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.

when she loved Timothy and Henry most, she'd secretly sought out

she would

blessing, after all, that she'd

humiliating would it be

Ines had mentioned Mr. Smith's movie role, and said

Should she try again?

pushed her thoughts away and

The Lawson

go in right away. She'd seen enough business dramas to know

was Mrs. Lawson. If she tried to explain herself to the receptionist, she'd probably

had accused her of pretending to be Mrs.

about to humiliate

Instead, she texted Timothy:

I need to talk. Could you send Secretary Allen to

for a divorce. He needed her to keep up appearances as Mrs. Lawson, to cover for

sure he'd

was in the middle of a meeting when his phone buzzed. It

hadn't reached out to him in a

message, stood up,

boardroom

was at its most critical point. Why

was

main

and spotted her slim figure from behind. His voice

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