Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 363

Was he out of his mind? After everything that happened, how could he still have the nerve to follow her all the way here?

Just as Jessica was about to close the door, Timothy gestured sharply. The two nurses by his side immediately wheeled his hospital bed forward, blocking the entrance and pushing right into the apartment.

Jessica felt like she was suffocating. She'd gone through so much just to make it overseas, and now-he was here.

Once he was inside, Timothy quietly signaled for the nurses to leave. They stepped out and shut the door behind them, leaving the room heavy with tension.

Jessica's face was set in open irritation.

Timothy's features were as composed and reserved as ever. He said, "I just wanted to check on you. The family doctor didn't have time to treat your injuries that day. I asked Vince, and he told me you'd been hospitalized. You got discharged so quickly are you really healed?"

Jessica cast him a frosty glance, not bothering to answer. Instead, she raised her hand and signed, her movements curt and annoyed. "Don't you think you're being ridiculous?"

"Jessy, I think we really need to talk," he said quietly.

There's nothing left to talk about, she thought.

When it mattered, there was never a chance.

make? Whatever he had to say,

again, her gestures cold. "Ten days more, give or take. We can talk in

thin, tense line, his brow furrowing. "After all these years as husband and wife, do

Her hands moved, brisk and dismissive. "With someone as relentless as you, the courtroom is the only place

the tension winding tight in

was a reason for what happened,

of water from the coffee table

words, but she refused to let him dredge up that night. She didn't want to

soaked through, water streaming down his face and dripping onto his shirt. He didn't even try to dodge; he saw it coming

disheveled-so unlike the elegant, dignified man he always tried

with anger. She was done. Done

She'd never imagined Timothy

this. His heart and eyes had always been for Sheila. Jessica had stepped aside, handed over the title of "Mrs. Lawson" without a

keep playing the shield between him and Sheila? Maybe that was exactly

For seven years, Jessica did everything she could to make their marriage work, never

the truth, she wouldn't keep up the

eager to shove everything back to how it