Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 414

She'd been tricked into this cage.

If she'd known, back then, why he really wanted to marry her-

No matter how much she loved him, she would never have agreed.

She would have fought her way out, no matter what.

"I don't want anyone else."

Jessica's gestures were firm, her expression steeled. "That's your problem, not mine. You heard Vince just now-he said he'd go look for his sister himself. Don't think you can threaten me with that. You know perfectly well what you did to me that night. For the sake of our son, I don't want him to be shamed by all this. But if you push me, I'll take you down with me. I have nothing left to lose."

Timothy had never seen her like this before.

She was always gentle, always smiling softly, her manners impeccable.

So when she first asked for a divorce, he thought she was just making a scene.

He never imagined it would come to this.

Some things, deep down in a person's bones, never change.

As a child, she'd always been obedient, mild-mannered, willing to yield on most things.

But when it truly mattered, she stood her ground.

Like that time in preschool, when a little girl from an ordinary family was being bullied by a rich boy. Jessica saw it happen and insisted the boy apologize. She wouldn't back down.

No compromise.

“The hearing is tomorrow. If you don't show up, I'll call the police."

Her hands dropped. She turned on her heel and walked away, her posture resolute, not a hint of hesitation in her stride.

surprised to see her come

her phone: "He still refuses to tell me where your sister is. I'm

Once he's out of options, he'll talk to me. We won't

trying to comfort Jessica, but he was really reassuring

Zimmerman house, Jessica video-called

realized she needed to

family, with so many new people

at

the room behind her and immediately

back home. I'm at the Zimmermans',"

hadn't told Herbert she was

knew the court date was coming up but hadn't asked her exactly

thought that maybe Jessica trusted Vince more than him—and felt a pang of

for the

nodded, then signed, "I think I can speak

"Really?"

be so fast. It

by accident when I got emotional.

lowered her hands and, slowly and

a little off, her

"At this rate, you won't even need

uncomfortable

worry. Just keep up your exercises. Wait for me-I'III

now, I'll keep practicing

as soon as

decided to wait. If he left now

arrived and

reminded her not to rush speaking, to avoid straining her vocal cords, and to stick to her

said

for bed. She

jet lag was