"Did you get the agreement notarized?"

A tangled knot of emotions tightened in Timothy's chest.

So that was why she'd come to collect the notarization receipt?

"You seem awfully eager about this," he said.

Jessica nodded.

"You really don't trust me, do you?" His voice was cool, almost detached.

She didn't deny it. She couldn't. Time was a luxury he had a lifetime, perhaps. She only had six months left. She couldn't afford to waste even a day.

Jessica stayed silent.

Timothy's handsome face was unreadable, his eyes clouded with something distant.

Her silence said it all.

He pulled back the lapel of his suit and took his phone from the inside pocket, dialing the lawyer.

"Is the agreement notarized?"

"It's done."

receipt to

stare. Lips pressed in a thin line, he crossed to the

a glass

Jessica's eyelashes fluttered.

leaned against the desk, quietly studying

past ten in the morning. Sunlight spilled golden across the office,

Click-

sound made Jessica

woodsy scent curled through the room, deepening the air of mystery that seemed to surround him these days,

she still couldn't

at the door broke the

"Come in," Timothy called.

Allen entered, carrying a glass of orange juice, and set it down beside Jessica, politely saying, "Here you go,

moment, the lawyer arrived, handing over a

"All set, Mr. Lawson."

"Give it to her."

both left, slipped it into her bag and stood

are chapped. Drink the juice before you

a scene, so she picked up

planning to disappear tonight? Planning not

hand, crashing to the floor. Orange juice and shards of glass splattered

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