"Mr. Lawson."

Timothy's voice was cool and detached. "Check the balance on the card I gave to my wife. How much is left?"

"One moment, sir."

A brief silence. Then Secretary Allen spoke up. "Twelve million."

Timothy's brow furrowed. Twelve million wasn't much by his standards. If Jessica wanted to return to a normal life, that sum would be more than enough for an ordinary person to live comfortably for the rest of her days.

But she was Timothy's woman. How could she settle for an ordinary life?

"Freeze the card."

His words were cold as ice.

Secretary Allen hesitated, caught off guard, but knew better than to ask questions. "Understood. I'll do it right away."

"And look into what happened at the Wheeler Group."

With that, Timothy ended the call.

He strode across the room to the balcony, his long legs carrying him to the glass doors. He lit a cigarette, exhaling slowly into the night.

Outside, darkness pressed in, thick as velvet.

peculiar emptiness settling over him. This house, this life-so many years of stability, almost to the point of

been feeling well that day. As soon as she returned to the hotel, she collapsed onto

she was gasping

back were slick with

once more of that fire, the one from

her heart had been knotted with fear-afraid Timothy would be hurt, afraid

still

affairs, from this day forward, had nothing to

take a shower, only to remember she hadn't brought any luggage with her when she

no choice but to go out and buy some clothes and

happened with the Wheelers. Once she was sure Timothy

outfits, then handed her card to the

cashier slid the card through the reader.

Transaction failed.

screen flashed:

card for seven years. She'd been using it these last few days without a problem-why was

sorry, miss, but this card isn't working. Do you

on her phone, asking the cashier to

entered her PIN once more. Still, the reader flashed the same message:

smile tugged

belonged to

one day, saying there were two hundred thousand dollars on it enough for a shopping spree. Not long after, he'd transferred another two hundred thousand, urging her to go out and

first, she'd felt happy. She thought he was worried she'd be bored at home, so he kept giving her

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