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."
to steady herself. "Go ahead, I'll be
tears from
market, Jessica finished picking out the material she needed, while Herbert carried the
him, letting him know he didn't need to walk her home; she could make her own way
bit. "Which
her lips together, then slowly spelled out with her hands, "To my
didn't insist on escorting
he was a man, and if Timothy saw them together, it would be hard
hailed a taxi for Jessica and
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
her the Voice Emitting Necklace; they'd known each other for years, so helping him with this small favor was the least she could
was young, Latonia had
Jessica couldn't help but feel a pang
He really could be so
Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry rushed up to
"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"
much better. She
finally melted away, replaced by
to visit
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