The Laws of Love

Chapter 185

Marc put his arm around Jesse's shoulders, stopping to give her a look that was meant to be convincing.

"If you haven't changed us yet, it's because you're never going to." We can't do worse anymore, right?

Wentworth nodded with a smile. And that, miraculously, served as consolation.

But the days kept passing, and Jesse couldn't bring himself to cheer up. The head did not give him a break. Every time he sat down to work, memories washed over him. In the forty”eight hours after the lemonade with Wentworth, she had been meticulously dissecting every memory she had, including Tori, something she hadn't done since trying to get over the divorce…and obviously taking its toll on her. Victoria continued to be an open wound in his heart, something he missed on a daily basis and that was present in every corner of his house, his office and his mind.

However, over the years he had learned not to see her in every woman he passed, not to ask mutual friends about