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.

waiting outside for Jessica, surprised to see her come

message on her phone: "He still refuses to tell me where your

trying to force you to go back. Once he's out of options, he'll talk to me. We won't fall for

was trying to comfort Jessica, but he was really

Zimmerman house, Jessica video-called

realized she needed to start speaking

she was living away from her family, with so many new people and situations around her, being unable to speak made everything so

at

different about the room behind her and immediately recognized

home. I'm at the Zimmermans',"

Herbert she was returning, not wanting him

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

back for

nodded, then signed, "I

"Really?"

expected her recovery to be so fast. It had only been

made a sound by accident when I got emotional. I tried again, and I

her hands and, slowly and

was slow, the pronunciation a little off, her voice strained, but there were no major

elated. "At this rate, you won't

uncomfortable when I

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

tomorrow. For now, I'll keep practicing like

me as soon as

decided to wait. If he left now and

to wait until she arrived and hope everything

her vocal cords,

said

got ready for bed.

jet lag