Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Thankfully, he hadn't held her too tightly.

Jessica quickly turned away, dodging his attempt to kiss her again.

Her fingers were still trembling.

Before she could react, Timothy pressed her down onto the bed, his knees bent and elbows braced on either side of her, completely enclosing Jessica beneath

him.

The heat in his gaze made his intentions unmistakably clear.

Jessica felt utterly helpless.

It wasn't that she didn't want to resist.

She had tried to fight him off many times, but it was always pointless.

wasn't

from her

Men always seemed so much more unashamed, so much more

palm cupped her cheek, his eyes narrowing with a faint, teasing

to escape him. She quickly

her. He rolled onto his side without argument, and Jessica

stubborn as ever, determined to linger here, but she

wasn't about to let him seduce her again or drag her into anything she'd

never did find out what underhanded method Timothy had used to get Ines to come to him for help. Meanwhile, Jessica's cancer diagnosis forced her to turn down Ines's invitation, and just like that, Sheila became Ines's student. This

she draped her pajamas over her arm

some kind of wall in her design work. If you agree to

knew she'd keep working in the animation industry.

a mentor's student herself, Jessica was willing to give back to

talented. If it had been anyone else, Jessica would have shared

it was Sheila that Jessica felt so much resistance, but if it meant she could finally cut ties