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.

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

asleep, that's why

to

evening, right before bed, Vince scrolled through Twitter and saw the

had really pulled off

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

to hand

razor-sharp-even the divorce had become an opportunity

every last drop of value

shuddered to think what kind of mess

he'd taken

only to realize Timothy's review post

new trending

Without a Second

couldn't help but admire Timothy's knack for managing publicity. By now, the comments were piling

were

if Timothy had kept his marriage

beautiful, he was afraid to let anyone else see

screenshot of the

to clear this

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