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. "Sir,

on his phone-noon. It must be past midnight where she

to be asleep, that's

had to be

scrolled through Twitter and saw the flood of praise

really pulled off

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

to hand it

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

drop of value

shrewd operator-Vince shuddered to think

if he'd taken Timothy's

through Twitter, only to realize Timothy's review post

new trending topic

Without a

help but admire Timothy's knack for managing publicity. By now, the comments were piling

were singing Timothy's

even asked if Timothy had kept his marriage secret because

so beautiful, he was afraid to let anyone else

screenshot of the comment and sent

to clear this

in the middle of lunch when his

his

me

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