After the divorce he begged novel Chapter 266

Chapter 266

“Of course, I’ll listen to you,” Max replied, his tone cool and unreadable. “But you know what happens if I go easy on her. If you want Rebecca to deal with the consequences, that’s your call.

Sebastian shot him a look of disdain. “Honestly.”

Max blinked, confused.

‘Did I say something wrong?‘ he wondered.

“You’re all grown up, but you still can’t handle a little teasing,” Sebastian grumbled, clearly exasperated. “If I really wanted you to go easy on her, I would’ve made them sign the shares over when your dad suggested it earlier.”

Max kept his face blank. “Yeah.”

Sebastian, growing even more aggravated, snapped, “What, do you only speak if someone pokes you? One word at a time, huh?”

“Careful before you talk–remember we’re family,” Max said coolly. “Don’t accidentally insult yourself while you’re at it.”

Sebastian took a deep breath. “Get out of here!”

Max stood up. “I’m leaving.”

Sebastian didn’t even want to talk to him anymore.

Max knew what Sebastian was like, so he just nodded at Oliver and walked out.

Watching Max walk away, Sebastian groused to Oliver, “All those stories I told him as a kid–completely wasted. The guy’s got zero sense of humor. At this rate, who knows if I’ll ever see him bring home a wife?”

“Eh, you can’t force these things, sir. It’s all up to fate,” Oliver soothed him.

Sebastian just snorted.

A few more minutes went by.

Still feeling uneasy about tonight, Sebastian told Oliver quietly, “Keep a discreet eye on Rebecca these days, will you? Don’t let Max or Jack pull any stupid stunts.”

Oliver replied softly, “Sure thing, sir.”

Meanwhile.

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Jack had a pretty good idea what Sebastian was up to.

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Jack looked over at Rebecca sitting next to him in the back seat, and casually struck up a conversation. “Cousin

Rebecca.”

Rebecca glanced over at him.

“Seriously, you don’t need to worry too much about this test,” Jack said, lounging comfortably in his seat, sounding totally relaxed. “Max and my dad might try something, but Grandpa won’t let them cross the line.

“Yeah.” Rebecca said quietly.

Noticing how distant she was acting, Jack leaned in out of nowhere, closing the space between them.

Rebecca jumped, startled. “What are you doing?”

Jack flashed a slow, lazy grin, his tone downright playful. “Just wanted a closer look at your totally heartless side, Cousin Rebecca. Maybe I’ll figure out how to get you to open up to me.”

Rebecca could only stare, lost for words.

Even though she always kept her guard up around the Quinns, Rebecca never really relaxed for a moment.

But with Jack sitting there, his face all boyish and his hair practically sticking up in every direction, she unconsciously started to relax a little.

Ever since their first meeting, Jack had always shown respect to both her and her mom.

“So, Cousin Rebecca, am I a little easier on the eyes now?” Jack drawled, his voice lazy–somehow teasing but impossible to dislike.

“If you’ve got something to say, spit it out. Just don’t get so close,” Rebecca said, pushing him away a bit. Her distant expression hardly changed at all.

Jack shot her a cheeky grin before sinking back into his seat.

But barely had he settled in when the car jerked to a sudden stop!

They both lurched forward, momentum tossing them in their seats.

“Daniel,” Jack said, steadying himself and tossing a lazy look at the driver, “if this is your way of vying for the boss’s spot, easy there–you’ve still got Cousin Rebecca on board.”

Daniel ignored Jack’s usual antics. “That car up ahead on the right—totally clipped us on purpose.”

Jack rolled down the window to get a better look. Up ahead, a black sedan sat by the curb with its hazard lights flashing. The driver’s door swung open and Jack asked, sounding a little impatient, “You really think it was on purpose?”

“Absolutely,” Daniel replied.

Jack just shrugged, totally unfazed. “So hit ‘em back.”

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Daniel shot him a look. “It’s their fault right now. If we hit them, it’s on us. No need to hand them a lawsuit,

boss.”

Jack just shrugged, still totally chill. “As long as nobody gets hurt, it’s just a payout, whatever. I don’t let people walk all over me, that’s my whole deal.”

Daniel just stared at him, lost for words.

Ever the practical one, Daniel ignored Jack’s plan. When the other driver got out and headed over, Daniel didn’t miss a beat–he opened his own door and stepped out to handle it.

Jack caught Rebecca’s puzzled gaze and shot her a playful look. “You think Daniel’s a little too careful with all his rules, huh?”

Rebecca just stared at him, lost for words.

Rebecca thought, “This is just standard procedure.”

“Don’t you think this is a little weird?” Jack asked, leaning against the car door.

Rebecca looked at him, totally confused.

Rebecca thought, “Weird? What’s weird about it?”

“This is a private road. Every car that comes through knows my plates,” Jack said, arms crossed and a cocky tilt to his brow. “If they’ve spotted me and still went out of their way to run into us, any idea why they’d do that?”

Rebecca caught on right away. “Because of me?”

Jack snapped his fingers. “Knew you’d get it, Cousin Rebecca.”

Rebecca instinctively glanced out the window, but her eyes practically locked in place when she spotted a woman in a sharp suit standing beside Daniel.

‘Wait–Camille?‘ Rebecca’s thoughts scrambled, barely able to process what she was seeing.

‘How could it be her?‘ she wondered, completely floored.

Jack noticed the way her expression changed.

Before Jack could ask, Daniel strode over and poked his head in through the window. “Jack, Ms. Jensen, the other driver wants to apologize to you in person.”

Jack threw Rebecca a questioning look.

He made it crystal clear: if she was okay with it, he’d let the driver come over; if not, they’d just stick to the regular insurance process.

Rebecca kept quiet, scrolled through her contacts, and dialed Camille.

The call tone filled the car–beep… beep….

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It kept ringing, one after another, with nothing but silence.

Outside, the woman didn’t react at all. Not a single ringtone could be heard.

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“Ask her, would she be cool if we crashed into her car and then turned arotirid and apologized?” Jack said, instantly sensing there was a connection between Rebecca and the woman outside. He tossed the idea to Daniel with a laid–back shrug.

Daniel replied, “Alright.”

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