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.

wanted to rewrite

what I said before.” The car glided smoothly down the boulevard, and after a few

exactly are you sorry for?”

again, his eyes fixed on the road as

interesting the other day. It said there are only two things

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

dropping. “One: find

wrap your arms around the one you love. Purpose and belonging–you need both.

was not the Jared I knew. When had he had time to wax philosophical? Unless… had he also

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

runway for their perfect takeoff. Thinking about it sent an arctic

Jared was having about “go home and wrap your arms around the one

noticed my silence and angled toward me. “What do

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