They all ran in the same circles, so Ines had, of course, heard rumors about this woman.

What she hadn't expected was that the team had managed to survive all this time thanks to Jessica's financial support.

Jessica continued her gentle deception, using sign language to deliver a white lie: "I don't want Timothy to know about this, so... could you keep the money for me for now?"

Ines agreed without hesitation, promising to keep the secret safe.

As Jessica left Ines's studio, she couldn't help thinking-if, when she was a child, she and her grandmother could have sold their paper cuttings for this kind of money, maybe her grandmother wouldn't have died so young.

Back in that tiny town, they never had access to anyone from high society. They had no idea there were people out there who collected paper art, let alone paid such a high price for it.

Jessica's heart felt unbearably heavy.

Her grandmother had done everything she could to cure Jessica's voice, sacrificing so much in the process.

On her deathbed, her grandmother was wracked with guilt-not for dying, but because she hadn't been able to cure Jessica's mutism, because she would never again hear Jessica call her "Gran."

All these years, Jessica had longed to speak.

Once she started earning her own money, she'd gone to see doctors.

Every appointment ended in disappointment.

Later, she married Timothy.

Timothy and Henry most, she'd

she would have told them-face-to-face-that she

maybe it was a blessing, after all, that she'd never spoken those words out

more humiliating

few minutes ago, Ines had mentioned Mr. Smith's movie role, and said he could recommend

Should she try again?

Jessica pushed

The Lawson

stopped at the entrance, Jessica didn't go in right away. She'd seen enough business dramas to know that regular people never just waltzed

couldn't speak, and nobody at the company knew she was Mrs. Lawson. If she tried

guard had accused her of pretending

wasn't about to

Instead, she texted Timothy:

need to talk. Could

He needed her to keep

pretty sure he'd send

the middle of a meeting

reached out to him

the message, stood

entire boardroom was

most critical point. Why end

Timothy was already striding

by the main entrance-her back to the building,

figure from behind.

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