Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 240

Thankfully, he hadn't held her too tightly.

Jessica quickly turned away, dodging his attempt to kiss her again.

Her fingers were still trembling.

Before she could react, Timothy pressed her down onto the bed, his knees bent and elbows braced on either side of her, completely enclosing Jessica beneath

him.

The heat in his gaze made his intentions unmistakably clear.

Jessica felt utterly helpless.

It wasn't that she didn't want to resist.

She had tried to fight him off many times, but it was always pointless.

simply wasn't

and gently brushed a stray lock of hair from her forehead, his voice low and soft. "Shaking like this, yet still

with shame. Men always seemed so much more unashamed, so much more

with a faint, teasing smile. "Go wash up first.

than to escape him. She quickly

her. He rolled onto his side without argument, and Jessica shot out of bed, hurrying to the

here, but she needed to find a way

about to let him seduce her again or

thought about asking Ines to take Sheila on as her student, but before she could use that as leverage to discuss the divorce, something else had happened. She never did find out what underhanded method Timothy had used to get Ines to come to him for help. Meanwhile, Jessica's cancer diagnosis forced her to turn down Ines's invitation, and just like that, Sheila

the bathroom, she draped her pajamas over her arm and faced Timothy, signing her

some kind of wall in her design work. If you agree to one thing for me, I'll

Jessica knew she'd keep working in the animation industry. A mentor always needed someone who could carry the

herself, Jessica was willing to give back to

If it had been anyone else, Jessica would have shared her knowledge just as generously, as long as

was Sheila that Jessica felt so much resistance, but if it meant she could finally cut ties with Timothy, she

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