Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Jessica ordered two dishes without much thought.

Timothy picked up the menu and proceeded to order a whole slew of dishes.

Jessica frowned.

She didn't believe in wasting food.

At home, she might prepare a variety of meals, but she always kept the portions

small.

She tried to make sure there were never too many leftovers.

Her grandmother used to say that wasting food was like throwing away good fortune.

The more blessings you had, the more abundance you'd enjoy.

Someone like Timothy-able to amass so much wealth-must truly be a man favored by fortune.

As his wife, Jessica never took part in his business affairs, but at home, she did everything she could to keep things in order.

She treated every member of the household staff with kindness.

She respected his elders.

She cared for his family as if they were her own.

When it came to spending, she was never extravagant or wasteful.

If it had been before, she would have spoken up-there were only three of them eating, after all, they didn't need to order so much.

now, she didn't want to

the waiter to bring Sheila a mug of hot milk and Jessica a glass of freshly squeezed

her eyes crinkling. "Timothy, you ordered fresh orange juice just for Jessica. You really do know her tastes. That's

Jessica lowered her gaze.

what Sheila was getting at:

hot milk, and he'd

That took effort.

spoke, Sheila

phone to

you still haven't accepted.

this, Timothy reached for Jessica's purse and took out her

had unblocked his number

she hadn't done the same on her

his own profile

phone,

had no intention of adding Sheila as a

to divorce Timothy-adding Sheila was out

about to let Timothy make that decision for her,

Timothy didn't

the phone,

wrong? Is there something on

her lips together

add

delete

didn't

and removed