Goodbye, Mr. Regret novel Chapter 345

She must have fought back with everything she had—so fiercely, so desperately, that her voice was damaged all over again, the strain turning into a fresh infection.

And yet, when he saw her, she just smiled at him, gentle as always.

She swallowed all her pain in silence, bearing it alone.

Herbert felt like he was about to lose his mind.

Thud, thud, thud—

A knock sounded at the door.

Herbert quickly took off his glasses, turned on the faucet, and splashed water onto his tear-stained face. After drying off, he stepped out.

Jessica was waiting just outside the bathroom, her hands fluttering in anxious sign language: “You were in there for so long—I thought something happened to you.”

She fixed her gaze on his eyes, pausing in surprise. “Why are your eyes so red?”

He could wash away the tears, but not the redness.

He forced a faint smile. “I was trying out contact lenses. Guess I’m not used to them—my eyes got irritated.”

“Then don’t wear contacts,” Jessica replied, smiling back. “I think you look handsome in glasses anyway.”

The glasses suited him. They softened the edge he’d carried as a teenager, transforming his whole presence into something calmer, more approachable.

And that, Jessica had always hoped for.

She hated seeing him get into fights—no matter how skilled he was, he always ended up hurt now and then.

“Alright, no more contacts,” Herbert agreed.

Once they had the medicine, Herbert drove Jessica back to her apartment and told her to get some rest.

Afterward, he returned to his car and made a call.

“You’ve always worried Dad might hand The Wheeler Group over to me, haven’t you? You must have plenty of dirt on me stashed away. I’ve never wanted to compete with you—none of this means anything to me. So I’ll give you a chance: get me out of the Wheeler family, and I won’t fight back. But if you can’t even manage that, I’ll have nothing but contempt for you.”

With that, Herbert hung up.

His mother had been the love of his father’s life, but their worlds were too far apart. They’d been forced to separate, and his father married for family interests instead.

If Inman Wheeler had been born on schedule, Herbert would have been the eldest son. But Inman’s mother had health issues, and Inman was born prematurely at seven months—making him two months older than Herbert.

While Timothy was recuperating in the hospital, bored and scrolling through his phone, a tabloid headline caught his eye.

The Wheeler family’s eldest son, Inman, was officially named heir to The Wheeler Group today. Mr. Herbert Wheeler has been cut out—disowned and banished from the Wheeler family.