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. "Sir,

his phone-noon.

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

had to be

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

really pulled

credit, he'd managed to gild his own reputation

to hand it to

razor-sharp-even the divorce had

drop of

ruthless, shrewd operator-Vince shuddered to think what kind of

he'd taken

through Twitter, only to realize Timothy's review

new trending topic

Post Without

couldn't help but admire Timothy's knack for managing publicity.

were

asked if Timothy had kept

afraid

the comment and sent it to

to clear this

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