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.

racing toward the inevitable. She didn't

she'd go back to Riverside City to find Ines and get back in

was running out of time. There were still so many things she

quickly,

to keep his voice level. "We agreed on

the agreement?" Jessica's slender fingers danced in the air, her anger barely contained. "How many times

angry, her hands were graceful, delicate as

his skin -how

hold before

and a woman should always be mutual-that's how you got quality, and he demanded quality

want things to get

of its edge. "Not even a

points with calm precision. "You've broken

wife to perform marital duties. Rule

remember every detail,

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