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.

didn't

instructed the waiter to bring Sheila a mug of hot milk and Jessica a

orange juice just for Jessica. You

Jessica lowered her gaze.

was obvious what Sheila was getting

hot milk, and he'd even

That took effort.

Sheila

time Timothy borrowed my phone to call you, I added

but you still haven't accepted. Have

Timothy reached for

unblocked his

the

intended to unblock his own

phone, trying to take it

married, and she had no intention of adding Sheila

to divorce Timothy-adding Sheila was

to let Timothy make

didn't

phone, neither

raised his eyes, fixing Jessica with a steady gaze. "What's wrong? Is there something

lips

could add Sheila

just delete

didn't

her messaging app and removed