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 strong

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

more unashamed,

with a faint, teasing smile. "Go wash

him. She

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

here, but she needed to find a way

they were getting divorced. She wasn't about to let

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

heading straight to the bathroom, she draped her pajamas over her arm and faced

care so much about Sheila's future, about getting her Ines as a mentor, I'm guessing she's hit some kind of wall in her design work. If you agree to one thing for me, I'll teach Sheila everything Ines and Mr. Smith see

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

a mentor's student herself, Jessica was willing to

been anyone else, Jessica would have shared her knowledge just

it was Sheila that Jessica felt so much resistance, but if it meant

lounged back, his tone lazy. "So you're