Chapter 272

Jessica found the whole thing laughable.

Everything was out in the open-who needed his explanations anymore?

A flicker of relief crossed her mind, thinking back to the day he ordered that cake for her, nearly coaxing her into giving him another chance.

Yet, he and Henry had doused her with a double shot of cold reality, snuffing out the last spark of hope she still held for their marriage.

The man standing before her-such a hypocrite.

His feelings for Sheila were already impossible to hide, yet he still pretended to be so serious, so righteous.

Did he really take her for a fool?

Jessica pressed her lips together, raising a hand to answer, "I have nothing to ask you. Let's skip the pleasantries and get to the point I'm busy and don't have time for this back-and-forth."

Timothy was still smoking, eyes shadowed and unreadable through the swirling haze.

With a cool detachment, he finally spoke. "Even if I explained, you wouldn't listen. So, you want a divorce, and somehow that's my fault? Is that what you're saying?"

She almost laughed.

The way his mind worked was truly something else.

not here to discuss the divorce, I'll

Timothy's gaze narrowed.

was

already had her

more people seemed invested in

lingered

She really was beautiful.

flower

face outside, and she'd attract a swarm of

she was still

warned you-Vince isn't as simple as you think. Haven't you

cloud of smoke, his voice steady. "Do you really believe he's helping you just because your grandmother was his grandfather's first love?" Jessica's anger

a short, humorless laugh. "You really are naïve. All right,

with Sheila, he'd had to leave because

with Sheila to

the only reason he was willing to

nothing to discuss between us-except the divorce." Jessica's tone was

you talking about divorce nonstop," Timothy said, crushing his cigarette into the ashtray. "From the

was one

something

she'd secretly loved for so long had suddenly approached her, gentle but resolute, telling her he'd fallen for her at first sight and wanted her to

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