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

bought

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

that lived–in warmth,

own.

call again, but Yvonne kept texting me, asking where I was, if I’d run into any

eyes sting, but in

i was asking too much from a six–year–old. I wanted her to put herself in my shoes, to get what it’s like

worrying about me, but honestly,

just didn’t want her to grow up with the memory of me as someone weak, insecure, and

out strong and independent, instead of the reckless troublemaker she used to be

my mind, and in the end, I made up my

good man, but he just wasn’t

but I knew exactly what kind of life would bring me real

be

in my resignation. Even though I’d put so much of myself into the

was just about to write my resignation letter when the landline

get some rest? His voice was

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