Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 236

If she hadn't gotten cancer.

A month wouldn't matter. She could wait.

But her life was slipping away.

She didn't have another month to waste.

It had already been over two weeks since the diagnosis. She had just a little over five months left.

If she let things drag on a month's delay for the agreement to go into effect, another month to prepare the divorce papers, then waiting through the mandatory reflection period, another month-by the time she finally held the divorce certificate in her hand, three months would have vanished. She'd be left with just two months to herself.

Jessica sat there, helpless, her hands clutching the divorce papers so tightly her knuckles turned white, then slowly let them fall to her lap.

Timothy's brow furrowed in irritation. Did she really want to leave him this badly? She's not just making a scene, is she?

No, he didn't buy it for a second.

She was mute, an orphan, used to living in this tiny apartment before they got married.

her life had changed

ever

of him after seven

her walk away? She was mute-what right

impatient. "The lawyer made a mistake, and I've already dealt with him. If you want a divorce, what's the

closer to

Jessica

nearly as easy as

matter. He

refused to believe he couldn't

her hand. She was unraveling- expressionless, not even

through hers, his posture uncharacteristically

you home. I'll have the lawyer come to you, and you can

blankly

it was easy to mistake it for tenderness—just a glance, and you could drown in

But she was furious.

a man be

one moment, gentle the

act. And yet, for seven