After being reborn, I make up my mind to stop chasing after my husband and daughter

Chapter 7

Melissa was way more panicked than I was. She gripped my hand, terrified I’d make a scene. After all, Jared was a big–shot executive. She probably figured if we caused a public embarrassment, I’d end up regretting it.

“Victoria, I’m so sorry. I–I had no clue…” Melissa stammered, worried I might do something crazy.

I patted her hand gently and whispered, “It’s fine. Where’s our table? Let’s go sit.”

Melissa’s eyes went wide in disbelief–my calm must’ve thrown her off. “Victoria…” she started, then trailed off.

I gave a cool smile. “I know that woman. She’s Jared’s assistant, Tracy. No big deal.”

Melissa peeked over quickly, let out a breath, and led me to our table.

Maybe my dress–part innocent, part sexy–was too eye–catching, but Jared spotted me right away. And plenty of guys around us couldn’t help but look up at me, too.

“Mom!” Yvonne suddenly stood up and called out.

waved, but she didn’t budge. Instead, she glanced right

Yvonne’s hair gently, and whispered something in her ear. But Yvonne just hung

Jared stood

me.

over. “What are you doing here?” he asked, his eyes

brightly. “Mr. Holcomb, I invited Victoria

at her and

reluctantly, “Hi,

away. “Yvonne, you’re getting so pretty, and you’ve

and finally at Yvonne. “Want to go with your

her head firmly. “I’m done eating. Tracy said she’ll take me to the arcade later. I wanna

Jared nodded and turned to me. “We’re

small smile,

expected this–no scene, no anger, not even a question about the

their table, grabbed their stuff, and

her face full of sympathy. “I’m so sorry, Victoria. I shouldn’t have picked this restaurant–I never