Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 192

"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

turning to meet Jessica's icy, impenetrable stare. Lips pressed in a thin

glass of fresh

Jessica's eyelashes fluttered.

the receiver down and leaned against the desk, quietly studying

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

Click-

made Jessica look

his cigarette glowed as smoke drifted lazily from his lips. The subtle, woodsy scent curled through the room, deepening the air of mystery that seemed to surround

she still

at the door broke the

"Come in," Timothy called.

juice, and set

arrived, handing over

"All set, Mr. Lawson."

"Give it to her."

glanced at it, and, once they'd both left, slipped it into her bag and stood to

you leave," Timothy's deep voice called

scene, so

planning to disappear tonight? Planning not to come

Jessica's hand, crashing to the floor. Orange juice and shards of glass splattered across the

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