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

Chapter 144

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.

irritated drag.

all. But you’re awfully quick to assume. Guilty conscience,

tightened. He stubbed out the cigarette

Jared’s fickleness was nothing new. He’d always wanted his cake and someone else’s, too.

finally adopted the

standards rise, even the most expertly crafted lies lose

a chauffeur handling the late–night drive. Exhausted, I leaned back and closed my

blinked awake to find myself pressed

affectionate–now, when I no longer love him. Where was this tenderness during all those years

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

of his indifference stung. I stiffened and pulled away. Jared, who’d also been resting his eyes, frowned as his

gaze. He said nothing, just closed his eyes again,

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