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 optional, he sure as hell didn’t get

car glided smoothly down the boulevard, and

you sorry for?” I snapped

didn’t matter. For trying to buy… intimacy.” He fell silent again, his eyes fixed on the road as if his thoughts were scrolling across

his gaze locking onto mine. “I read something interesting the other day. It said

sprouted horns. Jared?

voice dropping. “One: find the right career. Two:

wrap your arms around the one you love.

not the Jared I knew. When had he had time

no–he hadn’t died in my previous life. After 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

perfect takeoff. Thinking about it sent an arctic wave through me–palms, soles, every inch

whatever mushy epiphany Jared was having about “go home and wrap your arms around

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

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