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 had recently redeemed

had been sent later by the jeweler's boutique were all stored safely at

brooch-one he'd chosen and

return these

he'd been

home, none

devoted herself to the Lawson family, never once tending to the memory of

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

in her absence, not a single person had bothered

was all gone, he'd never once

and brooch, then left

he stopped and

supplies, and got straight onto Iris Intercontinental

offerings that morning, Secretary Allen had called to report he couldn't

called

are you?" he

at Mrs. Lawson's family home," Allen replied,

Herbert's car instead. Since Timothy had ordered