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.

his door. "Sir,

on his phone-noon. It must be past

had to be asleep, that's why she wasn't

had to be

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

really pulled off a

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

had to hand it

divorce had become an opportunity for

every last drop of value from

think what kind

he'd taken

Vince kept doom-scrolling through Twitter, only to realize Timothy's review post

new

Viral Post Without

admire Timothy's knack for managing publicity. By

majority were

even asked if Timothy had kept his marriage secret because

was afraid to let anyone

a screenshot of the comment

to clear

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