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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