Sheila froze for a moment.

Did he mean...

Did he really still remember the promise he'd made to her all those years ago?

So, did that mean he still loved her?

Tears welled up in Sheila's eyes. "Timothy, please... let it go. Don't hold on anymore. Seven years ago, we—"

She stopped, voice trembling. "Now, it's even less possible for us. Let's just... forget the past, both of us."

A complicated storm of emotions flickered in Timothy's icy blue eyes.

He said nothing.

For a long moment, it felt as if time itself had stopped.

After two or three minutes, he finally straightened and stood up, his posture tall and unyielding.

"Get some rest. I need to head back for a bit."

Sheila nodded, trying to steady herself. "Go ahead, I'll be fine. I can take care of myself."

Timothy left, Sheila wiped the tears from the corner of

the fabric market, Jessica finished picking out the material she needed, while Herbert carried the bolts

him know he didn't need to

face darkened a bit. "Which home

then slowly spelled out with her

didn't insist

a man, and if Timothy saw them together, it would be hard for Little Mute to

hailed a taxi for Jessica and

made sense for her to return to Riverside City-everything was more convenient here. If she went back to Azurehaven, it

each other for years, so helping him with this small favor was the least she could

Latonia had always

the Voice Emitting Necklace, Jessica couldn't help but

He really could be

Timothy returned to The Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry rushed

"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"

better. She woke

worry on Henry's face finally melted away, replaced by a

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