Chapter 573

After finishing her dessert, Mia took a sip of water.

She couldn’t help but notice Timothy staring at her, his silence adding to the intensity of the moment.

His narrow, elongated eyes bore into her, his handsome features sharply defined in the light.

Mia felt increasingly uneasy under his intense stare. She lowered her gaze and curtly said, “It’s getting

late, Mr. Barrett. Please leave.”

With that, she dismissed him without so much as a glance.

Given their divorced status, Mia felt no obligation to extend any courtesy toward him.

Timothy eventually rose from the sofa, his figure illuminated by the light, casting a long shadow in the

room.

In the already confined space, his towering stature seemed to make it even more cramped, obscuring the

light around Mia.

His imposing figure loomed above her, and his expression was complex.

in her throat. She had never seen

directed

and swung the door open without a word,

him to leave.

a glance in her direction, Timothy proceeded to walk toward

to step aside and allow him to pass, but he positioned himself squarely in her path. The narrow entrance

him, somewhat puzzled by his

as Mia was about to yield, Timothy finally spoke up, “Please,

“Huh?”

words from him after the prolonged silence. She muttered in response,

to remind me. I’ll work hard

walked away, closing the door behind him.

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a mixture of emotions

has Mr. Barrett left?” Patricia asked as she peeked out

“Yes, he’s

saw him at the door just now. He wasn’t

was he?”

stopped by to deliver some pastries that Grandma Laura had

retrieved the pastries from her pocket and handed one to Patricia. Despite her complicated relationship with Timothy, Laura had

one of the kindest people to her, aside from Patricia.

Barrett Senior’s banquet planned

“Yes, that’s correct.”

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