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 take care
Sheila wiped the tears
material
him know he didn't need to walk her
bit. "Which home
then slowly spelled out with her hands, "To
didn't insist on escorting
he was a man, and if Timothy saw them
a taxi for Jessica and handed her the
made sense for her to return to Riverside City-everything was more convenient here. If she went back to Azurehaven, it
for years, so helping him with this small
young, Latonia had
Emitting Necklace, Jessica couldn't
He really could be
to The Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry rushed up
"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"
better. She woke
face finally melted away, replaced by a bright
want to
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