Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 200

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

icy, impenetrable stare. Lips pressed in a thin line,

a glass of fresh orange

Jessica's eyelashes fluttered.

receiver down and leaned

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

Click-

made Jessica look

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

she still couldn't

knock at the door

"Come in," Timothy called.

of orange juice, and set it

moment, the lawyer arrived, handing over a notarization

"All set, Mr. Lawson."

"Give it to her."

the slip, glanced at it, and, once they'd both left, slipped

Drink the juice before you leave," Timothy's deep voice

scene, so she picked

planning to disappear tonight? Planning not

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

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