Chapter 138

Timothy's chiseled lips pressed into a hard, unforgiving line.

He didn't answer Henry for a long moment.

"Dad, are you still there?"

Timothy's tone was stern. "Copy *A Mother's Love* one hundred times. I'll check it when I get home tonight, and I won't tolerate a single one missing."

"Dad!"

Timothy hung up without hesitation.

From the moment Henry was born, Jessica had cared for him herself, attentive to every detail.

She sat at his bedside when he was sick.

Bundled him up in blankets when he was cold.

Cooked comforting meals when he was hungry.

And yet, Henry showed not a trace of gratitude for his mother's love.

If Jessica ever found out, how heartbroken she'd be.

A pang of guilt struck Timothy for how he'd just spoken to her.

He turned back into the room.

Jessica was sitting on the floor, knees drawn up.

her to her feet. His voice, usually so restrained, softened. "You need to

were dark

in his voice, so rare, made Jessica's

of concern from him

she found it all

slap with one hand, a sweet treat with the other he

she was done with

away

was finished waiting passively for

She was leaving him.

he wanted Sheila to be Ines's student

to him, her gestures clear: "Timothy, I've

work with my

clear-Ines

Sheila would

her go, not when he

health, there was no way she could

this gave her leverage to negotiate

and Sheila had said: Jessica couldn't speak, was constantly belittled,

thought being Mrs. Lawson

within the Lawson family, it

just now made it painfully clear: Jessica needed a real opportunity to prove

the family would

time they saw what she was truly capable

If you want to

*Grand Canal, Venice* was her creation,

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