Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 403

"How am I crazy, exactly?"

"You knew perfectly well Timothy wanted this, and you jumped in anyway?"

Vince grinned, unfazed. "Come on, it's not the first time I've done something like this. You and Timothy both think it's a sure thing-so I figured, why not make some money too?"

"Don't kid yourself," Yates said, fixing Vince with a look. "Sure, the deal's a good one, but I don't even care that much anymore. I was ready to let Timothy have it. You're not exactly hurting for cash, are you? You just wanted to piss him off. This morning you were in a foul mood-so, what, you don't want him to bring this film under Sheila's name?"

Vince shot Yates a thumbs-up. "Smart as ever."

Yates just shook his head. "You really know how to get under Timothy's skin. Honestly, he puts up with a lot from you. But this time? Who knows if he'll let it slide?"

"I couldn't care less," Vince replied with a shrug. "Let him be mad. Not my problem."

At that moment, the office door swung open. Both Vince and Yates turned to look.

Timothy rolled in, wheelchair gliding smoothly across the floor. His face was stone-cold as he stopped right beside Vince.

"Having fun, are we?"

was to sort out Sheila's situation early, so he could stop worrying about her future. But Vince kept

the director, but the offer was rejected. He'd come to

didn't falter, but there was a bite to his words. "If

into this, always supporting him. Yet Timothy never really understood his own wife. Now, with Sheila's future at stake, he was bending over backwards, and it was

had strong feelings about Sheila before; she was just someone he saw often, nothing special. But now, he was

thin line, his eyes fixed on

glanced between them, half expecting the

he thought. The battlefield of romance is far more ruthless than

could've fallen for anyone-but of course, be had to fall for Timothy's wife. Before the marriage, it was

uneasy feeling the fallout might end up on his

Timothy broke the silence. "If you

a cold laugh-once,

if Timothy followed through,

Backing out or not, someone was going to