Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 29

Seven years of marriage.

Could it really be because of that man last night?

Timothy's dark eyes seemed to deepen, almost swallowing the light.

He narrowed his gaze, jaw tight, and grabbed Jessica's chin, trying to force her to

speak.

Jessica's lips parted unwillingly.

"Are you trying to kill yourself?"

His voice was low, edged with a simmering anger he couldn't quite hide.

When Timothy caught a glimpse of her pale pink tongue, it was still bleeding.

Moving to the nightstand, he pulled out a few wet wipes and came back, carefully wiping the blood from her skin.

Blood was still trickling from the corner of her mouth.

His brow furrowed in frustration. He shoved the remaining wipes into her hand and, without another word, swept her into his arms.

They had barely stepped out of the master bedroom-crossing only a few paces -when Sheila appeared from the living room, a glass of water in hand. She stopped short, staring at them.

flicked to Jessica's bloody lips, the cluster of bruises along her neck, and

her lips together, concern coloring her tone.

We'll talk later," Timothy said,

loosened; it crashed to the floor, shattering in a spray of

been so rough that Jessica

at the mouth... that

wild in bed. No wonder she got pregnant with

could split her lip, just imagine what he was like in other

hadn't been for Jessica's connection as his aunt by marriage, would she ever have landed such a

rushed Jessica to

stopped the bleeding, and prescribed

and stick to

was tended, Timothy

a scene, forcing me to come

didn't understand a word

her hands, forming the words slowly in sign language: "Timothy,

to freeze for a

announce our marriage to everyone in broad daylight, and then at night you ask for a divorce? You're really testing my

Patience?

was tolerating whom,

home, and he

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