Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 397

Words can slip out in an instant, but if you don't speak up right away, things can change the mood, the people around you-and even if you wanted to say something, the moment can pass, and you end up staying silent.

No wonder Sallie always said people who have trouble expressing themselves tend to overthink and are more sensitive.

He'd always assumed that just because he understood the mechanics of surgery, he could communicate effortlessly with Jessica, even though she couldn't speak.

But looking back, he realized he'd overlooked her feelings far too often, hardly ever paying attention to what she might be going through.

She might not be able to speak, but she had thoughts, she was flesh and blood like anyone else.

He really hadn't been attentive enough.

He'd change that.

Yates let go of Vince and studied Timothy. "You're zoning out. What's on your mind, Timothy?"

always saying you hate all that old- fashioned stuff, right? So why not break off the arranged engagement with the Zimmermans

dad won't hear of it. He says he'll only agree if I actually find someone to marry. If I get engaged and Salome

someone and get married

frowned. "You make it

have no shortage of women

out of this engagement. I'm not making that kind of trade. At the very least, I want someone I

help but

hinted to Mrs. Bryant that the whole arrangement could be called off. But the Bryants insisted: Yates

said that if Yates found someone he wanted to marry,

as Yates stayed single,

in-laws for years, and

still

up a fight, but

in his chair, dissatisfied with the answer. He didn't dare press further-Vince was sharp,