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.

she didn't want to bother

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

you ordered fresh orange juice just for Jessica. You really do know her tastes.

Jessica lowered her gaze.

what Sheila was getting at: Timothy

of hot milk, and he'd

That took effort.

spoke, Sheila turned

borrowed my phone to call

haven't accepted. Have you not checked

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

had unblocked his number to

done the same on her

Timothy intended to unblock his own profile from her blacklist

hold of her phone, trying

were still legally married, and she had no intention of adding Sheila as

to divorce Timothy-adding Sheila was

to let Timothy make that decision

Timothy didn't

hands gripped the phone, neither willing

a steady gaze. "What's wrong? Is there something on your phone you don't want me

her lips

add

just delete her

didn't

opened her messaging app and removed his