Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 193

He let her go, his face dark as thunder. "Get out."

What a complete buzzkill of a woman.

She'd managed to ruin his good mood entirely.

Jessica didn't linger even for a second. She bolted from Timothy's office as if fleeing a storm.

Only after stepping out of The Lawson Group's building did she finally feel the tension in her chest begin to ease. She flagged down a taxi by the curb, made a quick trip to the mall for a new laptop, then returned to her tiny apartment.

Once inside, she powered up her new computer and logged on to a well-known international animation forum, hoping to get a sense of the style Director Smith preferred.

Seven years ago, Jessica would have been brimming with confidence.

But now? The most she'd done recently was put together a few simple animated stories for Henry-easy things, really, nothing challenging.

Still, she remembered Ines's words of encouragement and refused to give up.

Since Mr. Smith's new film hadn't been released yet, the script was, of course, under wraps. Jessica had no idea what style he was looking for, so she drew inspiration from his previous work and created a new animated character, just to practice.

before her

A call from Vince.

couldn't speak, Vince hung up quickly and sent her a

grandfather saw your work and would really like to meet you. He's having a birthday celebration in two days and has asked me to invite you. Do you think you

doubt Timothy would attend his grandfather's party as well. The last thing Jessica wanted was to run into

sorry, I won't

Vince replied almost immediately.

Timothy too, and he's already agreed. Wouldn't you like to come with

Vince's message, then set her phone aside. She barely

was

was more than enough for her; there was no reason to

up for her that night, Vince was still Timothy's

and Timothy were finished. There was no need to complicate things further

waiting a while with no response from Jessica, Vince tried calling Timothy

it's hard to reach her by phone. Could you please ask her to come to

bother me with

cut him off without

tone, Vince pocketed his phone,