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

I really didn’t want to cry, I knew tears wouldn’t do any good right now. If anything, they’d just make him think I was compromising or beggine sympathy

I tried my best to hold back the tears, but I just couldn’t. I could only turn my back to him, refusing to look at his surprised expression.

He didn’t say a word, but his handsome face had gone noticeably pale,

1 took a deep breath, forcing myself to stay calm. “When we divorce, I won’t insist on getting anything from you. You can have the child I won’t fight for custody.”

With that, I grabbed my bag and strode out, not giving Jared a chance to say a word.

Leaning against the elevator wall, I was anything but calm. I wiped away the tears at the corners of my eyes with my fingertips

The mirrored elevator doors showed me someone new–not that fragile wallflower who waited around for a man’s love, but a badass female warrior picking up her armor and getting ready to take on the world.

This was me after time travel, determined to shove myself out of my comfort zone and fight for my future, relying on no one but myself.

Thad no idea what Jared was thinking, but knowing him, he was always decisive. Now that i’d said everything I needed to, I figured he’d eventually swing the blade and end this toxic bond, letting us both finally breathe free

That night,

I went to stay at a

I’d bought a while

first time, I didn’t go back to that house. The

occasionally to tidy up. It might not have that lived–in warmth,

own.

asking where I was, if

my eyes sting, but in the end, I forced myself to turn off my

six–year–old. I wanted her to put herself in my shoes, to get what it’s like for

some maturity, even worrying about me, but honestly, my

her to grow up with the memory of me as someone weak,

she’d turn out strong and independent, instead of the reckless

and in the end, I made up my

was a good man, but he just wasn’t

to be perfect, but I knew exactly what kind of life would bring

myself be

in my resignation. Even though I’d

at the office, it was already past ten. I was just about to write my resignation letter when the

His

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