Chapter 192

"Did you get the agreement notarized?"

A tangled knot of emotions tightened in Timothy's chest.

So that was why she'd come to collect the notarization receipt?

"You seem awfully eager about this," he said.

Jessica nodded.

"You really don't trust me, do you?" His voice was cool, almost detached.

She didn't deny it. She couldn't. Time was a luxury he had a lifetime, perhaps. She only had six months left. She couldn't afford to waste even a day.

Jessica stayed silent.

Timothy's handsome face was unreadable, his eyes clouded with something distant.

Her silence said it all.

He pulled back the lapel of his suit and took his phone from the inside pocket, dialing the lawyer.

"Is the agreement notarized?"

"It's done."

receipt to

icy, impenetrable stare. Lips pressed in a thin line, he crossed to the desk and picked up the phone,

in a glass of

Jessica's eyelashes fluttered.

and leaned against the

was just past ten in the morning. Sunlight spilled golden across the office, but even

Click-

made Jessica look

had flicked his lighter, and the tip of his cigarette glowed as smoke drifted lazily from his lips. The subtle, woodsy scent curled through the room, deepening the air of mystery that seemed to surround him these days, making him only more dangerously

she still

knock at the door broke the

"Come in," Timothy called.

a glass of orange juice, and set it down

arrived, handing over a notarization

"All set, Mr. Lawson."

"Give it to her."

both

Drink the juice before you

want to make a scene, so she picked

to disappear tonight?

hand, crashing to the floor. Orange juice and shards of glass splattered

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