Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 235

Timothy didn't mind the place being small. In fact, once he stepped inside, his restless heart finally began to settle.

He let go of Jessica's wrist and made himself comfortable on an old wooden armchair in the living room, acting entirely at home.

He looked up at Jessica, his gaze dark and unreadable.

"Come sit down. We need to talk."

Timothy made no effort to act like a guest; he was as at home here as anywhere.

Jessica raised her hand in a dismissive gesture. "Unless we're talking about the divorce, there's nothing left for us to discuss."

Timothy's brief calm was instantly shattered by her words.

"Do you realize how annoying it is for a woman to keep threatening divorce? It gets old, you know."

"Then get it over with," Jessica shot back, her patience thinner than his. "I'm even more tired of it than you."

This marriage was a disaster. He could afford to waste a lifetime, but she couldn't.

single second was a countdown, racing toward the inevitable. She didn't have time

she'd go back to Riverside City to find Ines and get back in touch with Mr. Smith, land that role, and

There were still so many things she needed to do before the

quickly, anger flickering in his

level. "We agreed on

the agreement?" Jessica's slender fingers danced in the air, her anger barely contained. "How many times

hands were graceful, delicate

remembering how they felt against his skin -how long had it been since they'd touched each other with any real

took hold before he could

forcing her. In his mind, things between a man and a woman should always be mutual-that's how you got quality, and he demanded quality in everything, whether it

things to get

of its edge. "Not even a single kiss? Does that count as breaking the

her points with calm precision. "You've broken

to perform marital duties. Rule five: The husband must not publicly acknowledge

smirked. "You remember every detail,

intended to follow it to the letter. As far as he was

refusing to