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

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Chapter 45

Nathan dropped his gaze, looking sad and helpless. “No, it’s not that. I just wanted to know what someone as beautiful and kind as you really looked like. I had this blurry memory of you, and I couldn’t get you out of my mind.”

I looked at him, his face so sincere and almost heartbroken. I sighed, feeling a bit helpless. “Alright, now you’ve seen what I look like. Wish granted. Can you stop following me now?”

“I’m not following you. I just…” Nathan seemed like he wanted to say something more, but he stopped when he saw how serious I was. He nervously fidgeted with his fingers, his voice softer. “I’ve just always wanted to take you out for a meal.”

That made me smile. “Mr. Hallman, you really don’t need to be so formal. Honestly, that donation came from the Holcomb family. If you want to thank someone, you should treat Jared instead. He’s the real benefactor here.”

Nathan shook his head. “No, I know the money was from the Holcomb family, but if it weren’t for you, that money would’ve never made it to me. It’s always been you.” His voice grew more urgent, and his eyes burned with intensity.

My breath caught as he looked at me with such sincerity. My heart raced, completely out of control.

“Let’s talk about this later, when I have time. I really need to go now,” I said quickly, not wanting to continue the conversation.

like he’d been infatuated with me for years. If he was telling the truth, he’d been obsessed with

on to me for years. Now that I was here in person,

his own car. As

just some married woman. I was a mom. I wanted him to

was getting dark when Jared knocked on my office door. “Come on. I talked to

to go to Sally’s

Jared suddenly reached out, took my hand, and started casually playing with my fingers. “About those new designs today, did you really come up with

replied softly,

come up with them? I never realized you were so full of surprises,” Jared

shot back, “Well, that’s your fault. You never bothered to get to

looked surprised for a moment, and under the streetlights, I noticed his ears turning a

he asked, his voice low and almost magnetic. If this were in my previous life, and he spoke to me like that, I wouldn’t

nothing. All I wanted was to pull my

sorry for myself,”