After the divorce he begged novel Chapter 184

Chapter 184

Jessica had been swamped with work at the company lately and had only returned to Jelasburg last night. She’d heard Amelia wake up for good but had been too busy to visit.

When Rebecca said she needed to talk to her, Jessica replied without hesitation, “Just stay put with Amelia at the hospital. I’m free the next few days; I’ll come find you there.”

Rebecca hesitated, as if she wanted to say more but held back.

Knowing Rebecca well, Jessica said, “Is it something we can’t talk about at the hospital?”

“Yeah,” Rebecca admitted. “Since Mom woke up, they took out the cameras from her room, but people are always coming in to check on Amelia. If someone overheard us and word got to Jeffrey, it’d be a real mess.”

Jessica quickly came up with a new plan. “There’s a café across from the hospital on the second floor. We’ll meet there, and I’ll call when I’m close.”

Rebecca agreed. Half an hour later, she got the call and headed straight to the café.

The moment Rebecca stepped out of the hospital, Jeffrey–who was in his office upstairs–told Riley to pull up the surrounding surveillance footage.

After Jessica and Rebecca met up, he said to Riley, “Hack into Jessica’s phone and monitor their conversation.”

Riley’s fingers flew over the laptop keys as she joked, “Seriously, Rebecca’s my mentor’s kid. Isn’t this a little ruthless?”

“Just hack Jessica’s phone,” Jeffrey said coolly.

Riley shot back, “What’s the difference?”

Jeffrey frowned, “I’m monitoring Jessica, not Rebecca.”

Riley clicked her tongue and didn’t push the argument further. She’d help him with these small tasks. But once Amelia and Rebecca were finally ready to leave, she’d shut off her phone and crash for the night, leaving everything to fate.

To keep things fair, Riley decided to clue Amelia in on Jeffrey’s little schemes at some point.

“Done,” Riley said, pulling her hands away from the keyboard and letting loose with a savage snark. “If I were Rebecca, I’d hold a grudge against you for life.”

Jeffrey didn’t even spare her a glance.

Soon enough, Jessica’s voice came through the laptop. She exchanged a few casual words with Rebecca about how they’d been lately, and also asked after Amelia’s condition.

Once the small talk was out of the way, Jessica asked seriously, “You wanted to meet outside the hospital because you’re worried Jeffrey might catch wind of it, right?”

Chapter 184

“Yeah,” Rebecca responded softly, “I wanted to tell you

“Wait a second.” Jessica interrupted her just in time.

”

1812

55 vouchers

No more sound came from the laptop, but Jeffrey could easily picture Rebecca’s bewildered look.

“My company’s been filming a movie lately,” Jessica said in a serious tone. “It has a scene where two big shots conversation gets monitored by the other side. To be safe, let’s both turn off our phones.”

Jeffrey was speechless for a moment.

Riley arched an eyebrow. “Do they know I’m a hacker?”

“Nope.” Jeffrey’s eyes darkened slightly. “I’ve only told Rebecca you’re gifted with computers and work as the company’s technical consultant.”

Riley turned her gaze to the laptop screen.

“Can we still monitor if their phones are off?” Jeffrey asked.

“Seriously?” Riley snorted.

Once the phones were turned off, they’d lose internet connection–there was no way she could reconnect to them, unless she’d been the one to turn them off. But she had no interest in doing that.

Jeffrey’s gaze grew darker with every passing second. After thinking it through, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

*****

Rebecca looked puzzled. “Isn’t this going a little overboard?”

“Better safe than sorry,” Jessica said. She’d seen the movie footage, and even now, she still felt like there were “eyes” everywhere around her.

After a pause, she continued, “Since we don’t want Jeffrey to find out, we need to be thorough.”

Rebecca fell silent. ‘Okay, maybe it is pretty dramatic, but she does have a point,‘ she thought.

Jessica shut down her phone, and Rebecca did the same. Naturally, Riley’s eavesdropping line went dead as

well.

Jeffrey stared at the blank computer screen, his face unreadable. Soon, his phone buzzed with a message from Gregory: [It’s done.]

Riley saw the message. “You have a backup plan?”

Jeffrey glanced at her, getting to his feet and strolling over to the windows. “Amelia’s your mentor, after all. Better to think ahead.”

Riley just rolled her eyes, not even bothering to respond.

Chapter 184

*****

55 vouchers

Meanwhile, the coffee Rebecca and Jessica ordered was brought over.

Jessica stirred hers and looked up. “Alright, spill it. What’s on your mind?”

I want to take my mom and Samuel away from Jelasburg,” Rebecca whispered, feeling a twinge of guilt toward Jessica. She hesitated, unsure how to put the rest of her thoughts into words.

But Jessica understood her immediately. “You’re worried that if you leave, we’ll get caught in the crossfire?”

Rebecca nodded. “Yeah.”

Jessica reached out and flicked Rebecca’s forehead.

Rebecca blinked, confused.

Jessica thought Rebecca was overthinking. She smiled, “You silly, Jeffrey’s only after you. If you leave and don’t look back, he’ll kick up a fuss for a couple of days and then drop it.”

Jessica and the others had nothing to do with Jeffrey. Someone like him would never waste his time on people who weren’t his target. Jessica was sure that in less than half a month, he’d switch up his tactics.

Jessica continued, “Of course, this only works if you stay steady when you hear the rumors he’ll deliberately spread. If you waver even a little, all the effort will be in vain.”

Rebecca looked at her, thinking, ‘Everyone’s backing me up, I’ll never waver.’

“Don’t contact me the few days before you leave. Just follow your plan and slip out quietly,” Jessica said.

She genuinely wanted the best for Rebecca. She believed as long as Rebecca got out of Jelasburg, she’d take a step toward freedom.

Even if Jeffrey found out where Rebecca was later, it wouldn’t really matter. As the CEO of Hanson Group, he couldn’t spend all his time chasing her. All she needed was to get away successfully.

Verify captcha to read the contentVerify