snorted. “Con, isn’t it basically written in stone?”

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“What you saw is just what | wanted you to see,” Jeffrey said, keeping it short. “I didn’t cheat.”

He never slept with Andrea. He never even liked her.

Riley smiled. “Men, seriously.”

Jeffrey observed Riley's strange behavior. He asked, “Did you go see Rebecca this morning?”

“Nope,” Riley shrugged, laid-back as ever, making herself comfortable on the couch.

Jeffrey asked, “Did you ask her anything about Amelia?”

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Even someone as chill as Riley couldn't help feeling a bit helpless. ‘Man, having a genius for a friend seriously

means you can kiss your privacy goodbye,’ she thought.

“So, Amelia's got smysterious background?” Jeffrey asked smoothly, not missing a beat.

“Not really,” Riley said. “I just asked around to see if Rebecca’s mom knew any hackers. The one who sealed off

Amelia's info was probably my mentor.”

She figured putting the truth out in the open was actually the safest move. If she tried to hide anything, with

Jeffrey's sharp brain, he'd sniff it out in no time.

“The one who taught you hacking when you were a kid?” Jeffrey said, recalling the memory.

“Yeah,” Riley replied, sprawled out on the couch without a trace of concern. “Honestly, with my skills now, I could

break through my mentor’s old security no problem, but it just feels kinda wrong.”

Jeffrey suggested, “Why not just ask her?”

Riley blinked. “My mentor?” Jeffrey hummed in acknowledgment.

“She’s been out of the gfor ages,” Riley said, sitting up and pouring herself a glass of water. “Years ago, she

toldshe needed to handle something big, and after that, she just vanished.”

Jeffrey pressed his lips together, falling silent. Riley brought the glass to her lips.

Just then, Jeffrey's eyes fixed on her. He blurted out, “Is it possible that Amelia is actually your mentor?”

Riley froze in surprise, momentarily caught off guard. For once, her always-steady heart actually skipped a beat.

Jeffrey really is scary-smart, Riley thought to herself.

“No way,” Riley replied, quickly pulling herself together. “My mentor was never one to settle down, for starters.

Plus, the names don’t match up at all.”

Jeffrey watched her, saw she wasn’t lying, and didn’t press the issue. Right at that moment, his phone rang. was

Rebecca calling.

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