Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 474

He'd walked right up to Jessica—a woman he'd never even met before—and

proposed to her on the spot.

Even now, he couldn't forget the way she looked at him in stunned silence, her

eyes wide and searching.

Time seemed to freeze in that moment.

Waiting for her answer, he'd felt a strange mix of emotions—an unfamiliar struggle

twisting inside him. Would she say yes? Would she turn him down?

After what felt like forever, she finally smiled and nodded.

The tension in his chest unraveled in an instant, his heart swelling so wide it felt

as if it could contain mountains and rivers.

It wasn't that he didn't have feelings; he was just always so reserved, so careful

with himself.

That impulsive rush carried him all the way to the courthouse.

It was only when he stood there, marriage certificate in hand, the seal still fresh,

that it hit him—how reckless he'd been.

He told himself to calm down, to think.

That was when she brought up taking wedding photos.

He refused.

Now Timothy wondered if maybe, from that very moment, he'd already started to

hurt her.

"Timothy?"

Her voice pulled him back to the present. "You should go home," he said quietly.

"I'm fine."

He couldn't let Sheila get any closer to him. If things kept going this way, the

distance between him and Jessica would only grow.

Sheila was stunned. Of all the things Timothy could have said to her, "go home"

was the last she'd expected.

Trying to hold herself together, she protested, "You're hurt so badly—how can I

just leave you here?"

"She's hurting more

caught off guard. "Don't worry, Vince told

hurt

Jessica wasn't

Her wounds were deeper.

understand. His own

But the pain inside Jessica—there was no cure for

grab the steering wheel today, knowing her temperament, it had

a

She really wanted out.

should let her go. Maybe it was time

certificate like a shackle.

time he imagined letting go—releasing

felt empty, hollowed

They were in the same room, but

else—somewhere

heavier and

knew now that

an invisible fist was

many years, but the man she loved

and further away.

Sheila. "Go home.

again."

calm, but they crashed through Sheila's

one tearing at the

left in tears, her back straight and proud, but so utterly

closed his eyes. His face was

left half an

Vince finally

cottage, his heart

quite name.

was cozy

living room. As

in the space, then finally asked in a

grow up here?"

raw in his voice, and the way he looked

an emotion Herbert couldn't

unsettled.

hide how much

live with my mom in the city. After she passed

suppose this is where I

but it's warm. Your grandmother must have loved you

softly. Yes, her grandmother had loved

Jessica's mutism,

had worked

bone. She'd been tricked

advantage of, and the

not being able to cure

weighed

the

she'd passed away

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