Chapter 40 Negotiating Terms

• Silence enveloped them, evoking a sense of deja vu, as if time had regressed to a bygone era. In moments of exhaustion, Jessie had always intuitively lightened Chase's burdens.
• After massaging for a while, her hands became sore. Her body's function had greatly diminished after chemotherapy, and she simply couldn't lift her hands anymore, so she reluctantly put them down.
• Chase extracted the contents of the file bag and slid it over to Jessie. "I have made revisions to the divorce agreement. If you have no objections, please sign."