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

talk, she would have told

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

how much more humiliating would it be

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

Should she try again?

up. Jessica pushed her thoughts away and

Lawson Group,

dramas to know that regular people never just waltzed

she tried to explain herself to

even the school security guard had accused her of pretending to be

to humiliate

Instead, she texted Timothy:

to talk. Could you send Secretary Allen to fetch

keep up appearances as Mrs. Lawson, to

sure

was in the middle of a meeting when his phone

hadn't reached out to him in a

the message, stood up, and announced, "Let's

entire boardroom

was at its most critical point. Why end it

Timothy was already striding

main entrance-her back to the

and spotted her slim figure from behind. His voice softened as he called,

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