Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Vince crossed his legs and smirked. "So all that talk was for nothing, then."

"You'd better go home and find out exactly why your sister is so set on this divorce. And after that, maybe you should consider letting her marry me."

Vince shot him a look. "So that's your angle, huh?"

"Unless you want her to end up with Herbert instead?"

Vince raised an eyebrow. "And if she actually likes Herbert, why not?"

Yates chuckled. "Marriage isn't as simple as you make it sound. Both families need to agree, and as far as I know, Herbert's mother doesn't exactly have much standing. It was only after Mrs. Wheeler passed away that Chairman Wheeler took over the Wheeler Group and made Herbert's mother his official wife. Even if Herbert were to leave the Wheeler family, do you really think his parents would approve? A marriage without blessings is doomed to be unhappy."

Vince felt as if he were being forced into something he wasn't ready for.

"So you're saying you're the better choice?"

"Why not? At the very least, I'd treat her well. Plus, my parents would adore her. They're wonderful people—they'd dote on Jessy just like your family has. And if she married me, would Timothy dare barge into my house and try to take her away?"

"You and your ridiculous schemes," Vince shot back. "You make it sound like our family would just let Timothy waltz in and steal her away."

Vince didn't want Jessy to feel pressured into anything when it came to marriage.

"That's not the point," Yates said, shaking his head. "The problem is, as long as she's single, Timothy still thinks he has a chance. You saw today-he's not giving up. If you want peace in your family, you're not going to get it as long as he keeps lingering around."

"You make it all sound so perfect, like you're some knight in shining armor. But you and Timothy, you're both experts at setting traps. This isn't my decision to make. We'll see what happens."

a straight answer. He watched him for a moment, then asked, "Weren't you the one who told me it was wrong to go after a friend's girl? That

"Timothy stole my fiancée first. He started this. Why shouldn't I

this is just a

or for real,

a moment, then sighed. "Let's go. Time to

"Thanks, brother-in-law," Yates teased.

me that.

Yates got back to the Zimmerman house, Jessica had already gone upstairs to

light meal downstairs. Vince excused himself and headed to Jessica's room to check

a proper conversation with Yates, so they invited

knocked on Jessica's door just as she was

"Come in," she called.

sat by her bedside, and looked at her with gentle concern. "Feeling

better," she said with

"I'm sorry. I should've found

reached out and took his hand.

is the happiest thing that's happened

surprised. "What

that for a man to

so well,

not because of love, it's because of something deeper. That stuck with me, so I went back home and started asking the neighbors

you were

Jessica nodded. "Yeah."