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.

on his door.

phone-noon. It must be past midnight where

asleep, that's why she

had to

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

pulled off a

the credit, he'd managed to

to hand it to

had become an opportunity for him to

last drop of value

ruthless, shrewd operator-Vince shuddered to think what

taken Timothy's offer

through Twitter, only to

a new trending topic popped

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help but admire Timothy's knack for managing publicity. By now,

the majority were singing Timothy's

asked if Timothy had kept his marriage secret because

beautiful, he was afraid to let

the

clear

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