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

Chapter 58

But the real tragedy wasn’t the weight I’d lost. It was the equal standing I’d surrendered.

The elevator dinged. Jared strode out but paused long enough to toss over his shoulder, “Wait in the car. I need a smoke.”

“Didn’t you drive?” I asked.

“No.” He didn’t elaborate, just walked off toward the designated smoking area.

Jared rarely smokes. Only when something was eating at him. So why now? He just spent the evening crooning love songs with his mistress. Shouldn’t he be floating on cloud nine? Unless my presence ruined the fantasy, reminded him how cheap the whole thing really was.

I smirked and slid into the car. Let him stew.

A few minutes later, Jared appeared, his tall frame cutting an imposing figure under the parking lot lights. He yanked open the passenger door and dropped into the seat like a man settling into a courtroom bench–all stiff posture and silent authority.

Lately, he’d been riding shotgun in my car more often. But in the past, it never would’ve happened.

needling him. “You know, we really shouldn’t

look that could freeze

sighed dramatically, “Even if I focus, some idiot could still T–bone us. Rich couples are supposed to travel separately–eggs in different baskets and

icy. “Shut up

trying to make it clear he shouldn’t ride with me anymore. The less time trapped in this

over the kid

I wore my nightgown and stood in front of the full–length mirror,

clean eating, dance classes, and yoga had sculpted me into better shape than I’d been in years. But this recent cold had whittled

nighttime serum, I nearly dropped the bottle. Jared sat motionless on the edge of my bed. When had he slipped in? He moved like a ghost these days–first invading my passenger seat, and

I’m sick,” I announced preemptively,

up. “I know.” That deep voice carried

man who’d once insisted he couldn’t sleep with another person’s breathing disturbing him. At this

my routine in silence, slid under the covers, and willed myself to

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