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.

loved Timothy and Henry most, she'd secretly

she could talk, she would have

it was a blessing, after all,

much more humiliating

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

Should she try again?

up. Jessica pushed her thoughts

The Lawson

seen enough business dramas to know that regular people never just

she tried to explain herself to the receptionist, she'd probably be

school security guard had accused her of pretending to be

wasn't about to

Instead, she texted Timothy:

I need to talk. Could you send Secretary

keep up appearances as Mrs. Lawson, to cover

sure he'd send

a meeting

hadn't reached out to him

the message, stood up,

boardroom

meeting was at its most

was already striding

quietly by the main entrance-her back to the

her slim figure from behind. His voice softened as

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