If she hadn't gotten cancer.
A month wouldn't matter. She could wait.
But her life was slipping away.
She didn't have another month to waste.
It had already been over two weeks since the diagnosis. She had just a little over five months left.
If she let things drag on a month's delay for the agreement to go into effect, another month to prepare the divorce papers, then waiting through the mandatory reflection period, another month-by the time she finally held the divorce certificate in her hand, three months would have vanished. She'd be left with just two months to herself.
Jessica sat there, helpless, her hands clutching the divorce papers so tightly her knuckles turned white, then slowly let them fall to her lap.
Timothy's brow furrowed in irritation. Did she really want to leave him this badly? She's not just making a scene, is she?
No, he didn't buy it for a second.
She was mute, an orphan, used to living in this tiny apartment before they got married.
After marrying him, her life had changed completely-she was someone in this world now.
she ever
if she was tired of him after seven years, she'd never
her walk away? She was
his tone impatient. "The lawyer made a mistake, and I've already dealt with him. If you want a divorce, what's the rush? A month or
stepped closer to
thought Jessica was easy to
he realized she wasn't nearly as
He welcomed
he
for her hand. She was unraveling- expressionless, not
his fingers through hers,
and you can
stared blankly at
almost hypnotic. When he looked at someone like that, it was easy to mistake it for tenderness—just a glance, and you could drown
But she was furious.
man be like
moment, gentle the
all an act. And yet, for seven years, she'd been
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