Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 144

Timothy's sharp, handsome features were so dark with anger, it was as if a storm cloud hung over his face. Whatever patience he had left was vanishing fast.

"Jessica." His voice was icy, each word razor-edged. "Have I been too lenient with you?"

He'd compromised again and again, thinking she'd finally meet him halfway.

But instead he let out a short, humorless laugh.

Without warning, Timothy grabbed her wrist, his grip harsh and unyielding.

A fierce pain shot up Jessica's arm, and before she could react, he'd all but manhandled her into the car.

The door slammed shut behind her.

She reached out, trying to open it, but Timothy had already locked it. He strode around to the driver's side, only unlocking the doors once he was seated behind the wheel.

Jessica tried again to reach for the handle, but Timothy pulled her back, his hand firm and unbending.

"Must you ruin everything?" he snapped.

Henry copy out "A Mother's Love" a hundred times as punishment, then took him to the amusement park as a reward. He'd insisted Jessica come along, hoping

to all that trouble, and she still didn't

always thought of her as a sensible, gracious wife who knew when to

she'd been disappointing him

I'm on my period. Why are

amusement park —whether you like it or not! Who gave you the

pushing him right

really going to

jaw clenched as he yanked the seatbelt across her, fastening it with a harsh,

looked at the man beside her-so distant, so cold, a

last night felt like a trick

that she'd ever believed it. From the day she married him, Jessica was under no illusions about their differences. She'd

learned to swallow countless jabs and taunts; pride was a

everyone has their

words cut through

woman, a legal citizen-she had the

bully? That you can threaten and force me just because you have money and power? If you're so tough, why don't you go claim your real true love instead of using me as your shield? I may be mute, I may be disabled, but

him angrier. Her hands moved rapidly, signing, *So what if you're so capable? All you know