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 my

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

a glass of

Jessica's eyelashes fluttered.

down and leaned

the morning. Sunlight spilled golden across the office, but even that couldn't chase away the coldness hanging in the

Click-

sound made Jessica

smoke drifted lazily from his lips. The subtle, woodsy scent curled through the room, deepening the air of

she still

knock at the door broke the

"Come in," Timothy called.

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

arrived,

"All set, Mr. Lawson."

"Give it to her."

took the slip, glanced at it, and, once they'd both left, slipped it into her bag and stood

juice before you leave," Timothy's deep voice called from

make a scene, so she

planning to disappear tonight? Planning

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

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