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.
life had changed completely-she
ever
if she was tired of him after seven years, she'd never let go
was he to let her walk away? She was mute-what right did she have to
mistake, and I've already dealt with him. If you want a divorce, what's the
stepped closer to
always thought Jessica was easy to
he realized she wasn't nearly as easy as
matter. He
to believe he couldn't
down, Timothy reached for her hand. She was unraveling-
his fingers through hers, his
you home. I'll have the lawyer come to you, and you can give him a piece of your mind. Say
blankly
that, it was easy to mistake it for tenderness—just a glance, and you could drown in
But she was furious.
a man be
moment,
all an act. And yet, for seven
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