Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

The house needed a few new things, so Jessica spent the whole afternoon shopping, only returning home after dark.

She had just finished putting everything away when someone knocked at the door.

How odd.

Who would come looking for her at this hour?

Jessica went to open the door.

To her surprise, it was Herbert Wheeler.

They hadn't seen each other in years.

If it weren't for the tiny beauty mark between his brows, Jessica might not have recognized him.

Back when they were twelve or thirteen, Herbert's birth father had come to take him and his mother away to Aetherion.

Even then, they'd managed to stay in touch every now and then.

But seven years ago, after that terrible fire when Jessica lost her phone, she changed her number, and their contact faded to nothing.

Herbert leaned casually against the doorframe, his gaze warm and steady, a hint of amusement lifting his brow. "Little Mute, don't recognize me?"

Jessica's eyes trembled with surprise.

someone sharp yet

last year's gardenia cologne on him-one whiff, and memories came

had grown up in a single-parent home, his father's identity a mystery, which always gave people something to

mother's reputation, he'd started

Herbert was the little boss everyone looked

gotten

like the others, teasing

over time, he'd started looking out for her, and wouldn't let

for him. He never stopped

Time really does fly.

polite as ever, signed a greeting:

going

Timothy had just landed.

His phone rang-the secretary.

you're trending

Timothy replied, irritation

a look. Do you want us to pull

him being photographed with Flameheart

He couldn't care less.

"No need."

Timothy closed his phone.

hands, Sheila held the other,

their way happily

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