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

Chapter 37

Chapter 57

The room fell silent the second I spoke. Everyone turned to stare at me like I’d lost my mind. And maybe I had.

What kind of wife claps for her husband singing a love song with another woman? A smart one–because I had a plan. Jared told me not to bring up divorce again, so I’d just nudge things along another way.

Tracy was running out of time. She wanted my place badly. If she turned up the pressure on Jared, he’d give it a deep thought and cave eventually. And when he did, he’d come to me with that polite, detached tone and ask for a divorce–just

like last time.

In my previous life, he’d offered me the villa, 8% of his company shares, and some prime commercial properties. The only thing he wouldn’t compromise on was our daughter’s custody. On paper, it was more than enough to set me up for life.

I truly believed holding

disasters that wore me down, but the slow erosion

withdrew from friends, unable to bear their sympathetic glances. Avoided family gatherings, terrified

back. My applause must have pissed him off because he snatched his blazer

set down my snacks, took a slow sip of my coffee, and gave the room a breezy wave. “Enjoy the

soon?” Tracy rushed to the door,

of your night. I got to go back and check on my daughter.” Then he disappeared into the elevator,

for just a second, when our eyes met, I saw it:

Lose your temper. Let him see

a scene, she would. And I couldn’t wait to watch it

slid shut, sealing us in silence. Then, out