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

Chapter 17

I never called myself the prettiest girl on campus, but I was nominated for it once in college. Later, I lost to another girl from a wealthier family–not that I cared, though it gave the gossip mill plenty to churn over.

“The runner–up belle,” I said with a self–deprecating smile.

The man hosting us was Lloyd Johnson, dressed in a tailored suit that screamed corporate success.

People crowded around him, laying on the praise. He wore the smug look of a man who’d made it, though his gaze kept flickering to me.

Truth was, only Melissa knew I’d married Jared. The rest just assumed I had a rich husband and left it at that.

“Victoria!” A voice cut through the chatter. I turned to see the class loudmouth–a guy who’d once tried to date me.

insecure when everyone else had successful careers while I stayed home. My bank account might have

a stop nearby, just as a

the front was a young man–tall and lean, probably over six feet–in a tailored navy suit and gold–framed

the door cast a glow over his face, and for a brief moment, our eyes

I’m Lloyd Johnson

“Mr. Hallman” nodded and took

flicked toward me before he slid

been watching him the whole time. Not that I could help it–amid a crowd of unremarkable men, a face that handsome was

practically tripped over himself to close the car

lingering crush on Lloyd vanished the moment she saw him

became a stage for male bravado while

asked about