Chapter 144

Men were baffling creatures. Even after years together, I still couldn’t fully decipher Jared. What was the point of this sudden poetic introspection?

Sweet talk had never been his style–hell, he wasn’t even good at it. The Jared I knew was unshakably composed, a man who strategized his way out of every problem with cold precision.

A mind that sharp, paired with emotions? Dangerous. It made him twice as lethal, twice as magnetic. What woman could resist that kind of

duality?

“You’ve been awfully smooth lately, Jared,” I said, clasping my hands behind my back with an innocent tilt of my head. “Who’s been coaching

you?”

His expression flickered–just for a second–before freezing over. The moment his sincerity was questioned, its value crumbled.

out, taking another irritated drag.

you’re

He stubbed out the cigarette violently and

Good. Jared’s fickleness was nothing new. He’d always wanted his

finally adopted the same

rise, even

drive. Exhausted, I leaned back and closed my eyes, drifting into

firm chest. I blinked awake to find

affectionate–now, when I no longer love him.

the shower, wearing nothing but his dress shirt, slipping into his study with deliberate allure. His response? A detached “Not now. I’m in

indifference stung. I stiffened and pulled away. Jared, who’d also been resting his eyes, frowned as his arms emptied. He cracked one lid

sleep,” I muttered under his heavy gaze. He said nothing, just

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