Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 421

Herbert Wheeler smiled. "He asked me to come treat you."

He lifted his medical kit and waved it playfully in front of Jessica Greene.

Jessica frowned. "Why would he send you here?"

Timothy Lawson knew about her aphasia-he'd found out back when they met with Ines and Mr. Smith at that café. Mr. Smith, trying to recruit her for his own team, had mentioned it again just to make the conversation easier.

Herbert, being a man himself, could easily guess Timothy's real motive: he was trying to win Jessica back.

Of course, Herbert couldn't say that out loud in front of her. So he just shrugged and said he wasn't exactly sure-maybe Timothy just wanted her to recover as soon as possible.

Talking behind Timothy's back in front of Jessica would only make Herbert look petty. There was no need for childish rivalry between men.

Timothy had always suspected something between her and Herbert. She couldn't fathom why he'd willingly ask Herbert to help. Still, she pushed the thought aside; the important thing was that Herbert was here, and she needed treatment.

She led Herbert into the living room. He put on a surgical mask and disposable gloves, then pulled out a laryngoscope to examine her throat.

"Your throat's healing nicely-nothing out of the ordinary. Keep taking your medication. But let's get you to the hospital for a brain scan, just to be sure."

Jessica nodded.

Herbert, though technically exiled from the Wheeler family, was an expert in his field. Before returning, he'd already arranged everything with the hospital. Over the years, he'd invested in more than a few clinics of his own.

Even without the Wheeler family's name or the Wheeler Group's hospitals, Herbert's reputation and wealth hadn't suffered.

He looked up at Jessica and smiled. "Everything

like hers, where people lose their voice due to trauma or shock, often started to improve on their own. For some, it was a brief ordeal; for others, the silence lasted much

scans are perfectly normal.

your skill," Jessica replied, her gratitude

me. I think you were already on the mend before

Jessica why she'd gone back

anything, now was the time to keep his distance. He'd already made things

as

whole scene unfold. Maybe he really

the moment Herbert arrived that morning, to taking her to the hospital, to bringing her back home—there hadn't been a single

spotted Timothy

his. Instinctively, she tried to pull

his tailored trousers and pulled out the diamond necklace Herbert had given Jessica.

this much longer," he

heart skipping a beat. When she looked up, Timothy simply gave her a long, searching look

were tangled a little like having

back to treat her

Herbert aphasia, fixing the voice-emitting necklace Timothy's way

wrong; she might not

soon. The aphasia

Soon, she'd be able to speak on her

had done for

himself on one leg, and pulled down a wedding catalog. A few loose