Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 281

Jessica believed that life should always hold a spark of hope.

She knew she couldn't give up on fighting cancer. It was just like her struggle with aphasia; at first, she'd resigned herself to never speaking again, but then-out of nowhere she'd found a breakthrough.

Maybe there could be a miracle for her cancer, too.

If she could buy herself more time, there were still so many things she wanted to do.

Herbert hadn't expected that Mr. Smith would personally reach out to Jessica.

Naturally, when Jessica decided to go through with it, Herbert was fully supportive.

He was grateful Jessica had told him about it first; otherwise, Mr. Smith might have accidentally let something slip about his own situation.

"That's fine," Herbert said. “I actually need to travel to Aetherion for work soon, so I can take you to see the doctor myself or Mr. Smith could bring you, whichever works."

Later, Herbert checked Jessica's throat, gauging her progress, and reminded her of the essential points for her speech therapy exercises.

Mr. Smith, so she told Herbert she'd be heading out. Not wanting to hold her up, Herbert asked quickly how

that she and Marquis had already reached an understanding. Marquis would take care of the follow-up, and Jessica would

any longer and encouraged her to get

stepped out of his office,

a close eye on the animation industry. He hoped to build connections that might

in the animation world-and Herbert had even invested in one of his films-the

was stunned. "You're telling me you and Tim's

about the seven years I spent researching aphasia-don't tell her it was

"Are you secretly in love

you

Westerners don't beat around the bush.

crossed Herbert's

fate just has a twisted sense of

one thing,

it some other

know, she and Tim might be getting divorced. I have to admit, I'm kind of taken with her too. Once she's single, I hope you won't mind

"Don't even think about it! You already have a daughter, and now you