Goodbye, Mr. Regret

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."

the receipt to

in a thin line, he crossed to the

glass of

Jessica's eyelashes fluttered.

and leaned against the desk,

morning. Sunlight spilled golden across the office, but even

Click-

sound made Jessica

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

still couldn't

the door

"Come in," Timothy called.

of orange juice, and set it down beside Jessica, politely saying, "Here you

lawyer arrived, handing over a notarization

"All set, Mr. Lawson."

"Give it to her."

it, and, once they'd both left, slipped it into her

before you leave," Timothy's deep

to make a scene,

you planning to disappear tonight? Planning

glass slipped from Jessica's hand, crashing to the floor. Orange juice and shards