Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Phelps's expression darkened.

Sallie, remembering what she'd seen of Jessica earlier that day, couldn't help but frown.

Damn mute girl. Could it be she's seeing someone else on the side?

What an idiot. With a husband like Timothy, she still can't keep herself in line and has to go out looking for trouble.

If Jessica ever dared to cheat on her brother, Sallie would never let her get away with it.

Since it was Phelps's birthday, the entire Lawson family had gathered.

Timothy's father told the housekeeper to take Henry outside to play.

Once Henry had left, he spoke up, face tight with displeasure. "Jessica can't even speak, and marrying Timothy was the luckiest thing that ever happened to her. Yet today, on my birthday, she doesn't even bother to show up? Sounds to me like she doesn't want to be Mrs. Lawson anymore. Timothy, you should just end the marriage."

Naylor Lawson had opposed this marriage from the very beginning.

For some reason, when Timothy heard Naylor refer to Jessica as "mute," the word grated on him.

There's an old saying-better to break ten deals than to break one marriage. How can

brother. This is an important family occasion, and she can't even be bothered to show up. She clearly

Rebekah and Naylor's youngest

who was studying

voice cut through the room. Instantly, everyone fell

come with me to

leaned on his cane, leading the

Timothy followed closely behind.

well, slipping outside

room when her

name.

set her phone to

answer, Sallie pressed her lips into a

so set on making trouble instead of living a good life, fine. You have

the incoming message. She picked it up,

brittle as a

the Lawson family saw her marriage to Timothy as a step up she didn't deserve. Every time she went to Lawson Manor, she

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