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    Jessica got so fed up with his persistence that she finally blurted out everything she’d been thinking. She told herself this was all Brian’s fault for being so annoying. She just couldn’t say no to him.

    Instead of wasting time going back and forth with him, Jessica might as well just give up and make things easier for everyone.

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    Just like Wesley had said, there was no point in fighting herself over this. Taking a step back didn’t mean anything. It didn’t mean Jessica was epting Brian and Jake back into her life.

    With this mindset, Jessica started treating Brian and Jake more casually. When Brian and Jake sensed the change, they could hardly believe it.

    ‘Does this mean she’s really not rejecting us anymore?’ they wondered. ‘If we keep trying, will she actuallye back to us?’

    With this hopeful thought driving them, Brian and Jake started hovering around Jessica even more persistently.

    Jessica found their constant presence increasingly irritating, so she decided to spend even more time at the office.

    Since Sana had stopped going on blind dates, she had free time and stayedte to keep Jessicapany. But she couldn’t stand being cooped up in the office all the time, so she’d asionally head downstairs to walk around.

    As soon as Sana stepped out of the elevator, she spotted a receptionist walking toward her with a bag in hand. “What’s that?” Sana asked curiously.

    “Oh, Sana! This is a gift from a fan for Ms. Grant. We were just about to take it up to her,” the receptionist exined.

    “Ah, another fan sent Ms. Grant something? What is it? Let me see. I’ll take it to Jessica in a bit.”

    Since Sana had handled plenty of fan gifts for Jessica before, the receptionist didn’t think twice about handing over the bag.

    “The fan said they baked this bread at home and it tastes pretty good, so they wanted Ms. Grant to try it.”

    That was exactly why she’d epted it.

    Jessica had initially refused all fan gifts, but the fans were so persistent that they’d just leave rejected presents outside thepany building. One time, the pile got so big it actually went viral on social media.

    Jessica had no choice but to start selectively epting small, inexpensive items like fruit, snacks, and drinks. At the same time, she had the logistics team prepare a batch ofmemorative mugs with the Grant Group logo to give back as thank you gifts.

    Once fans figured this out, even more people started bringing gifts. Of course, this also meant more people online were praising Jessica and Grant Group, so it was basically a win-win situation.

    Sana carried the gift bag upstairs to Jessica’s office.

    Jessica happened to be feeling a bit hungry, so when she heard that a little fan had sent her something to eat, she immediately took it out, ready to dig in.

    “Jessica, let me try some of that.” Sang eyed the delicate pastry in Jessica’s hand eagerly. It looked absolutely delicious, and she wanted a piece too.

    Jessicaughed and immediately started breaking the bread in half to share. But the moment she applied pressure, a sh of silver

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    caught her eye. Jessica frozepletely.

    “Jessica, what’s wrong?” Sana asked, confused by Jessica’s sudden stillness.

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    Jessica stared at the sewing needle embedded in the bread, her hands trembling with rage. She mmed the pastry to the floor with a loud bang. “Who sent this?” she shouted.

    “Holy shit!” Sana looked down at the bread that hadnded right by her feet, her face going pale.

    “Get me the security footage right now!” Jessica roared.

    Beneath her fury was unmistakable fear. If Sana hadn’t wanted to try some too, if Jessica hadn’t broken it open, that tiny needle would have gone straight down her throat with the bread. Even if she’d noticed it, she probably would have gotten hurt.

    ‘Whoever sent this is absolutely vicious,’ Jessica thought.

    Sana quickly caught on and immediately bolted for the door. “I’m on it!”

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