Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 245

The matter had been resolved, but it left a bad taste-these sorts of things were always considered inauspicious, and to let it spiral like this felt, to Phelps, deeply disrespectful to their ancestors.

He gave everyone in the Lawson family a harsh scolding, making it clear that if anything like this happened again, he wouldn't let it slide.

Afterward, a sense of discontent toward Jessica lingered throughout the family.

If she had just stayed home like she was supposed to, none of this would have happened.

But with the patriarch still seething, nobody dared voice their frustrations openly.

What should have been a cheerful family gathering for the festival had turned into a day shrouded in gloom, the atmosphere tense and unsettled.

Timothy lost his appetite for lunch entirely. With Jessica absent, he simply told Henry to stay at the old house for now.

Leaving the Lawson estate, Timothy got into his car and dialed Jessica's number.

She didn't answer.

He gripped his phone so tightly his knuckles went white. After a moment, he set it aside, started the engine, and headed home to The Gilded Whisper Estates.

pearl necklace and brooch Secretary Allen

sent later by the jeweler's boutique were all stored safely at the office; he had no intention of letting them see the

brooch-one he'd chosen and bought specifically for

these things to their rightful

he'd been angry

been at home, none of this

years, Jessica had devoted herself to the Lawson family, never once tending to the memory of her

morning, when she came back to the Lawsons, people complained she didn't participate in the

in her absence, not a single person had bothered to prepare

he'd never once accompanied

and brooch, then left the

a flower shop, he stopped and ordered the finest

simple memorial supplies, and got straight onto Iris Intercontinental

the offerings that morning, Secretary Allen had called to report he couldn't reach Mrs. Lawson;

Timothy called

are you?" he

Mrs. Lawson's family home," Allen replied, sounding a bit

return to Riverside City with him and left in Herbert's car instead. Since Timothy had ordered him not to return without her, Allen had been