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

hair from her forehead, his voice low and soft. "Shaking

much more unashamed, so much

her face away, but his warm 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

stubborn as ever, determined to linger here, but she needed to find

wasn't about to let him seduce her again or drag

to take Sheila on as her student, but before she could use that as leverage to discuss the divorce, something else had happened. She 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 time, she needed to act faster and talk to him as

heading straight to the bathroom, she draped her pajamas over her arm and faced Timothy, signing her

future, about getting her Ines as a mentor, I'm guessing she's hit some kind of wall in her design work. If

Jessica knew she'd keep working in the animation industry. A mentor always needed someone who could carry

mentor's student herself, Jessica was willing to give back to the industry however

else, Jessica would have shared her knowledge

Jessica felt so much resistance, but if it meant she could finally cut