Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 449

Did someone just send her a Christmas Eve gift?

Herbert.

It had to be him. Again.

Timothy grabbed his phone and called Secretary Allen.

"Go buy 999 gift-wrapped apples and have them delivered to The Gilded Whisper Estates. And arrange for a Christmas tree."

He hung up before Allen could respond.

Timothy picked up the apple sitting on the vanity, meaning to toss it into the trash -but after a moment's hesitation, he set it back down. The last time he'd pretended to throw away that necklace Herbert gave her, she'd been furious. Why was he getting so worked up over an apple anyway?

Was she out to dinner with Herbert again tonight?

Agitated, Timothy pulled out his phone and dialed Jessica.

Meanwhile, Jessica had already bought the gold-plated cutlery and bowls. Carlisle and his crew-five key members in all-were present to witness her officially naming Daisy as her goddaughter.

Just as her phone buzzed with Timothy's call, Jessica glanced at the screen and muted it, choosing not to answer.

Vince beamed at her. "Hey, why don't I take a photo of you and Daisy to commemorate the occasion?"

"Great idea,” Jessica replied.

get a few group shots with Carlisle and

apple vendors lining the street. She'd bought a bunch,

moment, the new movie's trailer dropped across every social media platform. Vince had picked this date for a reason; now, movie teasers were flooding the internet, and there was even a promotion

on the big screen in their private room. The film channel

just in time to catch the start: the screen exploded in a wash of deep-blue waves, only to fade quickly

becomes a message in a bottle, can you hear

cord snaked from his abdomen, twisting into a

moments before disaster. A pregnant woman in labor, her screams splitting the night as a storm

...

eyes glued to the

moments flashed across the trailer. Daisy watched tears streaming down her face. She'd grown up without a mother, in the film, the boy's mother had given him life at the cost of her own.

cords exploded into a brilliant starry sky. The deaf boy tipped his head back, and in the silence, it was as if he could see that the stars above had formed

caption read: "Let the umbilical cord connect a heartbeat once

from the boy's body, alive once

in a Bottle*-coming

script, but seeing the trailer, so beautifully crafted, moved her deeply. The rest

and the others

were

eyes. This movie was their silent cry as well. Five

and it was

reach the world.

the nostalgia-and pride-etched on their faces.