Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 143

"Jessica."

Timothy's voice brushed against her ear, low and warm, his breath stirring the air between them and making her head spin.

"Try to get some sleep."

His hand moved gently over her lower abdomen, soothing her.

Her heart fluttered and ached at once.

He didn't even realize how seductive his tenderness was.

Before long, she drifted off, lost in a hazy, comforting drowsiness.

The next morning.

Jessica opened her eyes to find the bed beside her empty. From the bathroom came the soft sounds of running water and the clink of toiletries.

She slipped out from under the covers. To her surprise, the cramps she'd suffered the night before had vanished completely.

Timothy stepped out of the bathroom.

He looked impeccable-dressed in a crisp suit, hair neatly combed, clean-shaven and radiant. Handsome to the point of perfection.

sleeping a bit

It was already nearing

was just about to stand up when Timothy strode over, scooping her effortlessly

second as her feet left the ground, her heart nearly gave

unreadable, flickered with concern. "Save your strength. I'll carry you to get

her down in front of the sink, grabbed her pale blue electric toothbrush, squeezed out a perfect stripe of toothpaste,

isn't stronger, she thought, I'll never survive his gentle

His voice was soft and casual. "I cleared my schedule for the next few days. I'll be

mouth and put down the toothbrush, then signed to him,

didn't want to give her supervisor

she'd brought this up as a pretext

yet, Timothy still hadn't tried to find a way for

he stepped in, it would only make things more

studied her for a moment. "Alright," he said finally. "You know Ines better. Once you've talked it over, let me know. I'll make sure you're placed in

wanting

for work was out of the

and see. He cared about Sheila too much—surely he wouldn't just

ready,

and Sheila were nowhere to be seen. Jessica didn't

Timothy fetched a sun hat that matched her outfit and placed it gently on her

amusement park as soon as he woke up. You weren't feeling well last night, so I told him not to wake you. The driver's already taken him. We should get