Timothy didn't mind the place being small. In fact, once he stepped inside, his restless heart finally began to settle.

He let go of Jessica's wrist and made himself comfortable on an old wooden armchair in the living room, acting entirely at home.

He looked up at Jessica, his gaze dark and unreadable.

"Come sit down. We need to talk."

Timothy made no effort to act like a guest; he was as at home here as anywhere.

Jessica raised her hand in a dismissive gesture. "Unless we're talking about the divorce, there's nothing left for us to discuss."

Timothy's brief calm was instantly shattered by her words.

"Do you realize how annoying it is for a woman to keep threatening divorce? It gets old, you know."

"Then get it over with," Jessica shot back, her patience thinner than his. "I'm even more tired of it than you."

This marriage was a disaster. He could afford to waste a lifetime, but she couldn't.

countdown, racing toward the inevitable. She didn't have

Riverside City to find Ines and get back in touch with Mr.

still so many

was unraveling quickly, anger flickering in

"We agreed on a month. What's with the sudden

in the air, her anger barely contained. "How many times

hands were graceful, delicate as

lingered on her hands, remembering how they felt against his skin -how long

before he could stop

and a woman should always be mutual-that's how you got quality, and he demanded quality in everything, whether it was life, work,

get any more strained

of its edge. "Not even a single kiss? Does that count as breaking

ticking off her points with calm precision.

allowed to force the wife to perform marital duties.

"You remember every detail,

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