Chapter 160

"Mr. Lawson."

Timothy's voice was cool and detached. "Check the balance on the card I gave to my wife. How much is left?"

"One moment, sir."

A brief silence. Then Secretary Allen spoke up. "Twelve million."

Timothy's brow furrowed. Twelve million wasn't much by his standards. If Jessica wanted to return to a normal life, that sum would be more than enough for an ordinary person to live comfortably for the rest of her days.

But she was Timothy's woman. How could she settle for an ordinary life?

"Freeze the card."

His words were cold as ice.

Secretary Allen hesitated, caught off guard, but knew better than to ask questions. "Understood. I'll do it right away."

"And look into what happened at the Wheeler Group."

With that, Timothy ended the call.

He strode across the room to the balcony, his long legs carrying him to the glass doors. He lit a cigarette, exhaling slowly into the night.

Outside, darkness pressed in, thick as velvet.

curl upward, a peculiar emptiness settling over him. This house, this life-so many years of stability, almost to the point

trying to stir up some waves in his otherwise placid existence? Jessica hadn't been feeling well that day.

her eyes again, she was gasping awake from a

forehead and back were slick with

once more of that fire, the

her heart had been knotted with

still feel

forced herself to calm down. Timothy's affairs, from this day forward, had nothing to

shower, only to remember she hadn't

but to go out and buy some

what exactly had happened with the Wheelers. Once she was sure Timothy wouldn't take revenge on

outfits, then handed her card

slid the card through the reader. Jessica entered her PIN and

Transaction failed.

screen flashed:

used this card for seven years. She'd been using it these last few days

this card isn't working.

on her phone, asking the cashier to

more. Still, the

smile tugged

card belonged to

to her one day, saying there were two hundred thousand dollars on it enough for a shopping spree. Not long after, he'd

he was worried she'd be bored at home, so

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