He could actually write something like that.

His lips twitched awkwardly, feeling almost too embarrassed to hit send.

But finally, with a reckless determination, he pressed the button.

Jessica's phone chimed several times in a row-messages from Timothy.

She glanced at the pictures and read through the three texts.

A wry smile tugged at Jessica's lips-equal parts amused and defeated.

If he'd said things like this even a few times in the past seven years, maybe she wouldn't have ended up so heartbroken and numb.

Now, the affection she once longed for from him was no longer something she needed.

The vine of love that had once grown in her heart had long since withered and died; no matter how much water he poured on it now, it would never come back to life.

She shut off her phone and went to bed.

Timothy sat there gripping his phone, waiting for her reply.

He waited half an hour.

An hour.

Nothing.

his door.

phone-noon. It must be past

be asleep, that's why she wasn't

to be

and saw the flood of

really pulled

credit, he'd managed to gild his own reputation in

to hand

instincts were razor-sharp-even the divorce had become an opportunity for him

last drop of

ruthless, shrewd operator-Vince shuddered to think what kind

he'd taken Timothy's offer

Vince kept doom-scrolling through Twitter, only to realize

a new trending topic

Viral Post Without a

managing publicity. By

majority were

even asked if Timothy had kept his marriage secret because

beautiful, he was afraid to

took a screenshot of the comment and

to clear this

middle of lunch when his phone buzzed. He set down

his messages-Vince

expect me to clear it

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