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

a stray lock of hair from her forehead, his

Men always seemed so much more unashamed, so much more at ease with

face away, but his warm palm cupped her cheek, his eyes narrowing with a faint, teasing smile. "Go wash up first. So,

than to escape him. She quickly raised

and

determined to linger here, but she needed to find a

let him seduce her again or drag her into

happened. She never did find out what underhanded method Timothy had used to get Ines to come to him for help.

heading straight to the bathroom, she draped her pajamas over her

Sheila's future, about getting her Ines as a mentor, I'm guessing she's hit some kind of wall in her design work. If you agree to one thing for me, I'll teach Sheila everything Ines and Mr. Smith see

her, and Jessica knew she'd keep working in the animation industry. A mentor always

Jessica was willing to give back to the

talented. If it had been anyone else, Jessica would have shared her knowledge just as generously, as

felt so much resistance, but if it meant she could finally cut ties with Timothy,