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."
I'll be fine. I can
Timothy left, Sheila wiped the tears from the corner of her
fabric market, Jessica finished picking out the material
him know he didn't need to walk her home; she could
a bit. "Which home are you
lips together, then slowly spelled out with her hands, "To
insist on
Timothy saw them together, it would be hard for Little Mute to
hailed a taxi for Jessica and
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 waste
years, so helping him with this small favor was the least she could
was young, Latonia had always been kind to
couldn't help
He really could be
Timothy returned to The Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry rushed
"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"
much better. She
face finally melted away, replaced by
want to visit
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