She thought, Larkin would definitely love this.

After all, it was Larkin who had given the photo to the gallery in the first place.

Once the piece was framed, the shop owner wrapped it carefully in a layer of crimson cloth to protect it on the road.

Jessica paid for everything, left the delivery address, and scheduled for it to arrive later that evening.

The papercut was quite large-nearly six feet long-making it impossible to carry home herself.

She'd been up until nearly 2 a.m. last night, then woke at dawn to work on it, finally finishing by late afternoon.

Fortunately, she hadn't lost her touch. If her hands weren't steady, there simply wouldn't have been enough time.

As Jessica stepped out of the framing shop, her phone buzzed with a message from Vince.

"Jessica, I'm outside your building. I came to pick you up-are you not home?"

She hadn't expected Vince to show up in person.

"I'm out, but I'll be back right away," she replied.

"I'll wait for you."

When Jessica arrived home, she found two people standing at her door.

One carried an impressively large bag, while the other struggled with several boxes in his arms.

"Jessica, open up!"

her instantly at ease, the sort of easy charm

planning, but she couldn't very well

and let them in. Vince stepped inside and said, "This is the makeup artist I arranged. The boxes

finishing Larkin's gift, had completely

after all-no way she could show

message on her phone: "Thank

get everything ready, living way out here. Go on, get changed and let the

makeup artist to her

He'd already spoken to Timothy, asking him not to come by, but the old man had called

to make sure Jessica would be the star of

was a legend in

business world, practically

Vince was no slouch himself he was even a

1.n

but he had

step behind Timothy

of ruthless skill.

much that could throw

there truly nothing

never appeared in public as Mrs. Timothy Lawson. Vince could easily guess why: the Lawson family would never allow it, not with her being

probably didn't want to admit that

had Timothy married her? And if he

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