Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 98

Jessica was married to Timothy.

He was a man at the very top of the social pyramid, the kind whose household was likely staffed with countless servants, tending to his every need. As for Jessica-well, she was a woman of privilege now, a lady of the manor. There was no reason for her to work herself to exhaustion or even lose sleep over daily chores.

Herbert gripped the steering wheel tightly.

He couldn't bring himself to stop driving. Instead, he kept circling the outskirts of Azurehaven, inching along the quiet roads.

He didn't pull over until the gas tank was empty.

When they finally rolled into a gas station and the car came to a halt, Jessica slowly opened her eyes.

She'd thought they were home, but quickly realized they were somewhere unfamiliar a gas station in the middle of nowhere.

Worried that she might barrage him with questions, Herbert flashed her a reassuring smile. "We're in town now, not far from your place. No idea what happened today, but traffic on the highway was a nightmare."

Once Jessica was fully awake, she realized she was starving. She fished out her phone and was shocked to see that it was already past one in the afternoon.

So they really had been stuck in traffic for ages.

She quickly signed her question to Herbert: "Are you hungry?"

one. Of

him she wanted to treat him

more than

and paying, he drove them to a

moment,

entire previous night in negotiations with clients, compressing two or three days' worth of work into a single marathon session. By the time he finally returned home, dawn

room, where Sheila sat quietly at

eaten?" Timothy asked, crossing the room toward

was waiting for

long. Come on, let's go get something to

sight of her screen, which displayed

moment. "Are you working on

lips curved in a soft smile. "Yes. Ines gave it such high praise the other day. I wanted to see if I could recreate the effect, see if my skills measure up. Timothy, I really appreciate what you and Henry did—buying that piece and giving it to

they'd returned from overseas, he'd taken her straight

take a

leaned down, taking hold of the

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