Chapter 191

They all ran in the same circles, so Ines had, of course, heard rumors about this woman.

What she hadn't expected was that the team had managed to survive all this time thanks to Jessica's financial support.

Jessica continued her gentle deception, using sign language to deliver a white lie: "I don't want Timothy to know about this, so... could you keep the money for me for now?"

Ines agreed without hesitation, promising to keep the secret safe.

As Jessica left Ines's studio, she couldn't help thinking-if, when she was a child, she and her grandmother could have sold their paper cuttings for this kind of money, maybe her grandmother wouldn't have died so young.

Back in that tiny town, they never had access to anyone from high society. They had no idea there were people out there who collected paper art, let alone paid such a high price for it.

Jessica's heart felt unbearably heavy.

Her grandmother had done everything she could to cure Jessica's voice, sacrificing so much in the process.

On her deathbed, her grandmother was wracked with guilt-not for dying, but because she hadn't been able to cure Jessica's mutism, because she would never again hear Jessica call her "Gran."

All these years, Jessica had longed to speak.

Once she started earning her own money, she'd gone to see doctors.

Every appointment ended in disappointment.

Later, she married Timothy.

she loved Timothy and

could talk, she would have told them-face-to-face-that she loved

it was a blessing, after all, that she'd never spoken those

humiliating would it

mentioned Mr. Smith's movie role, and said he could recommend some

Should she try again?

taxi pulled up. Jessica pushed

Lawson

stopped at the entrance, Jessica didn't go in right away. She'd seen enough business dramas to know that regular people

knew she was Mrs. Lawson. If she tried to explain herself to the receptionist,

guard had accused her of pretending to

to

Instead, she texted Timothy:

your office. I need to talk. Could

still wasn't ready for a divorce. He needed her to keep up appearances as Mrs. Lawson, to cover for

sure he'd

a meeting when his phone

hadn't reached out to him

stood up, and announced,

entire boardroom was

its most

Timothy was already striding

Jessica waited quietly by the main entrance-her

slim figure from behind. His voice softened as he

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