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

Chapter 131

Jared got sentimental, which was so unlike him that it threw me off balance.

I stared, my usual quick–witted deflections failing me. Of all the things I’d prepared for, him asking if I still cared wasn’t one of them. I’d assumed indifference was our unspoken agreement.

“Seriously? You’re overcomplicating things,” I said, forcing a smirk.

A flicker of annoyance crossed his face. “You’ve been different since you said you were going back to work.”

“Different how? I’m the same person.” I tilted my head, playing dumb.

“I can’t pinpoint it, but you’re not the same.” Jared was a master at keeping people at arm’s length, but he had a razor–sharp intuition. Apparently, he’d picked up on the fact that I’d stopped loving him.

“You’re imagining things. I’ve just been busy, that’s all.” I threw his old excuse back at him, my voice flat.

He looked even more upset. He pressed his lips into a thin line and said nothing.

quiet laugh bubbled inside me. Wasn’t he the one who’d declared love irrelevant? Now he wanted to rewrite the rules? If love was

car glided smoothly down the boulevard, and after a few blocks, Jared actually

exactly are you sorry for?”

He fell silent again, his eyes fixed on the

read something interesting the other day. It said

stared at him like he’d just sprouted horns. Jared? Giving a

his voice dropping. “One: find the

you pour everything into your work. But when it sets, you go home and wrap your arms around the one you love. Purpose and belonging–you need both.

When had he had time to wax philosophical? Unless… had he also

my own heart stopped, he was probably busy throwing Tracy the blowout wedding she’d always wanted. Yvonne would’ve been in the front row, sobbing happy tears and hugging Tracy, shouting “Mom!”

cleared the runway for their perfect takeoff. Thinking about it sent an

wrap your arms around the one

me. “What do you think?” His tone carried that old

1/2