Chapter 35

Sheila froze for a moment.

Did he mean...

Did he really still remember the promise he'd made to her all those years ago?

So, did that mean he still loved her?

Tears welled up in Sheila's eyes. "Timothy, please... let it go. Don't hold on anymore. Seven years ago, we—"

She stopped, voice trembling. "Now, it's even less possible for us. Let's just... forget the past, both of us."

A complicated storm of emotions flickered in Timothy's icy blue eyes.

He said nothing.

For a long moment, it felt as if time itself had stopped.

After two or three minutes, he finally straightened and stood up, his posture tall and unyielding.

"Get some rest. I need to head back for a bit."

trying to steady herself. "Go ahead, I'll be fine. I can take care

left, Sheila wiped the tears from the corner

the material she needed, while Herbert carried the

know he didn't need to walk her home; she could make

a bit. "Which

lips together, then slowly spelled out with

didn't insist on

all, he was a man, and if Timothy saw them together, it

for Jessica and handed her the

for her to return to Riverside City-everything was more convenient here. If she went back to Azurehaven, it would be another two or three hours by car, and traveling back and forth would just

years, so helping him with this small favor

Latonia

the Voice Emitting Necklace, Jessica couldn't help but feel a pang

really could be

Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry

"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"

much better. She

on Henry's face finally melted away, replaced by a bright

to

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