He couldn't let Jessica face this alone anymore.

Back when he barely knew her, he already felt a deep tenderness for her. Now, the thought of her enduring more misery because of Timothy was simply

unbearable.

But Jessica understood all too well.

She'd been married to Timothy for seven years. He'd always been distant, but she'd loved him fiercely, always hoping to bridge the gap between them. She'd tried, time and again, to get to know him better, hoping that if she just tried hard enough, he might finally come closer.

How could she not know Timothy by now?

He'd found the person he was looking for—if he hadn't wanted this, Vince would never have managed to track anyone down.

Jessica wanted to stay and talk to Timothy alone. She gently asked Vince to leave.

"Jessy..."

Vince gripped her arm tightly, refusing to let go.

From everything he'd seen and heard, he knew Jessica might give in for the sake of his little sister.

"Don't talk to him. Let's just go."

Vince understood just how much Jessica had suffered at the hands of Timothy and the Lawsons. He knew better than anyone how desperately she wanted to leave Timothy.

He couldn't bear to see her give up now.

methods were ruthless-even Vince might not be a match for him, let alone

his hand away, offering a gentle smile as she pushed him out

only Jessica and Timothy remained in the

deep, unreadable gaze lingered on her. After seven years of marriage, how could there be no feelings at all? The air itself

He wanted her back.

his fingers, little by little, before he even realized it was gone. Now, he

before him overlapped again and again with the memory of

How could he ever let her go? After all, she'd spent her childhood insisting she didn't want to marry Yates-she'd always said she

couldn't go back on

voice was rough, almost choked. "I'm sorry for making you stay

the underhanded, cruel things

it's wrong, if you can apologize, then why do it in the first place? Are you really so selfish, so utterly incapable of caring about

hands carved angry shapes in the

barely know Herbert, you don't care about him. But Vince? He's been your friend since you were kids!" she signed fiercely. "His sister-you know her, don't you? Don't you want her to come home? To let their

mother-he told me his mom's been sick with grief, she's barely holding on. He's terrified he won't find his sister before his

worst happens Timothy do

a heart

you

How can you be

cold. But for

thought, at the very least, that he'd care

Vince wasn't a stranger.

Timothy could

can I do

sharp with pain. "You want to know how?

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