He could actually write something like that.

His lips twitched awkwardly, feeling almost too embarrassed to hit send.

But finally, with a reckless determination, he pressed the button.

Jessica's phone chimed several times in a row-messages from Timothy.

She glanced at the pictures and read through the three texts.

A wry smile tugged at Jessica's lips-equal parts amused and defeated.

If he'd said things like this even a few times in the past seven years, maybe she wouldn't have ended up so heartbroken and numb.

Now, the affection she once longed for from him was no longer something she needed.

The vine of love that had once grown in her heart had long since withered and died; no matter how much water he poured on it now, it would never come back to life.

She shut off her phone and went to bed.

Timothy sat there gripping his phone, waiting for her reply.

He waited half an hour.

An hour.

Nothing.

knocked on his door.

glanced at the time on his phone-noon. It must

be asleep, that's why

had to be

scrolled through Twitter and saw the flood of praise for Timothy. The sight made his blood

had really pulled off

he claimed all the credit, he'd managed to gild

to hand it to

instincts were razor-sharp-even the divorce had

squeezed every last drop of value from the

to think what kind of mess he'd

now if he'd taken Timothy's offer back

doom-scrolling through Twitter, only to realize Timothy's

new trending

Without a Second

Timothy's knack for managing publicity. By now, the

majority were

kept his marriage secret because

beautiful, he was afraid to

took a screenshot of the comment and sent

to clear

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