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 my

turning to meet Jessica's icy, impenetrable stare. Lips pressed in a thin line, he

in a glass of fresh

Jessica's eyelashes fluttered.

set the receiver down and leaned

morning. Sunlight spilled golden across the

Click-

sound made Jessica

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

she still couldn't

at the door broke

"Come in," Timothy called.

entered, carrying a glass of orange juice, and set it down beside Jessica,

the lawyer arrived, handing

"All set, Mr. Lawson."

"Give it to her."

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

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

a scene, so she

tonight? Planning not to

to the floor. Orange juice and shards of glass splattered

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