Goodbye, Mr. Regret

It was Yates calling.

Vince thought for a moment before answering.

"It's almost noon. Want to grab lunch together?”

A call at this hour-Vince knew exactly what this was about.

Still, he wanted to ask Yates how he really felt about Jessica. After all, Yates was the only one among them with any real experience in relationships.

Kane Sutton had plenty of women, but none of it meant anything-asking him for advice was pointless.

After a brief pause, Vince replied, "Where should we meet?"

"How about The Silverthread Eatery?"

"Alright. I'll be there soon."

Vince closed his phone and remained at Jessica's bedside.

She hadn't slept all night; it wasn't long before exhaustion overtook her.

Before leaving, Vince called a female assistant from his office to come over and look after her, leaving the room key at the front desk.

By the time he arrived at The Silverthread Eatery, Yates was already waiting in a private booth.

as soon as

"You

mouth curled into

been answering Timothy's calls-so of course Timothy

did he say to you?"

much. Just asked me to invite you to lunch. He's probably on his way. Felt like something's up between you two-is this

moment Vince walked in, Yates had sensed something was

pressed into

for, why did it have to be Timothy's wife? You need to pull yourself together. We all know the rule: you don't

Of course he knew.

couldn't

clenched his fists. “There are

wants a divorce, right? Whatever's going on

friends we shouldn't essen

involved.

with you is extraordinary. You can't keep testing his limits like

whole speech, Yates felt he hadn't made his point clear enough. He continued, "All

kept his

brought

we all assumed he didn't care about her. But he's never once mentioned divorce. Even when Sheila came back, he didn't seem to consider it. Now it's his

laugh. “So you're saying Timothy's in love

else could it

me, Sheila's return just made Timothy's wife jealous. Once he smooths things